Talk in the Park proved to be a very lovely horse winning the Tote Handicap Hurdle on Galway Plate Day
Racegoers attempt to shield themselves from the rain during the Galway Races Summer Festival at the Galway Racecourse. Photograph: Niall Carson/PABut the celebrations began 48 hours early when an actual horse, part-owned by a syndicate based at the pub, won the Tote Handicap Hurdle on Galway Plate Day.by Ross O’Sullivan, Talk in the Park had been a winner only once in its previous nine outings, albeit last time out, at Downpatrick in June.
After the sunshine of Tuesday, the big fashion colour on day three of the festival was blue. Typically, however, the skies over Galway did not follow the trend they had set, reverting instead to an ominous grey. Among less connected punters celebrating the win, meanwhile, was Rachel Phelan, from Waterford, who punched the air politely in front of the grandstand as the horse passed the post in front.On the other hand, Phelan admitted a little shamefacedly that she had bet a fiver each-way on Lightkeeper because “I just liked the name”.
“We didn’t see that coming,” admitted one of many people huddling under the shelter of the podium in the nearby winners’ parade ring. Even the Bar Stool Prophets were taken by surprise.
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