Balko Des Flos serves up classy performance to land Galway Plate

For the past fortnight, the birds in the trees have been singing the name of Balko Des Flos, and the six-year-old rewarded all those who had listened with a fluent and very classy performance in the thetote.com Galway Plate.

It was a familiar feeling for trainer Henry De Bromhead, who won the race in 2015 with Shanahan’s Turn, and for owners Gigginstown House Stud, who won the race in 2014 and 2016.

But, it was a first for jockey Davy Russell who is riding with the fervour and enthusiasm of a rider half his age whilst exuding the class and experience which comes with his status as a senior member of the weigh-room.