Finger Onthe Pulse gave Tony McCoy his first victory in the www.thetote.com Galway Plate with a battling success over Themoonandsixpence. Wearing the Grand National-winning colours of JP McManus, McCoy was at his strongest to take the valuable handicap chase at odds of 22-1. McCoy came in for the ride after his original mount, Dancing Tornado, was a late withdrawal. He got the verdict on Tom Taaffe’s charge by half a length. Majestic Concorde, the 3-1 favourite, finished third, while top-weight The Fonze ran a huge race in fourth. Taaffe said: “The Galway Plate is a big purse every summer. It’s the highlight of the Irish summer calendar. It doesn’t come that easily and you need a horse with a bit of class and reasonable handicap mark. He had both of those, thank God. A person who deserves praise is JP (McManus) because he’s the man who went and bought the horse. His former owner Conor Clarkson is a great owner. He just got caught up in the global downturn a bit and I mentioned it to JP and he very willingly went ahead and bought the horse. He’s had to endure a couple of very bad runs in the interim and it’s come all right today. Tony gave him a fantastic ride. That’s why he is who he is. I feel a little sorry for Mark Walsh (original jockey for Finger Onthe Pulse). He has schooled him recently and was due to ride him, but things fell into place for Tony and it will be Mark’s day another day.”