Trainer Profile

Did you know: Based near Athenry in Co. Galway, Paul Gilligan worked for local trainers Pat Kelly and Pauline Gavin prior to setting up on his own and he had his first runner as a licensed trainer when sending out Farriersfriend to contest a bumper at the Galway Festival in 1998. However, success did not come quickly to him, with him having a limited number of runners during the seasons that followed, but that all changed with the arrival of a horse called Broadstone Road into his yard.