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Event: Galway Plate Day

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Hardcore punters and celebs gather for day three at Galway races

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Hardcore punters and celebs gather for day three at Galway races

Day three in Galway always brings out the hardcore punters with the feature race of the week The Galway Plate bringing a huge crowd to Ballybrit, Conall Ó Fátharta.

Ruby Walsh
As JT McNamara used to say, chalk it down to Road To Riches
Galway Races: President advises punters to go the distance

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Galway Races: President advises punters to go the distance
Galway Tips: Stuccodor can get punters off to a flyer

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Galway Tips: Stuccodor can get punters off to a flyer
Racing start for ‘gaffer’ in Galway

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Racing start for ‘gaffer’ in Galway

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A frustrating week - but no real hard luck stories
Glad rags brighten up buzzing Ballybrit

ON Galway Plate Day, the bookies got hosed and not just by the rain, which finally made its obligatory appearance in Ballybrit.

Thu, 28 Jul, 2011

Tote to sponsor Galway Plate day

GALWAY Race Committee yesterday announced a host of new sponsors, at the launch of the Summer Festival Meeting 2010.

Wed, 30 Jun, 2010

William Hill in €2m Galway Plate sponsorship
THE Galway Plate, the feature event of the week long Festival at Ballybrit, will have a new sponsor this year, bookmaker William Hill.

Thu, 05 Jan, 2006

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