Castle has plenty going for him in very tricky Plate

CONNA CASTLE, despite the fact Davy Russell will have to put up a couple of pounds overweight, is the choice to land the William Hill Galway Plate at Ballybrit this afternoon.

Castle has  plenty going  for him in very tricky Plate

A very good hurdler, Jimmy Mangan's gelding struggled for a long time to get his act together over fences.

Indeed, Mangan must have almost despaired on occasions, but every cloud has a silver lining. As a result, Conna Castle gets in down near the bottom of the handicap and a clean round of jumping will surely see him go close.

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