26,572 attendance on Kerry National day A tremendous attendance of 26,572 turned up at Listowel yesterday for the feature race of the seven day Festival, the Guinness Kerry National. The crowd figure was just marginally down (1.5%) on the same day 12 months ago of 26,994. The “Kerry National” day is traditionally the point where attendance and betting really go up a gear at the meeting. However the betting and crowd figures (detailed below) for the opening four days can only be described as modest. Crowd: Sunday 3684 (down 12%, last year 4199) Monday 3163 (down 14%, last year 3665) Tuesday 3909 (down 13%, last year 4478) Wednesday 26572 (down 1.5%, last year 26,994) Tote aggregate: Sunday €100,559 (down 19%, last year €124,217) Monday €99,009 (down 5%, last year €104,560) Tuesday €140,761 (down 15%, last year €165,348) Wednesday €320,179 (down 13%, last year €369,756) Bookmakers turnover: Sunday €314,944 (down 20%, last year €395,438) Monday €383,810 (down 34%, last year €581,570) Tuesday €546,729 (down 12%, last year €623,988) Wednesday €1,230,654 (down 13%, last year €1,413,528) Alan Magee
