Galway Hurdle 2026 Result
There’s a big field set to go to post in the Guinness Galway Hurdle Handicap, with El Cairos and Murcia trading as the shortest priced horses. The former is one of the top weights in the field but is regarded as the most likely winner by the racing betting sites. We prefer the chances of the latter who has landed two top-two finishes this term.
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Puturhandstogether struggled for results last season but may be able to perform better in a new campaign, with Laafi opening the campaign with a runner-up effort. Ndaawi has earned a couple of wins during his career to date, with Starting Fifteen not without a chance and Gameball looks set to produce a strong effort after a top-two finish last time out.
2026 Galway Hurdle Result
19 finishers- 1 Putapoundinthejar Daniel King +1000
- 2 Thisistheway Michael Kenneally +2200
- 3 Gameball Darragh O'Keeffe +1400
- 4 Ragmans Corner Eoghan Finegan +2200
- 5 Beauvallon Brian Hayes +3300
- 6 Helvic Dream Donagh Meyler +1200
- 7 El Cairos Jack Kennedy +500F
- 8 Laafi Patrick M O'Brien +1100
- 9 Casheldale Lad Josh Williamson +1400
- 10 Starting Fifteen Sean Flanagan +1200
- 11 Kai Lung Sean Cleary-Farrell +1400
- 12 Ndaawi James Smith +2500
- 13 Solness J J Slevin +1000
- 14 Too Bossy For Us Mark Walsh +1800
- 15 Royal Hollow Danny McMenamin +3300
- 16 Tounsivator Danny Mullins +850
- 17 Murcia Paul Townend +750
- 18 Puturhandstogether Harry Cobden +1600
- 19 Barbizon Joshua Halford +4000
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Murcia looks the part when it comes to the Guinness Galway Hurdle Handicap, with this being a two-mile showdown on Thursday. The five-year-old was able to oblige at Listowel at the end of May in a mares’ hurdle, with the 6/4 favourite able to score a comfortable three-length victory. However, the horse did fall short of the same standard at Killarney.
In the EBF Mares’ Hurdle over two miles, four and a half furlongs, the 5/6 favourite was held up in the rear and struggled over a couple of the latter obstacles. Even so, we think that the filly offers the best value and the fact that she has run a couple of times already this term means that could put the horse at a distinct advantage.
El Cairos is a Gordon Elliott-trained runner and the six-year-old has run in some esteemed company in recent outings. After a victory at Thurles at the end of January, there was a decent effort in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham before failing to oblige in the Irish Champion Hurdle at the Punchestown Festival when sent off as the 2/1 favourite.
Puturhandstogether was hit and miss last season, with the Joseph O’Brien-trained horse struggling to make an impression at Royal Ascot in the Ascot Stakes. It came after a solid effort at Chester where a midfield finish was landed although the horse was well off the pace in a handicap hurdle when running at Fairyhouse Racecourse.
Past Winners
2024 — Galway Hurdle
- 1 Nurburgring SP
- 2 Ndaawi SP
- 3 My Mate Mozzie SP