Preview galway 27th Aug

Down In Neworleans maintained his unbeaten record over fences in the good novice event at the Galway Festival and he returns to Ballybrit for the Deacy Gilligan Novice Chase.

Mags Mullins' six-year-old should confirm his superiority over placegetters Gracchus and Spill The Beans, and has more to fear from Dr Whizz, who found the seasoned handicappers too hot to handle in the Plate and is better suited to this sort of assignment.

Scotsirish is the classiest performer on display and will take a power of beating in the Colm Quinn BMW Chase.

Willie Mullins' stalwart lumped top weight into fifth in the Galway Plate before reappearing just four days later to fill third in another tight affair.

This represents a significant lowering of his sights and it will be disappointing if he can't see off the likes of Ballyholland and Lenabane.

Scotsirish's trainer Willie Mullins is also responsible for Sligo scorer Earls Quarter in the Easyfix Rubber Products Novice Hurdle and it wouldn't be a surprise if he was able to bustle up Festival winner Natural High who, interestingly, is the only runner on the card for Galway king Dermot Weld.

Mullins sends Robin Angevin in search of a deserved victory in the Jamie Kyne Memorial INH Flat Race after rattling the crossbar the last twice, with the champion trainer represented in the Parkmore Maiden Hurdle by Laganbank, who is a dual winner in bumpers.

The two-day fixture commences with the Anglo Printers Maiden Hurdle at 2.55 and Noel Meade has chosen this as the starting point for the jumping career of useful Flat recruit Sam Bass.

Adropaupep broke through at Cork at the beginning of the month and has a 9lb penalty to contend with in the O'Leary Insurances Handicap Hurdle, in which Abarta bids to atone for a costly Ballinrobe defeat.