EACH year for the Summer Festival, Galway Racecourse hosts the leading jockey and leading trainer championships sponsored by the Rooney Family and Chanelle Medical respectively.

In a new development this year, the Galway Race committee has announced that in association with the Rooney family, a new Pat Smullen Perpetual Trophy will be the prize for the winner of the flat jockey championship in memory of Pat. Pat was synonymous with the Galway Festival through his partnership with Dermot Weld and a regular recipient of this prize. And what a beauty it is.