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Galway Festival 2026: the results, day by day
The Galway Races Summer Festival runs from Monday 27 July to Sunday 2 August 2026 at Ballybrit, seven days of racing and carnival on the edge of Galway city and one of Ireland's biggest sporting and social occasions. This is the results hub: each day's key winners, with starting prices, added and verified from source as the cards finish. Nothing is filled in ahead of time — a race appears only once it has been run and the result confirmed.
The week has a rhythm. It opens with evening cards, builds to the two great handicaps in the middle — the Tote Galway Plate (Grade A chase) on Wednesday and the Guinness Galway Hurdle, the richest hurdle in Ireland, on Thursday's Ladies' Day — then eases into a family-focused weekend. Each day carries a feature worth at least €110,000.
For the shape of the week — the day-by-day guide, the two big handicaps and how the festival works — see our Galway Festival guide, and for the two headline races the Galway Plate guide. For the betting angles, the Galway betting guide. If you are opening an account for the week, our bookmaker offers page compares the verified free bets and Best Odds Guaranteed firms.
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Monday 27 July — opening night
The week opens on the Monday evening (first race around 5:05pm) with the Connacht Hotel (Q.R.) Handicap, a Premier Handicap for amateur riders over about 2m1f worth €110,000 — widely called Ireland's "amateur Derby", and the race that sets the tone for the festival. It was won in 2025 by Filey Bay, and in 2024 by Sirius, trained by Willie Mullins, who came home at 50/1.
This section is updated with Monday's feature winner and the day's other key results, with starting prices, once the races are run and confirmed from source. Check back after racing on Monday 27 July.
For the shape of the week, see our Galway Festival guide.
Tuesday 28 July — the Mile and a Listed hurdle
Tuesday's feature is the Colm Quinn BMW Mile Handicap, a Premier Handicap on the Flat over about a mile and half a furlong, worth €120,000 in 2025 and won in 2024 by Mexicali Rose. The card also stages the Listed Colm Quinn BMW Novice Hurdle over around 2m½f — the first piece of black type of the week.
This section is updated with Tuesday's key winners and their starting prices once the races are run and confirmed from source. Check back after racing on Tuesday 28 July.
For the betting angles into the week, see our Galway betting guide.
Wednesday 29 July — Plate Day
Wednesday is one of the two biggest days of the festival, built around the Tote Galway Plate, the headline chase, run over 2m6½f and worth €270,000 in 2025. It is one of the busiest and most popular days of the week, and the betting ring is at its heaviest. The 2025 Plate went to Western Fold, trained by Gordon Elliott and ridden by Danny Gilligan at 11/1.
This section is updated with the Galway Plate winner, the placed horses and their starting prices — plus Wednesday's other key results — once the race is run and confirmed from source. Check back after racing on Wednesday 29 July.
For the race's history and its roll of honour, see our Galway Plate guide.
Thursday 30 July — Ladies' Day and the Galway Hurdle
Thursday is Ladies' Day, the most glamorous day of the festival and often the busiest, and its feature is the Guinness Galway Hurdle, the richest hurdle race in Ireland, run over two miles and worth €270,000 in 2025. The day also stages the Listed Corrib Fillies Stakes on the Flat over seven furlongs, won in 2024 by Raknah, and a graded novice chase.
This section is updated with the Galway Hurdle winner, the placed horses and their starting prices — plus Thursday's other key results and the Best Dressed winner — once the race is run and confirmed from source. Check back after racing on Thursday 30 July.
For the two great handicaps and how the week works, see our Galway Festival guide.
Friday 31 July — Friday's Fair Lady
Friday brings another fashion-led day, "Friday's Fair Lady", and a card headed by the Galway Blazers Handicap Chase, one of the consolation handicaps for horses that missed the cut for the Plate. The 2025 festival's single biggest crowd, 26,234, came on the Friday.
This section is updated with Friday's key winners and their starting prices once the races are run and confirmed from source. Check back after racing on Friday 31 July.
Saturday 1 August — the weekend begins
Saturday's card is headed by the BoyleSports Galway Tribes Handicap Hurdle, a consolation handicap for those who missed the Galway Hurdle, on an afternoon card as the festival eases towards its family-focused weekend.
This section is updated with Saturday's key winners and their starting prices once the races are run and confirmed from source. Check back after racing on Saturday 1 August.
Sunday 2 August — Family Day
The festival closes on Sunday with Family Day and Mad Hatters Day — children admitted free with a paying adult — and a card that ends the week with the Irish Stallion Farms EBF "Ahonoora" Handicap, a Premier Handicap on the Flat over seven furlongs, won in 2024 by Physique.
This section is updated with Sunday's key winners and their starting prices once the races are run and confirmed from source. Check back after racing on Sunday 2 August.
For the pre-festival picture and the full week, see our Galway Festival guide.
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