RTÉ’s Nationwide will broadcast a special on the 150 years of the Galway Races on Friday next, July 26th at 7pm, looking back at some of the inspiring moments over a decade and a half of great racing, fun and frivolity!

Mary Fanning visits the yard of leading amateur jockey Derek O’Connor at Tubber and hears about the importance of the Connacht Hotel (QR) Handicap worth €120,000.