Ruby Walsh: Annamix offers each-way value in Galway Plate

I was fortunate enough to win two Galway Plates but I was placed in a lot more than I won

Annamix and Paul Townend about to take off at the second last fence to go on and win for owner Rich Ricci and trainer Willie Mullins at Gowran Park last November. Picture: Healy Racing

For racing fans, the last Wednesday in July is all about the Galway Plate in Ballybrit and the Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood.

If you’re a fan of the sport, there’s no doubt you’re drawn to both meetings. Poetic Flare in the Sussex Stakes is as big an attraction for Irish fans as the Galway Plate is in Ballybrit and his performance in the St James’s Palace Stakes was outstanding.