The Galway Plate is a National Hunt chase in Ireland which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Galway over a distance of about 2 miles and 6+1⁄2 furlongs (2 miles 6 furlongs and 111 yards, or 4,779 metres), and during its running there are fourteen fences to be jumped. It is a handicap race, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late July or early August.
The event is held during the seven-day Galway Festival meeting. It was established in 1869, and the inaugural running was won by Absentee. The most successful horse in the race's history is Tipperary Boy, who won three times – in 1899, 1901 and 1902. It was formerly contested over 2 miles and 5 furlongs, but this was extended to 2 miles and 6 furlongs in 1992 and extended by a further half a furlong to the present distance in 2015. The Galway Plate was sponsored by William Hill from 2006 to 2010 and by Tote Ireland since 2011.
Anne Collen was the first lady trainer winning the plate with Randoss in the 1987 Galway Plate National Hunt Chase. Her sister, Sarah Collen, was also the first lady jockey to win the Galway Plate aboard Bold Flyer in 1989.
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Festival. Other notable wins in the 1980s included Chow Mein in the 1985 GalwayPlate, William Crump in the 1986 Huzzar Handicap Hurdle, Ryan Merrifield in...
all at Sedgefield. The 2021 winner, Hewick, meanwhile, went on to be a GalwayPlate, bet365 Gold Cup, American Grand National and King George VI Chase winner...
Jack Chaucer (1940; also won the Red Cross Chase in that year), and GalwayPlate winner St Martin (1941; also won the Red Cross Chase in that year). He...
2008(2008-01-09) (aged 72) Hastings, East Sussex UK Major racing wins National Hunt GalwayPlate (1960) Cheltenham Gold Cup (1959, 1974) Grand National (1961) Significant...
Like-A-Butterfly in the 2002 Supreme Novices' Hurdle and Grimes in the 2001 GalwayPlate. He retired as a trainer in January 2018 and handed over his training...
August 2017 he rode Balko Des Flos to win the GalwayPlate for the first time to add to his two Galway Hurdle wins of previous years. An incident at Tramore...
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lengths from Blue Dolphin. Fortria completed his season by running in the GalwayPlate under 12 st 7 lbs, where he finished fourth to Sparkling Flame. Fortria...
functions. He even equated the match to be on a par with the famous GalwayPlate". O'Donnell responded to comparisons with a 1961 application for a dance...
at Gowran Park in October and started 9/4 second favourite behind the GalwayPlate winner Road To Riches, to whom he was conceding four pounds. Ridden for...
Dirt (Mildmay of Flete Challenge Cup), More Of That, Road To Riches (GalwayPlate, Lexus Chase) and Minella Rocco (National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup)....
(260 ft) wide, and that on the Galway side being about 73 m (240 ft) wide. Each channel is spanned by three pairs of mild-steel plate girders, either 24 m (80 ft)...
Maid a notable steeplechaser who won the Irish Grand National and the GalwayPlate. He was later sold to Daniel Swigert of Elmendorf Farm at the end of...
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