Michael J Smurfit at the Galway Races

Dr Michael J Smurfit relaxing among the Busy Lizzies at Ballybrit

"And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,

Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;

There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,

And Galway meetings full of my horses' wins."

If tradition is anything to go by, Dr Michael J Smurfit is a good bet to be among the winners at the Galway Summer Race Festival 2008.