Galway Odds

The Latest live Galway Odds are displayed below. Unless the next race up isn’t from Galway. If that’s the case you can just use the selector to change the racecourse to Galway. You can also view racing odds from today’s other big races.

Galway Racecourse

Records dating back to as far as the mid thirteenth century, shows organised race meetings in County Galway, when, what were known as ‘horse matches’, were run under ‘King’s Plate Articles’. The first racing festival held in Ballybrit was a two-day event with the first race meeting on Tuesday, 17th August, 1869 and contemporary records show that a staggering forty thousand people turned up to attend the race meeting.

More recently, in 2007, An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern officially opened the Killanin Stand on the 9th July, in time for the Summer Festival Meeting. The Killanin Stand was built at a total cost of €22 million and is an incredibly impressive racing stands from which thousands of racegoers regularly watch the hugely anticipated races.

Big Races

The Galway Races Summer Festival is the largest held at the racecourse with the Galway Hurdle and Galway Plate much sought after.

Prize Funds

With over €210,000 up for grabs during the Summer Festival, the racecourse attracts the biggest racing names!

Papal History

The visit of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to Galway on the 30th September 1979 attracted over 280,000 visitors to the racecourse!