2003 Galway Plate

Nearly A Moose (IRE) won the 2003 Galway Plate at Galway on 30 July 2003, trained by P Mullins and ridden by Robbie Power, at 25/1, beating Kadoun (IRE) by 4 lengths.

Updated 2003-07-30

Quick answers

Who won the Galway Plate in 2003? Nearly A Moose (IRE) won the 2003 Galway Plate at Galway on 30 July 2003, trained by P Mullins and ridden by Robbie Power, at 25/1, beating Kadoun (IRE) by 4 lengths.
Who came second in the 2003 Galway Plate? Kadoun (IRE) (10/1) finished second, and Glynn Dingle (IRE) (16/1) was third.
Did the favourite win the 2003 Galway Plate? No. The 100/30 favourite Back On Top I (IRE) finished 4th of 22.
What was the winning time of the 2003 Galway Plate? Nearly A Moose (IRE) won in 5m 37.60s over 2m6½f on Yielding going.
How much prize money did the 2003 Galway Plate winner get? Nearly A Moose (IRE) earned €92,975 for winning the 2003 Galway Plate.
How many ran in the 2003 Galway Plate? 22 ran in the 2003 Galway Plate (average since 1990: 21.2).

Nearly A Moose (IRE)Winner

25/1SP

22 ranRunners

5m 37.60sWinning time

€92,975Prize to winner

Back On Top I (IRE) (100/30F): 4th of 22Favourite

Full result

Pos	Btn	Horse	SP	Age	Wgt	Jockey	Claim	Trainer	OR	Headgear	Owner	Total btn	Time	Prize
1	won 4	Nearly A Moose (IRE)	25/1	7	10-1	Robbie Power	3	P Mullins	123	t	Michael J Mcginley	-	5m 37.60s	€92,975
2	4	Kadoun (IRE)	10/1	6	10-9	Mr D W Cullen	5	M J P O'Brien	133	p	John P McManus	4	-	€28,875
3	½	Glynn Dingle (IRE)	16/1	10	10-3	Graham Lee	-	A. J. Martin	122	-	Patrick Mccaughey	4½	-	€13,875
4	nk	Back On Top I (IRE)	100/30F	9	10-11	J R Barry	-	J L Hassett	130	-	Mrs John Magnier	4¾	-	€4,875
5	½	Ansar (IRE)	12/1	7	10-7	D J Casey	-	D K Weld	126	-	Mrs K Devlin	5¼	-	€3,375
6	nk	Risk Accessor (IRE)	15/2	8	11-0	R Walsh	-	C Roche	133	-	John P McManus	5½	-	€1,875
7	¾	Thari (USA)	20/1	6	10-4	Paul Carberry	-	Noel Meade	123	-	D P Sharkey	6¼	-	-
8	3	Go Roger Go (IRE)	16/1	11	11-10	Norman Williamson	-	E J O'Grady	143	-	John P McManus	9¼	-	-
9	nk	Kirmar (IRE)	20/1	9	10-1	John Cullen	-	P A Fahy	120	-	Sir Denis Forman	9¾	-	-
10	1	Lord Of The Turf (IRE)	8/1	10	10-11	Barry Geraghty	-	John Bleahen	130	-	J F O'Malley	10¾	-	-
11	10	Wotsitooya (IRE)	25/1	11	9-11	G Cotter	-	M J P O'Brien	116	p	Mrs Christopher Cullen	20¾	-	-
12	shd	Ballycassidy (IRE)	12/1	7	11-4	Andrew Thornton	-	Peter Bowen	137	-	R Owen	20¾	-	-
13	4	Zafarabad (IRE)	33/1	9	11-0	K A Kelly	-	Philip Hobbs	133	b	Mrs Elaine Baines	24¾	-	-
14	6	Torduff Boy (IRE)	16/1	10	10-7	Mr Derek O'Connor	7	Paul Nolan	133	t	Philip Redmond	dist	-	-
15	shd	Fnan (GB)	33/1	7	10-2	G T Hutchinson	3	Noel Meade	124	-	D P Sharkey	dist	-	-
16	dist	Cregg House (IRE)	50/1	8	10-2	Martin Mooney	5	S Donohoe	126	b	Mrs Kathleen Kennedy	dist	-	-
17	25	Knife Edge (USA)	33/1	8	12-0	Conor O'Dwyer	-	M J P O'Brien	147	-	John P McManus	dist	-	-
18	1½	Goldstreet (IRE)	25/1	6	10-4	Jim Culloty	-	Joseph Crowley	123	b	Crock Of Gold Syndicate	dist	-	-
19	2½	Michael Mor (IRE)	25/1	9	10-10	Timmy Murphy	-	Noel Meade	129	p	K L M Syndicate	dist	-	-
UR	-	Ceoil Agus Craic (IRE)	50/1	12	9-11	Mark Grant	3	Michael G Holden	119	-	S Bolger	-	-	-
PU	-	Garvivonnian (IRE)	33/1	8	11-5	Tommy Treacy	-	Edward P Mitchell	138	-	Mrs A Long	-	-	-
PU	-	Heart Midoltian (FR)	25/1	6	11-1	Davy Russell	-	Seamus Neville	134	t	Mrs S Neville	-	-	-

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	Nearly A Moose (IRE)	-	-	-	Not run since	-
2	Kadoun (IRE)	2003-11-22	Naas	Woodlands Park 100 Poplar Square Chase	Won	13/2
3	Glynn Dingle (IRE)	2003-08-16	Perth	Keyline Handicap Chase Class D	2nd of 4	6/4F
4	Back On Top I (IRE)	2004-01-11	Leopardstown	Pertemps Handicap Hurdle	14th of 16	10/1
5	Ansar (IRE)	2004-06-02	Leopardstown	pigsback.com Handicap	4th of 19	12/1
6	Risk Accessor (IRE)	2003-10-30	Thurles	Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Chase	Won	8/15F
7	Thari (USA)	2003-09-17	Listowel	Guinness Kerry National Handicap Chase	Fell	12/1
8	Go Roger Go (IRE)	2003-09-19	Listowel	Southampton Goodwill Chase	2nd of 5	4/5F
9	Kirmar (IRE)	2003-09-10	Galway	Smirnoff Handicap Chase	3rd of 11	5/1
10	Lord Of The Turf (IRE)	2005-02-06	Leopardstown	Raymond Smith Memorial Hunters Chase	Won	8/1
11	Wotsitooya (IRE)	2003-09-10	Galway	Smirnoff Handicap Chase	Won	9/1
12	Ballycassidy (IRE)	2003-09-27	Market Rasen	Howard And Gray Nuptials Novices' Chase Class C	Won	2/9F
13	Zafarabad (IRE)	2003-10-25	Kempton	Stan James Win A Racehorse Gold Cup (Handicap Chase) Class B	5th of 8	7/2
14	Torduff Boy (IRE)	2004-05-28	Punchestown	Visit The Totesport Lounge Handicap Chase	5th of 11	10/1
15	Fnan (GB)	2003-08-28	Tralee	Denny Gold Medal Handicap Chase	4th of 9	7/2
16	Cregg House (IRE)	2003-11-23	Navan	Pierse Group Troytown Handicap Chase	9th of 19	25/1
17	Knife Edge (USA)	2003-12-07	Punchestown	John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase	6th of 7	20/1
18	Goldstreet (IRE)	2004-12-27	Limerick	Guinness Christmas Festival Hurdle	4th of 5	4/1
19	Michael Mor (IRE)	2003-11-01	Naas	Woodlands Park 100 Brown Lad Handicap Hurdle	6th of 12	14/1
UR	Ceoil Agus Craic (IRE)	2003-09-10	Galway	Smirnoff Handicap Chase	5th of 11	20/1
PU	Garvivonnian (IRE)	2003-09-17	Listowel	Guinness Kerry National Handicap Chase	9th of 17	25/1
PU	Heart Midoltian (FR)	2003-09-07	Punchestown	Carriage Driving at Punchestown Handicap Hurdle	6th of 10	11/1

21 of 22 have run since; 5 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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2003 Galway Plate

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