DONALD McCAIN’S Overturn will have to defy a stone extra if the versatile performer is to repeat last year’s emphatic victory in the Guinness Galway Handicap Hurdle, the richest National Hunt race in Ireland this year, at Ballybrit on Thursday fortnight.

TONY MARTIN, a wizard when it comes to placing horses in handicaps, is fancied to supply us with a winning nap in the shape of Dream Champion in the Guinness Hurdle at Galway tonight.

Paul Nolan is hoping for drier conditions to allow him to give Cloone River a much-needed prep run on the Flat before the Punchestown Festival.

WINNING at the Galway Races demands fine attention to detail and a bit of luck, especially when the course is filled with potential champions.

MORATORIUM, laid out especially for the contest, is a hopeful choice to provide the answer to the Guinness Hurdle at Galway this afternoon.