GALWAY RACES DAY TWO BETTING DOWN CONSIDERABLY

Date Published: 27-Jul-2011

17 thousand 510 people went through the turnstiles at Ballybrit last evening, 350 less than the same day in 2010.

Punters at Ballybrit spent just over 671 thousand euro on TOTE betting, compared to 967 thousand last year, a drop of almost 300 thousand euro.

Bookmakers also saw a drop in their takings yesterday compared to 2010.

Almost 1 and a half million euro was spent at bookies' pitches yesterday compared to 1.85 million euro last year.

Today is Galway Plate Day at Ballybrit with the first race going to post at 3p.m.