THE opening two days of Galway saw a diverse cast of winning trainers, 14 different names across the 14 races, plenty of smaller yards getting in on the act, and Peter Lawlor giving voice to what it can mean to have a winner at the track after his Summer Snow won on Tuesday.

Emmet Mullins is a regular winner at the meeting, and he produced a fine training performance to take the Connacht Hotel Handicap with Filey Bay, the horse having been off the track for 623 days before his return in June.