CROWDS BEGIN TO ARRIVE FOR START OF GALWAY RACES

Date Published: 30-Jul-2012

Crowds are arriving into the city for the start of the seven day Galway races summer festival

The event, one of the country's sporting and social highlights of the summer calendar, is expected to attract more than 150 thousand visitors to Galway this week

The seven day festival is worth in excess of €60 million to the local economy and high attendance figures are expected on Thursday for the popular Ladies Day and the Guinness Galway Hurdle.

According to Manager of Galway Racecourse, John Maloney track conditions are perfect to open the festival with the going good to yielding.

Today's seven race card goes to post at Ballybrit at 4 this afternoon, and there will be full live coverage of every race here on Galway Bay fm today and right through the week every day until and including Sunday.