1991 Galway Plate

Firions Law (GB) won the 1991 Galway Plate at Galway on 31 July 1991, trained by V Bowens and ridden by M Flynn, at 9/1, beating Never Be Great (GB) by 3 lengths.

Updated 1991-07-31

Quick answers

Who won the Galway Plate in 1991? Firions Law (GB) won the 1991 Galway Plate at Galway on 31 July 1991, trained by V Bowens and ridden by M Flynn, at 9/1, beating Never Be Great (GB) by 3 lengths.
Who came second in the 1991 Galway Plate? Never Be Great (GB) (14/1) finished second, and Ace Of Spies (GB) (16/1) was third.
Did the favourite win the 1991 Galway Plate? No. The 6/1 joint favourite Slyguff (GB) finished 10th of 21.
What was the winning time of the 1991 Galway Plate? Firions Law (GB) won in 5m 30.60s over 2m5f on Good going.
How many ran in the 1991 Galway Plate? 21 ran in the 1991 Galway Plate (average since 1990: 21.2).

Firions Law (GB)Winner

9/1SP

21 ranRunners

5m 30.60sWinning time

Slyguff (GB) (6/1JF): 10th of 21; The Gooser (GB) (6/1JF): 14th of 21Favourite

Full result

Pos	Btn	Horse	SP	Age	Wgt	Jockey	Trainer	Headgear	Owner	Total btn	Time
1	won 3	Firions Law (GB)	9/1	6	10-8	M Flynn	V Bowens	-	Mrs M Quinn	-	5m 30.60s
2	3	Never Be Great (GB)	14/1	9	9-10	Conor O'Dwyer	F Flood	-	Patrick McAteer	3	-
3	¾	Ace Of Spies (GB)	16/1	10	9-7	Norman Williamson	Mrs Gill E Jones	-	Sporting Circle Racing	3¾	-
4	20	Atteses (IRE)	20/1	7	9-7	Miss M Olivefalk	Capt D G Swan	-	Capt D G Swan	23¾	-
5	1	Deep Prospect (GB)	25/1	12	9-7	Susan A Finn	P J Millington	-	P J Millington	24¾	-
6	10	Lackabeha (GB)	25/1	9	9-7	T Horgan	James Murphy	-	Mrs M Buckley	dist	-
7	1½	Have A Barney (GB)	7/1	10	12-0	T J Taaffe	A L T Moore	-	Pierre J Doyle	dist	-
8	dh	Caddy (GB)	20/1	10	10-0	T Carmody	E J O'Grady	-	P Curling	dist	-
9	dh	Enagh-Roe (GB)	25/1	8	9-13	J Old Jones	E McNamara	-	J F O'Brien	dist	-
10	dh	Slyguff (GB)	6/1JF	10	11-5	A Powell	D K Weld	-	Dr Michael Smurfit	dist	-
11	dh	Daring Prince I (GB)	33/1	8	9-7	W Slattery	Francis M O'Brien	-	Mrs J Cullen	dist	-
12	dh	Guildway (GB)	16/1	8	9-7	Adrian Maguire	P J Healy	-	Mrs E Y Sweetman McEvoy	dist	-
13	dh	Wink Gulliver (GB)	16/1	7	9-11	Charlie Swan	Capt D G Swan	-	Mrs Teresa M Moriarty	dist	-
14	dh	The Gooser (GB)	6/1JF	8	10-6	R Dunwoody	P Mullins	-	Mrs M O'Leary	dist	-
15	dh	Altar BoyI (GB)	33/1	7	9-8	S H O'Donovan	Anthony Mullins	-	T Donohue	dist	-
16	dh	Noble Clansman (USA)	25/1	10	9-12	J Collins	Capt D G Swan	b	M J Gleeson	dist	-
17	dh	Brosalona (GB)	40/1	11	9-7	F Woods	Donal Hassett	-	Donal Hassett	dist	-
PU	-	Bothar Na Speire (GB)	7/1	7	9-12	K F O'Brien	M J P O'Brien	b	John M Mannion	-	-
F	-	Howe Street (GB)	12/1	8	9-8	Jason Titley	Jeremiah Ryan	-	R D V Hunt	-	-
UR	-	Treat Me Good (GB)	25/1	8	9-7	P McWilliams	S A Kirk	-	Mrs B Gribben	-	-
PU	-	Vultoro (GB)	66/1	8	9-7	R Byrne	John Monroe	-	J Monroe	-	-

Distances beaten are to the horse in front (Btn) and to the winner (Total btn). Headgear: b blinkers, v visor, p cheekpieces, t tongue strap, h hood, e/s eyeshield, ht hood and tongue strap. Prize money is shown in the currency of the country the race was run in (£ in Britain, € in Ireland).

How they ran next

Pos here	Horse	Next run	Course	Race	Result	SP
1	Firions Law (GB)	1991-09-25	Listowel	Guinness Kerry National Handicap Chase	5th of 11	5/2F
2	Never Be Great (GB)	1991-08-08	Mallow	Rathluirc Handicap Chase	3rd of 4	4/6F
3	Ace Of Spies (GB)	1991-08-13	Tramore	Park Hotel Festival Handicap Chase	Won	7/4F
4	Atteses (IRE)	-	-	-	Not run since	-
5	Deep Prospect (GB)	1991-08-02	Galway	Tony O'Malley Memorial Handicap Chase	4th of 10	9/2
6	Lackabeha (GB)	1991-09-25	Listowel	Guinness Kerry National Handicap Chase	Fell	14/1
7	Have A Barney (GB)	1991-10-30	Punchestown	Royal Bond Chase	2nd of 4	4/5F
8	Caddy (GB)	1991-08-26	Southwell	Newark Handicap Chase (Turf)	Won	15/8
9	Enagh-Roe (GB)	1991-08-22	Sligo	Heineken Sligo Handicap Chase	2nd of 8	8/1
10	Slyguff (GB)	1991-08-28	Tralee	Boyle Brothers Grand Hotel Handicap Chase	4th of 9	100/30F
11	Daring Prince I (GB)	-	-	-	Not run since	-
12	Guildway (GB)	1991-08-29	Tralee	Denny Gold Medal Handicap Chase	5th of 5	13/2
13	Wink Gulliver (GB)	1991-08-28	Tralee	Boyle Brothers Grand Hotel Handicap Chase	5th of 9	6/1
14	The Gooser (GB)	1992-01-23	Gowran Park	Telecom Eireann Thyestes Handicap Chase	5th of 16	14/1
15	Altar BoyI (GB)	1991-08-13	Tramore	Park Hotel Festival Handicap Chase	4th of 6	100/30
16	Noble Clansman (USA)	1991-08-22	Sligo	Heineken Sligo Handicap Chase	3rd of 8	12/1
17	Brosalona (GB)	1991-08-26	Tralee	Paget Cup (Handicap Chase)	4th of 7	13/2
PU	Bothar Na Speire (GB)	1991-08-29	Tralee	Denny Gold Medal Handicap Chase	4th of 5	5/2
F	Howe Street (GB)	1991-09-24	Listowel	McElligott Oils Handicap Chase	2nd of 4	6/4JF
UR	Treat Me Good (GB)	1991-08-09	Kilbeggan	Joe Cooney Memorial Handicap Chase	3rd of 7	2/1F
PU	Vultoro (GB)	1991-09-04	Galway	N.T. Meridian Mail EBF Handicap Chase	7th of 7	20/1

19 of 21 have run since; 2 won next time out.

Galway Plate winners by year

Year	Winner	SP	Trainer
2026	King Alexander (IRE)	20/1	Willie Mullins
2025	Western Fold (IRE)	11/1	Gordon Elliott
2024	Pinkerton (IRE)	20/1	Noel Meade
2023	Ash Tree Meadow (FR)	13/2	Gordon Elliott
2022	Hewick (IRE)	16/1	John Joseph Hanlon
2021	Royal Rendezvous (IRE)	5/1F	Willie Mullins
2020	Early Doors (FR)	7/1	Joseph Patrick O'Brien
2019	Borice (FR)	9/1	Gordon Elliott
2018	Clarcam (FR)	33/1	Gordon Elliott
2017	Balko Des Flos (FR)	6/1	Henry de Bromhead
2016	Lord Scoundrel (IRE)	10/1	Gordon Elliott
2015	Shanahan's Turn (IRE)	16/1	Henry de Bromhead
2014	Road To Riches (IRE)	14/1	Noel Meade
2013	Carlingford Lough (IRE)	7/2F	John E Kiely
2012	Bob Lingo (IRE)	16/1	Thomas Mullins
2011	Blazing Tempo (IRE)	5/1F	Willie Mullins
2010	Finger Onthe Pulse (IRE)	22/1	T J Taaffe
2009	Ballyholland (IRE)	16/1	C A McBratney
2008	Oslot (FR)	11/4F	Paul Nicholls
2007	Sir Frederick (IRE)	12/1	W J Burke
2006	Far From Trouble (IRE)	8/1	C Roche
2005	Ansar (IRE)	10/1	D K Weld
2004	Ansar (IRE)	10/1	D K Weld
2003	Nearly A Moose (IRE)	25/1	P Mullins
2002	Rockholm Boy (IRE)	20/1	Michael Hourigan
2001	Grimes (GB)	4/1JF	C Roche
2000	Dovaly (GB)	20/1	M J P O'Brien
1999	Moscow Express (IRE)	4/1	Ms F M Crowley
1998	Amlah (USA)	16/1	Philip Hobbs
1997	Stroll Home (IRE)	11/2	James Joseph Mangan
1996	Life Of A Lord (GB)	9/2	Aidan O'Brien
1995	Life Of A Lord (GB)	12/1	Aidan O'Brien
1994	Feathered Gale (GB)	8/1	A L T Moore
1993	General Idea I (GB)	9/2F	D K Weld
1992	The Gooser (GB)	25/1	P Mullins
1991	Firions Law (GB)	9/1	V Bowens
1990	Kiichi (USA)	2/1F	D K Weld

Years with a result in GB and IRE records since 1990.

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1991 Galway Plate

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