16:30 Galway

Thursday 30 July 2026

All14:1014:4515:2015:5516:3017:0517:4018:12

Guinness Galway Hurdle Handicap (Grade 3)

  • 4YO plus  |   Class 1  |   2m 11y  |   Good  |   20 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 16:31  |   Winning time: 3m 43.30s
Odds by:
The word Sky in blue and Bet in white with a red background.
Cloth number
Live Odds
Odds
1
Solness
10/1, 11/1, 10/1, 11/1, 10/1, 11/1
10/1
2
Casheldale Lad
18/1, 16/1
14/1
3
Ndaawi
16/1, 18/1, 20/1, 20/1, 22/1, 25/1, 22/1
25/1
4
El Cairos
5/1, 9/2
5/1
5
Laafi
10/1
11/1
6
Puturhandstogether
12/1, 11/1, 12/1, 14/1
16/1
7
Tounsivator
10/1, 9/1
17/2
8
Murcia
8/1
15/2
9
Too Bossy For Us
16/1
18/1
10
Helvic Dream
16/1, 18/1, 16/1, 14/1, 12/1
12/1
11
Starting Fifteen
12/1
12
Gameball
11/1, 12/1, 14/1, 16/1
14/1
13
Ragmans Corner
16/1, 18/1, 16/1, 18/1, 20/1
22/1
14
Putapoundinthejar
10/1, 9/1
10/1
15
Beauvallon
22/1, 25/1, 28/1
33/1
16
Sageborough
16/1, 18/1, 20/1, 18/1, 20/1, 22/1
25/1
17
Royal Hollow
28/1
33/1
18
Barbizon
66/1, 50/1
40/1
19
Kai Lung
20/1, 18/1, 16/1, 18/1, 16/1
14/1
20
Thisistheway
28/1, 25/1, 28/1, 25/1, 28/1, 25/1
22/1
SP Book Percentage 136.71

Non-Runners

21
Horse silk
No Looking Back89
Weight: 10-0|  Age: 8
T: O McKiernan  J: Reserve 1
NR

Forecasts

El Cairos (5/1), Murcia (15/2), Tounsivator (17/2), Putapoundinthejar (10/1), Solness (10/1), Laafi (11/1), Helvic Dream (12/1), Starting Fifteen (12/1), Gameball (14/1), Casheldale Lad (14/1), Kai Lung (14/1), Puturhandstogether (16/1), Too Bossy For Us (18/1), Thisistheway (22/1), Ragmans Corner (22/1), Ndaawi (25/1), Sageborough (25/1), Beauvallon (33/1), Royal Hollow (33/1), Barbizon (40/1), No Looking Back (66/1)

Verdict

An ultra-competitive renewal of this valuable contest with the vote in favour of EL CAIROS, who has long been held in high regard by connections and appeals as one of the few in the field who may still have his best days ahead of him. He was disappointing when last seen but has been freshened up since, and it’s notable that Jack Kennedy keeps the faith. Laafi boasts some strong handicap form and is feared, along with the unexposed Gameball and last year’s first past the post, Helvic Dream.

  1. EL CAIROS (FR)
  2. LAAFI (FR)
  3. GAMEBALL (IRE)

Previous Winners

2025
Ndaawi
Weight: 11-7  |Age: 5
J: Jack Kennedy  |  T: G Elliott
13/2

Prize Money

1st: €162,000.002nd: €54,000.003rd: €27,000.004th: €13,500.005th: €8,100.006th: €5,400.00

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