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Seven days racing in a row should be too long for a festival. The track itself is a tight turning circuit with a built-in bias, where many competitors get no luck in running. Admission to the course is a tad on the high side for the standard of the racing on offer.
Getting out of the area after the racing can be a nightmare on the busiest days, and the accommodation prices in the city for race week are nothing short of a rip-off.
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I'm from Ballynoe, Co Cork and I rode plenty of ponies when I was younger. I had plenty of success pony racing and partnered 50 winners. I did two full seasons pony racing and plenty of lads that I rode winners for are now training on the track like Maurice Ahern and Aidan Melia, and they are doing very well at the moment which is great to see. I was champion jockey in Dingle in 2024, and I rode five winners for Maurice then. It was then nice to ride winners for him on the track. I rode a nice winner for him in Galway (Perry Mason, last October) and I rode a winner on one of the first days at the Curragh this season (Perry Mason, March).
Galway Tips, Ryan ban and Regan interview
The team discusses the fallout surrounding Rossa Ryan, the latest developments involving Amo Racing, and Paul Kimmage's headline-making interview with Maurice Regan plus Galway tips.
By Shane Redmond - MIDNIGHT JET (2) had a number of subsequent winners behind him when landing a 25-runner maiden hurdle at Fairyhouse on Easter Saturday and he impressed once again when making all to win a novice hurdle at Killarney in early May. He's taken to complete a hat-trick of wins on his return, mainly at the expense of Roc Dino who ran well for much of the way in the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival before easily winning his maiden hurdle at Downpatrick, also in May. Both Brother Walfrid and Rosie's Wings won their maiden hurdles on the same day at Punchestown in early June and the latter represents Ross O'Sullivan who has won this race for the past two years.
