Out Now gets the nod to land a typically wide-open www.thetote.com Galway Plate at Ballybrit today.

It was smashing to ride at Galway on Monday, having missed the previous two festivals.

Paul Townend landed a fairytale first success since returning from injury when driving Blazing Tempo home in thetote.com Galway Plate today.

WHEN I walked out of Cork University Hospital exactly two weeks ago there was only one thing on my mind, the Galway Plate and Blazing Tempo.

IRISH racing, which has been dragged through the mud since the Saturday of Listowel, reached a new low at Clonmel yesterday.