BOOKMAKERS SEE DAY THREE GALWAY RACES BETTING DROP BY A FIFTH

Date Published: 28-Jul-2011

Bookmakers saw a big decrease in betting at Day Three of the Galway Races yesterday.

Attendance at Ballybrit for Galway Plate Day was 19 thousand 253, down 11 hundred for the same day last year.

1.9 million euro was spent at bookies pitches in Ballybrit yesterday, compared to almost 2.5 million in 2010, a drop of more than a fifth.

TOTE betting was also down with 839 thousand euro spent yesterday, compared to 970 thousand last year.

Today is Ladies Day at Ballybrit with the first race going to post at 1.50p.m.