Crowd figures for Galway Thursday There was a big crowd here today at Galway, the attendance was 42,415. That figure is only 3,000 people down on last year's attendance of 46,186. The Tote aggregate was €1,376,845.00 compared to last year’s figure of €1,768,253.00. Bookmakers fared somewhat better, turning over €3,123,041 compared to €3,533,918. The betting on the Guinness Galway Hurdle actually increased on last year's figure by over €31,000 to €663,344.
