Galway Races 2024

29 Jul - 4 Aug, 2024, Galway Events Calendar

Galway Races Summer Festival 🏇

(29 July – 4th August 2024)

Ireland’s biggest and most famous racing festival is held in Galway during the last week of July every year and involves seven days of unrivalled action. The 2024 festival will run from Monday 29 July to Sunday 4th August. Each year sees attendances of over 100,000 at the Galway Races over the week long festival, and the town has a real buzz at night, with hangovers aplenty the following day. It is a joyous, fun-filled seven days where people might leave with a few less euros than they had when they arrived but they also leave with great new experiences, new friends and a time that will never be forgotten.

The Racing Festival 🐴

There are 49 races available in the 2024 Galway Races Festival schedule, with betting held at the Galway Festival over its seven day duration and the total Prize money on offer is in excess of €2 million. The Blue Riband race is the famous Galway Plate, a race so central to the history of Galway races. It takes place on Wednesday, the third day of the meeting and it will be the race that attracts by far the most media attention and certainly much of the Galway Festival betting. Galway Festival Ladies Day is on the fourth day of the Festival and it is one of the most colourful.

2024 Galway Racing Schedule 📆

Race dates, times & sponsors liable to change.

Monday 29th July 2024
Connacht Hotel (Q.R.) Handicap
⏰ First Race: 17.10 | Last Race: 20.20 | Gates Open: 14.30 | Races: 7

Tuesday 30th July 2024
Colm Quinn BMW Mile Handicap
⏰ First Race: 17.10 | Last Race: 20.20 | Gates Open: 14.30 | Races: 7

Wednesday 31st July 2024
Tote.com Galway Plate
⏰ First Race: 17.10 | Last Race: 20.20 | Gates Open: 14.30 | Races: 7

Thursday 1st August 2024
Ladies Day – Guinness Galway Hurdle Handicap
⏰ First Race: 14.10 | Last Race: 18.10 | Gates Open: 11.15 | Races: 8

Friday 2nd August 2024
Friday’s Fair Lady – Guinness Handicap
⏰ First Race: 17.00 | Last Race: 20.40 | Gates Open: 14.15 | Races: 8

Saturday 3rd August 2024
Galway Shopping Centre Handicap Hurdle
⏰ First Race: 14.00 | Last Race: 17.55 | Gates Open: 11.30 | Races: 8

Sunday 4th August 2024
Family Day & Mad Hatters Day – Irish Stallion Farms EBF “Ahonoora” Handicap
⏰ First Race: 14.00 | Last Race: 17.40 | Gates Open: 11.30 | Races: 8

What to expect at the Galway Races 🐎

Ballybritt Racecourse map

Galway Races Ballybritt map
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Galway Horse Racing Festival FAQs 🐴

Will the Galway Races be on this year?
This year the famous seven day Galway Races Summer Horse Racing Festival will take place from Monday 29th July to Sunday 4th August 2024.
Is the Galway Races flat or jumps?
The Galway Races features National Hunt jump racing and flat racing throughout the week long festival.
What date is race week in Galway this year?
The Galway Races Summer Festival opens on Monday 29 July 2024 with the first race at 5.10pm. The festival ends on Sunday 4 August with the last race at 5.40pm.
How long is Galway Racecourse?
Galway Racecourse is a 1.4 mile (2.25 km) circuit situated to the east of Galway City at Ballybrit, County Galway, Ireland.

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Galway Racecourse, Ballybrit,
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