Pat Hughes, trainer of Farmer BrownFarmer Brown, the heavily backed 9/2 favourite, scored a scintillating victory for trainer Pat Hughes and jockey Davy Russell in the 2007 renewal of the Guinness Galway Hurdle. This was the first Galway Hurdle success for Russell and the second for Hughes whose Quinze won it by 14 lengths in 1999.
Justin Carthy of Chronicle Bookmakers said: "We were hit hard by Farmer Brown. We laid a €10,000 each-way bet at 6/1. We also laid a €60,000 to €10,000 win bet."
Ladbrokes reported laying a cash bet of €6,000 at 11/2 and were still paying out two and a half hours after the race.
Davy Russell said :"To be fair now, everything went to plan. He settled lovely. Got a great run through the race. He jumped a little big early on, but it helped me settle him. I was always confident, was always going to pick them up. He just quickened up, into the hill and away with him.
Pat and the owners were bursting with confidence beforehand."
Pat Hughes was as engaging as usual: "He reminded me of Quinze the way he won today, He's some bit of stuff. He doesn't take much getting ready, and he had everything in his favour today. He's a big, tall horse with plenty of scope. I could see him jumping a fence one day."
Asked by Tracy Piggott if he was confident before the race, Hughes grinned: "I said that if someone else was training him I'd be twice as confident.
I didn't give Davy any instructions. I said this fella knows him well enough. He knows the gears he has."
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