Preview galway 30th Jul

Plain Talking bids for her second win of this year's Galway Festival in the Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle on Saturday.

Gavin Cromwell's filly showed excellent determination to strike at the Ballybrit circuit on Wednesday but now has a 7lb penalty to contend with and is the only four-year-old in a line-up of seasoned handicappers.

Elusive Ivy and Delegate are also making their second appearances of the week but do so after mishaps.

Westerner Lady represents last year's winning combination of Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh, while the weights are headed by Totalize, who goes for regular Galway visitor Brian Ellison.

Beau Satchel is another on a double mission for the 2016 Festival and heads the list for the Ladbrokes Red Day Handicap.

The six-year-old was scoring at the meeting for the third year on the bounce when justifying market support on Tuesday, for which he has copped a 5lb penalty.

Dermot Weld perhaps hasn't hit the remarkable heights of previous Festivals but has some leading contenders, including top-weight Firey Speech in the An Pucan EBF Nursery Handicap.

The Naas winner comes up against a couple of interesting Ballydoyle youngsters in Sir Edwin Landseer and Edgar Allan Poe, and Weld's Mujaazy has another Aidan O'Brien-trained juvenile in the shape of Capri to get to grips with in the 'Ladbrokes' EBF Maiden.

The card gets under way at 2.40 with the Ladbrokes Mobile Maiden Hurdle, and St Stephens Green is a leading candidate on his return to action for Emmet and Danny Mullins.

Willie and Patrick Mullins team up with the newcomer Queen Deirdre, a half-sister to high-class hurdler Identity Thief, in the Terry Cunningham Memorial EBF Mares Flat Race, while Nicaragua and Masonbrook Lady won at the same Gowran Park fixture a week ago and now lock horns in the Ladbrokes 'The Grid' Handicap.