For one hour every day of the fesitval at the Knavesmire we’ll be offering bigger prices on selected horses in most of the day’s races.

Come back between 12:30 and 13:30 to take advantage of our generosity during the William Hill enhanced odds Happy Hours.

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The Irish Sun racing correspondent Declan O’Donoghue has selections at both Tramore and Dundalk, while William Hill Radio’s Mick Naughton looks at the cards at Bath and Pontefract.

Join Mick, Niall Hannity and Steven Powell in the studio from 2pm.

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As well as giving us his fancy in the feature event Declan also provides us with three others to follow, while Ross Brierley previews the domestic racing.

Join Mick Naughton and Sean Quinn in the studio from 2.05pm.

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Gone are the days when you had to worry if a price would drift if you took it as an early price or a show price.

Always take the prices when betting on UK and Irish horse racing with William Hill and if the Starting Price (SP) ends up bigger than the odds you took, we’ll pay you out at the bigger price.

That’s exactly what our big winner from Hampshire did and it bumped his winnings from £165,000 to a whopping £393,618.96. Here’s their bet from 2nd August 2010:

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Gone are the days when you had to worry if a price would drift if you took it as an early price or a show price.

Always take the prices when betting on UK and Irish horse racing with William Hill and if the Starting Price (SP) ends up bigger than the odds you took, we’ll pay you out at the bigger price.

That’s exactly what our big winner from Hampshire did and it bumped his winnings from £165,000 to a whopping £393,618.96. Here’s their bet from 2nd August 2010:

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For one hour every day this week, Monday to Sunday, we’ll be offering bigger prices on selected horses in most of the day’s races, so come back at the times stated below to take advantage of our generosity during the William Hill enhanced odds Happy Hours.

Monday 26th July
12:30-13:30 – Galway Festival Happy Hour

Tuesday 27th to Saturday 31st July
10:00-11:00 – Glorious Goodwood AND Galway Festival Happy Hour

Sunday 1st August
12:00-13:00 – Galway Festival Happy Hour

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To kick us off, Ross Brierley and David Kelner talk about nearly everything under the sun, Cornelius Lysaght goes through the card with a fine toothed comb and Declan O’Donoghue avoids Goodwood altogether and travels to Galway for day two of the finest Irish racing has to offer.

A top class week kicks off in style and you can catch it all on William Hill Radio.

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The two feature races at Galway are the Tote Galway Plate on Wednesday and the Guinness Galway Hurdle on Thursday, and Irish bookies are expecting to see high turnover on both races.

Majestic Concorde, trained by the ‘King of Ballybrit’ – Dermot Weld, is the 6-1 favourite for the Galway Hurdle, whilst British raider Overturn is the current 7-1 market leader for the Galway Hurdle.

Hills are also betting on the Rooney Auctioneer-sponsored top jockey prizes, and the colour of the dress worn by the ‘best dressed lady’ – which will be presented on Thursday (Ladies Day).

“Galway is the biggest betting event on the Irish racing calendar, and bookies are bracing themselves for another epic battle with the punters down in Ballybrit,” said William Hill’s Irish spokesman Tony Kenny.

“Galway is known as the punters graveyard. However, it’ll be the bookies who’ll look like the walking dead if Dermot Weld has another bumper festival.“

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The Dermot Weld trained Majestic Concorde is now the 6-1 favourite for the race having been 8-1 earlier on in the week.

Other interesting movers over the last few days include the Willie Mullins trained Themoonandsixpence (12-1 to 8-1), Grand Slam Hero (12-1 to 10-1) and Nicanor (25-1 to 20-1).

Hills spokesman Tony Kenny stated ‘Majestic Concorde and Themoonandsixpence have been the two best backed horses in the race’.

‘However, both seem to perform better on a sound surface, and with the ground currently soft – we could see a real shake-up in the market if the ground remains the same or gets worse.’

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The Donald McCain-trained Overturn heads betting for the race – with William Hill rating him a 7-1 shot to become the first British trainer winner of the two-mile hurdle since Sagaman in 1991.

Dirar, from the Gordon Elliott yard, is the 8-1 second favourite for the race, whilst last year’s winner Bahrain Storm is rated a 10-1 chance to record back-to-back successes in the Guinness Galway Hurdle.

Others near the head of the betting include the Dermot Weld trained New Phase (10-1), the Jessica Harrington trained Gimli’s Rock (12-1), and the top-weight Luska Lad (12-1).

It’s been a long time since we’ve had a British winner of the Galway Hurdle,’ said William Hill spokesman Tony Kenny ‘but punters on both sides of the Irish sea seem to believe that Donald McCain’s Overturn could be the one to end Britain’s nineteen-year barren streak.’

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