Tony Martin’s ability to effectively target a feature handicap scaled new heights yesterday afternoon as the Meath trainer again landed Ireland’s richest National Hunt race, the Guinness Galway Hurdle, with Quick Jack, and would almost certainly have had three of the first four home had last year’s winner, Thomas Edison, not taken a tumble at the final flight.

The Guinness Galway Hurdle is the feature on day four of the Galway Festival and favourite Quick Jack should take a world of beating.

J P McManus enjoyed his first success in the Guinness Galway Hurdle when the Tony Martin-trained Thomas Edison stormed away with the fiercely competitive - at least in theory - major handicap at Ballybrit yesterday.

JP McManus claimed another significant landmark in an esteemed racing career when Thomas Edison gave the powerful owner a first victory in the Guinness Galway Hurdle.

The Guinness Galway Hurdle at Ballybrit this afternoon is a total puzzle and only a supreme optimist would be in any way confident of finding the winner.

Ante-post favourite Thomas Edison heads owner JP McManus’ assault on the Guinness Galway Hurdle at the Ballybrit track on Thursday.

Thomas Edison is likely to spearhead Tony Martin’s team for next week’s Galway Festival in the Guinness Galway Hurdle.

Gordon Elliott is hoping Flaxen Flare can make the most of what looks a golden opportunity in the Corkracecourse.ie Hurdle at the Mallow track tomorrow.

Gordon Elliott’s Flaxen Flare gets the vote in the Guinness Galway Hurdle at Ballybrit this afternoon.

Twelve months on from Rebel Fitz’s Guinness Galway Hurdle victory, Mick Winters shoots for glory once again with Missunited at the Ballybrit track.

Michael Winters’ Rebel Fitz has been allotted top weight in the www.thetote.com Galway Plate on July 31.

Tony Martin is eyeing a crack at the Guinness Galway Hurdle with Ted Veale following his success at Bellewstown last night.

Ruby Walsh doubled-up on a couple of possible Galway Hurdle contenders, Security Breach and Giant’s Quest, on an eventful day in Gowran Park, where fast ground caused plenty of withdrawals.

Andrew Lynch completed a superb treble in Clonmel last night, winning the divisions of the Team Tipperary GAA Race Evening Maiden Hurdle on Bally Longford and Goodoldhonkytonk and following-up on Breffni Gael.

Disappointing on his recent chasing debut in Killarney, Rebel Fitz should make amends in the Irish Stallion Farms Beginners Chase in Ballinrobe this evening.

Davy Russell retained his title as champion jump jockey in Ireland with his third century and a hatful of winners for many trainers.

Gold Bullet proved himself an exciting prospect when making a successful handicap debut in the featured Henry Shefflin & Ashgrove Stables Handicap Hurdle in Gowran Park yesterday.

Back at the scene of his memorable Guinness Galway Hurdle success with Rebel Fitz, Mick Winters struck again at Ballybrit yesterday when classy mare Missunited made every yard of the running to justify 8/13 favouritism in the Easyfix Rubber Products Novice Hurdle.

Princeton Plains is a hopeful choice in a savagely competitive looking Guinness Galway Hurdle at Ballybrit this afternoon.

Champion trainer Willie Mullins is anticipating a strong challenge on the feature races at Galway this week.

Brendan Duke reports all to be going well with Mister Benedictine as the in-form nine-year-old builds towards next week’s Guinness Galway Hurdle.

The chairman of the Galway Races said that it was testimony to the stature of the annual summer festival that sponsors have been found for all 52 races, when details of this year’s festival were announced in Galway yesterday

On a day which saw Ruby Walsh double-up on The Folkes Choice and Devil’s Elbow, the Tony Mullins-trained Clarach booked her ticket to the Guinness Galway Hurdle when coasting to a comfortable victory over the Walsh-ridden Pires in the Adare Festival Weekend Rated Hurdle in Limerick yesterday.

JOSEPH O’Brien, who will partner favourite Await The Dawn in tomorrow’s Juddmonte International in York, partnered 20/1 shot Long Wait to a narrow victory over stable-companion and joint-favourite Second Glance in the Hillstreet Quarries Jog For Jockeys Flat v National Hunt Riders Challenge at rainswept Roscommon last night.

WHEN Moon Dice won his maiden hurdle at Limerick a year ago trainer, Paul Flynn, described him as the best he’d ever had.

FOLLOWING much soul-searching the logical conclusion to be drawn is that The Real Article is the most likely winner of this afternoon’s Guinness Galway Hurdle.

Ante-post favourite The Real Article features among a maximum field of 20 runners in the Guinness Galway Hurdle on Thursday.

The Real Article will be allowed to take his place in Thursday's Guinness Galway Hurdle after the Irish Turf Club's Referrals Committee decided not to proceed with the inquiry into his controversial running at Tipperary.

DONALD McCain intends to make a late decision on whether Overturn heads to Galway or Goodwood on Thursday.

THE Tony McCoy-ridden Captain Cee Bee bagged the Kevin McManus Bookmakers Grimes Hurdle spoils at Tipperary yesterday, holding the tenderly-handled The Real Article by the minimum margin as both horses proved their well-being ahead of next week’s Galway Festival.

DONALD MCCAIN, a man with a famous pedigree, saddled Overturn to land the Guinness Galway Hurdle at Ballybrit yesterday, in front of an attendance of 44,418.

DIRAR gets the nod to land a typically wide-open Guinness Galway Hurdle at Ballybrit this afternoon.

CARRYING the colours of Mrs Anne Coughlan, best known for the exploits of champion filly Ridgewood Pearl back in 1995, the Dermot Weld trained Treasure The Cross made all to land the opening Irish Stallion Farms Fillies Maiden at Wexford last night.

Noel Meade is confident Nicanor can make his presence felt in the www.thetote.com Galway Plate on Wednesday.

The Guinness Galway Hurdle is the feature race today at Ballybrit.

BOOKMAKERS are predicting Willie Mullins’ Deutschland could go off a warm order in today’s Arthur Guinness Galway Hurdle.

Rookie rider Paul Townend was the toast of Ballybrit as Indian Pace gave him the biggest victory of his fledgling career in the Guinness Galway Hurdle.

A future star of the National Hunt game was born at Ballybrit yesterday when 17-year-old Paul Townend guided Indian Pace to a thrilling victory in the Guinness Galway Hurdle.

Rookie rider Paul Townend was the toast of Ballybrit as Indian Pace gave him the biggest victory of his fledgling career in the Guinness Galway Hurdle.

Indian Pace (7-1) came late in the day to claim the Guinness Galway Hurdle.

The Guinness Galway Hurdle is the feature race on day four of the Galway Festival in Ballybrit today.

JOHN KIELY’S Indian Pace should go close in the Guinness Galway Hurdle at Ballybrit this afternoon and gets a sporting nap vote.

Bobs Pride heads the weights in a maximum 20-strong field for the Guinness Galway Hurdle on Thursday.

The annual Galway Races get underway this afternoon, with thousands of spectators expected to descent on the Balybrit racecourse in the next seven days.