Ado McGuinness may saddle eight in bid to complete remarkable Galway four-timer
Ado McGuinness is hoping the old adage of strength in numbers will ring true at next week's Galway festival as he prepares to saddle as many as eight runners in a quest to land the feature Colm Quinn BMW Mile Handicap for a fourth successive year.
The €120,000 contest has been a happy hunting ground for McGuinness in recent years, with the big-handicap specialist pulling off an unprecedented hat-trick, as well as winning the last two runnings of the €110,000 Irish Stallion Farms EBF Ahonoora Handicap.
Reserve Sirjack Thomas caused a 50-1 shock for McGuinness in last year's BMW Mile when the Dublin-based trainer sent out six runners, and McGuinness is guaranteed at least the same number of representatives for this year's race next Tuesday (6.40).
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