Galway Hurdle Odds

The Galway Hurdle is a handicap race run at the Galway Festival and is open to horses aged four years or older and takes place in late July or early August. Run over two miles and 11 yards, the Galway Hurdle is one of the jumping highlights alongside the Galway Plate at the seven-day extravaganza and attracts some top notch handicappers from the UK & Ireland. You can check out the odds for the Galway Hurdle when they are available.

Galway Hurdle Tips

The Galway Hurdle is a handicap race taking place at the Galway Festival, and you can check out our top tips for the race here..

What is the Galway Hurdle? 

The Galway Hurdle is a hugely competitive two-mile race run in the middle of the Galway Festival and it can often be targeted by those trainers with a plan to head to the Cheltenham Festival with their star performers later in their career. Royal Ascot may be the summer feature in the UK, but the Galway Festival is the highlight in Ireland, and the Galway Hurdle is one of the valuable blue riband events, and has an illustrious roll of honour.

Donald McCain's Overturn was a fine winner of the 2010 renewal, but it's mainly be dominated by Irish-trained contenders with the likes of Clondaw Warrior (2016) and Sharjah (2018) just two big names, with the latter of those pair going on to finish runner-up in the 2020 Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival to show the race can throw up a classy winner.

What happened in the 2019 Galway Hurdle?

Tony Martin's Tudor City rattled home under a power-packed ride from Robbie Power to claim victory in the 2019 Galway Hurdle. Storming in between Due Rewards and Band Of Outlaws, Tudor City got his head in front in the shadow of the post to hand Martin more success in the race (won it in 2014 & 2015), and who's to say he won't use this victory as a springboard to bigger and better things.