Galway Races day four LIVE updates as Ladies Day takes over at Ballybrit
It has already been a remarkable week at Ballybrit with top-class racing, great craic, and evening a marriage proposal thrown in for good measure.
Besides the fashion, all eyes will be on the Galway Guinness Hurdle (4.30). It has been 15 years since a non-Irish horse won the race, but is that about to change today?
Here's how the action will unfold today:
2.10: 2m2f (2m2f54y) Guinness Open Gate Brewery Novice Chase (Grade 3) (4yo+)
2.45: 1m½f (1m98y) Rockshore Refreshingly Irish Handicap (4yo+)
3.20: 7f Arthur Guinness Irish EBF Corrib Fillies Stakes (Listed Race) (Fillies & Mares) (3yo+)
3.55: 7f Guinness Irish EBF Nursery Handicap (2yo)
4.30: 2m (2m11y) Guinness Galway Hurdle Handicap (Grade 3) (4yo+)
5.05: 2m4½f (2m4f156y) Guinness Novice Hurdle (4yo+)
5.40: 1m4f Guinness 0.0 Handicap (3yo+)
6.10: 2m2f Guinness Time INH Flat Race (5yo+)
13:06 Oisin Doherty Danny Gilligan was the star of the show on Wednesday. Danny Gilligan was the star of the show on Wednesday. (Image: Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy)
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