Galway 6.15

Galway Plate 6.15 - 2 miles 6 and 1/2 furlongs - 22 run - Good to Yielding
 
A typically competitive renewal and I narrowed it down to a short list of 7.
 
I'm very wary of a couple of progressive types in Home by The Lee and Off You Go who both last ran 114 days ago in the Irish National. Both had good form before probably failing to get the trip and both could easily figure here over a far more suitable trip and only the gap in racing and possible lack of race fitness edge puts me off.
 
Top Moon has a very good chance for Joseph O'Brien at the top end of the market but up there I was much keener on ROYAL RENDEZVOUS for Willie Mullins. Very lightly raced since being a runner up and very well backed in this last year, somewhat overlooked in the market i feel and with some good course form looks sure to run another big race.
 
At the other end of the market I think that Snow Falcon is no 33/1 shot and was 4th in this race in 2018 off a mark of 158 and a full stone lower in the handicap and could sneak an enhanced place for some loose change if you wish.
 
To join Royal Rendezvous I'll have Tracker bets on the Foster pair of SAMCRO and ROYAL RENDEZVOUS both classy horse just needing to find the right opening, Battleoverdoyen is a Course and Distance winner here and very interesting on several bits of good form and Samcro gets cheekpieces to just sharpen him up and could dominate these if finally putting his best foot forwards.
 
TIP - ROYAL RENDEZVOUS / Trackers - Battleoverdoyen + Samcro