Galway day four tips: Zarak The Brave can bridge 23-year gap in Galway Hurdle

Glan, who finished fourth in last year's Galway Plate, has leading claims again

MINELLA THRILLS: Minella Mate, with John Gleeson up, on their way to winning the Tote.ie Never Beaten By SP Maiden during day three of the Galway Races at Ballybrit. Picture: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Four-year-olds seldom win the Guinness Galway Hurdle but Willie Mullins, I’m sure, equally seldom concerns himself with such barriers and he can land Thursday’s feature in Galway with the young but talented Zarak The Brave.

It is 23 years since the last four-year-old picked up this prestigious prize, but numerous youngsters have run well since Perugino Diamond’s victory in 2000 and this fellow has the potential to be thrown in off his current mark of 145.