Review galway 31st Jul

< Clondaw Warrior (4-1) added a Galway Festival victory to his Royal Ascot triumph when running out a clear-cut winner of the Guinness Handicap in the hands of Jack Kennedy.

Having claimed the Ascot Stakes over two and a half miles, Willie Mullins' gelding, who missed the cut in the Galway Hurdle, dropped back fully a mile in trip.

He made headway three furlongs out before hitting the front on the turn and, with stamina assured, he was always going to repel the chasing Golden Spear scoring by a length and a half.< Rogue Angel (16-1) ran out a very determined winner of the Guinness Galway Blazers Handicap Chase.

Always prominent in the hands of David Mullins, Mouse Morris' charge looked a sitting duck when Perfect Promise and the particularly strong-travelling Urano latched on to the back of him after the final obstacle, but Rogue Angel wasn't for passing and was still two lengths ahead of Perfect Promise at the line.< Vive La France had done nothing of note since arriving from France but showed why Barry Connell bought him with a facile success in the Guinness Handicap Hurdle.

The Tony Martin-trained 14-1 chance scythed through the pack to hit the front at the top of the home straight and Adrian Heskin was merely a passenger as he strode to a six-length defeat of The Plan Man

The money came for Martin's Tudor City in the Arthur Guinness Handicap and he justified 5-2 favouritism, and a great day for Martin got even better when he sent out Dark Crusader to beat Dermot Weld's market leader Good Tradition in the Guinness Race.< Whiskey Sour overturned odds-on favourite Palmetto Dunes in the Guinness 17:59 EBF Median Auction Maiden.

The latter was 10-11 to build on his promising Leopardstown debut for Weld and was just in front for much of the straight, only to be outbattled in the dying strides by the 8-1 winner.

Another Weld favourite had to settle for second, with Pictogram failing by nearly five lengths to reel in Nova (4-1) in the Guinness EBF Maiden.