The seven-day Galway summer festival begins this evening where the feature event is the 100-thousand Euro Connacht Hotel Handicap for amateur riders at twenty-to-eight.
Patrick Mullins, Ireland’s nine-time champion amateur, will be seeking a first success in this much-coveted amateur event as he partners recent Killarney winner Lagostovegas.
It’s one of three runners trained by his father Willie, who won the race as a rider on Pargan 32 years ago.
Racing gets underway at Ballybritt at twenty-past-five.
