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Donal Murphy

Donal Murphy

Punchestown figures up on last year

Sun 20th Nov 2011, 16:31

A crowd of 6,321 people turned up at Punchestown this afternoon to witness Thousand Stars land the featured ladbrokes.com Morgiana Hurdle for Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh.

The Tote turnover was well up at €213,477.00 compared to €109,133.00 for the corresponding meeting last year.

Punchestown General Manager Dick O'Sullivan was obviously happy with the attendance and he said: "I’m delighted with the crowd which is more than double what we had last year.

"I’d say it’s the biggest crowd we've had outside of the Festival."

About Donal Murphy
Donal graduated from Maynooth University in 2010 with a BBS in Equine Business and since attained a diploma in Sports Journalism from Dublin Business School. He holds a variety of roles in the horse racing industry, reporting for the Press Association and p2p.ie, while also working for SIS and the Tote. From Wexford, he is a keen runner and has completed over 100 parkruns at various locations around the country.