Early news on the William Hill Galway Plate is that four declared runners are now out with Northern Alliance missing the Festival highlight owing to ground, Tumbling Dice is out due to a nasal discharge, Hill Fairy is in season so she won't be participating and Green Mile is a non-runner too, due to the ground conditions.

Crucially Keys Pride (first reserve) now gets an opportunity with Hill Fairy's intended rider, Kevin Coleman, the 2007 hero, aboard Stephen Ryan's bold-jumping mare. Aggie's Lad the ante-post fancy of many and stable companion of both Northern Alliance and Green Mile will luckily get in (he was third reserve) with big-specialist Robbie Power due to do the steering.