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Galway Plate Handicap Chase betting and odds preview

The action-packed Galway Plate, a two-and-three-quarter mile handicap chase, is one of the highlights of the sensational Galway Festival and Galway Plate Handicap Chase betting is always frenetic.

This is an event the home team have successfully managed to keep on their side of the water in recent years and, not surprisingly, they are always popular in the Galway Plate Handicap Chase betting.

It's surely odds-on once again that the Irish will prevail as many of their horses are specially trained for this prestigious event, which rarely fails to capture the imagination of those eyeing a Galway Plate Handicap Chase bet on both sides of the Irish Sea.

Dermot Weld's Ansar won in both 2005 and 2006, landing plenty of juicy Galway Plate Handicap Chase bets in the process, and the veteran is once again a likely contender and shouldn't be lightly dismissed.

Christy Roche is another trainer to land the prize twice in the last 10 years and his representatives are also well worth a second glance in the Galway Plate Handicap Chase betting.

Grimes (2001) was the last winning favourite, and with many runners attracting serious bets, the betting public has a chance of finding a winner at double-figure Galway Plate Handicap Chase odds in what is normally a wide open betting heat.