TOTE TAKINGS SUBSTANTIALLY DOWN ON GALWAY PLATE DAY

Date Published: 31-Jul-2008

TOTE betting on day 3 of the Galway Races was down almost a quarter of a million euro on last year's figure.One point two nine million euro was spent at the TOTE in Ballybrit yesterday, Galway Plate Day.Just over 25 thousand 300 people basked in the sunshine at Ballybrit Racecourse yesterday, slightly up on the attendance figure for the same day last year.However, betting was down by almost a quarter of a million euro on the TOTE.Bookies also saw a substantial drop in takings yesterday, down over half a million euro on last year's figure.Among the well known faces at the racecourse yesterday were, An Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, former Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds and former Ireland rugby coach, Eddie O Sullivan.