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In a world where each new day seems to bring increased uncertainty, we can be sure that Thomas Hardy did not have the Galway races of 2020 in mind when he penned the title of his 1874 novel, Far From The Madding Crowd, but that is the phrase that came to mind earlier this week when arriving at Ballybrit for the annual extravaganza that is The Galway Racing Festival.

A total of 127 transition year students from St Colman's College, Claremorris and Ballinrobe Community School, were treated to a educating behind-the-scenes at Ballinrobe racecourse on Tuesday last.

In a little over two weeks, the madness will begin. But already there is an air of effort and industry as Michael Moloney and his team are counting down to July 31, and the opening day of the 2017 racing festival. Take note of the date: a festival we usually associate with the last week of July will this year begin on the last day of July, the latest possible start date, and end on Sunday August, 6.

With two days racing, including a listed race and the SuperValu Roscommon Ladies Day, Roscommon Racecourse is the place to be in July. The action kicks off on Monday, July 10 and continues on Tuesday, July 11, with the first race on Monday at 5.55pm.

Next Monday, August 15, there are more reasons than ever to go racing in Roscommon with the always highly anticipated family day taking place.

Preparations are well under way ahead of Ballinrobe’s two day race meeting next week which takes place on Monday May 30 and Tuesday May 31 at the south Mayo venue. Monday’s meeting will be sponsored by Breaffy House Resort and the feature race is the Breaffy House Resort Mares Handicap with a prize fund of €30,000.