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Punchestown crowd holds up

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Published at Apr 22, 2010, 18:30

The crowd at this year's Punchestown Festival has held up well despite the absence of much of the British contingent and Thursday's attendance dropped 681 on the corresponding figure from last year.

This year's Thursday attendance 15,512.

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