Summer Festival Meeting

The Summer Festival Race Meeting at the Galway Races is renowned worldwide for its electric atmosphere, excellent racing and infectious sense of fun.

Celebrities can be seen sipping champagne by the Champagne Tent, the most conservative of us will be heard above the crowd as the horses round the bend into the home stretch. The Galway Races is certainly a festival for everyone. The Festival runs for seven consecutive days starting from the last Monday in July each year. We have special race days at the Summer Festival which add fun and excitement to the event, take a look below under Special Race Days for more information on Ladies Day and Mad Hatter’s Day.

A record number of people, 210,000, attended the Summer Festival Meeting in 2007 where betting turnover reached over €31 million. The total prize fund for the fifty-one sponsored races reached an impressive €1.9 million. If you fancy a flutter while at the course, there are various options for placing a bet at the Galway Races; the Tote, on-course betting shops and on-course bookmakers.

Special Days at the Galway Races
For more details on the special days held at the Summer Festival : Ladies Day and Mad Hatters Day

Summer Festival Competitions
For details on Race Card Competition, Losing Tote Tickets Competition, Best Turned out Horse, Leading Trainer and Leading Jockey awards and competitions

Summer Festival Race Card
For daily race cards of the summer races. Available Summer 2008

Results
Daily results from the racing in Galway.

Please see our Location page for directions to the racecourse. Please click on Reserved Seating for details on reserved seated area and admission fee information may be found under Admission Fees