Crowd and Tote Up at Day One of the Galway Races
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The crowd attending the first day of the Galway Race festival yesterday, numbered 17,710 which was up slightly on last year. So too was the amount wagered with the bookies – last night’s €1,412,596 was more than €100,000 up on last year.
Caoilinn de Bairéad from the Bailey in Galway made her own little piece of history yesterday by capturing the very first event on the track.
Dressed in a wedding gown, she was joined by 25 other similarly attired “brides” at the one-furlong start line in front of the stands. Caoilinn cantered to the finish line to win the special brides fundraiser on behalf of Special Olympics Connacht.
