Amateur rider wins feature on day 1 at the Galway Races

Amateur rider Finian Maguire claimed back-to-back wins in the Connacht Hotel Handicap on the opening day of the Galway Festival.

Coltor was trainer Dermot Weld’s first winner of the week.

There is another 8 race card this afternoon in Galway where the going is good.
First goes to post at 4:35

The Ado McGuiness-trained Saltonstall is bidding for a hat-trick in today's feature at the Galway Races, the Colm Quinn B-M-W Mile.

Jessica Harrington's Njord, who was second to Saltonstall in last year's renewal, is likely to go off the favourite.

The big race is off at 6.15