Galway Festival tips: Johnny Ward's best bets for day three

Day three at my home track features the historic Galway Plate, in which I've one pick, and I have saved another for the level later on.

Be lucky.

6.40 Galway: Cape Gentleman

High-class handicap chases are not my cup of tea for bets but one can make an exception here.

The positives for Cape Gentleman are many: he's trained by Emmet Mullins, finished placed in the Galway Hurdle, has the class and stamina on the Flat and has a really eye-catching chase win to his name, when Troytown winner Run Wild Fred and his stablemate Noble Yeats were well-beaten. If he can get into a jumping rhythm he looks the best-treated of these.

7.50 Galway: Ezine

I am surprised at how big this filly has been put in.

She is well-bred and beat 15 horses on her debut in March, the winner none other than Tuesday. After winning her maiden back at Naas she was sent off favourite in a strong handicap at Gowran won by the well-handicapped Night Of Romance. She did well to finish fifth after being squeezed from both sides coming out of the stalls.

Her trainer won this race twice around a decade ago - and he hasn't gone away, you know.