Galway Bay fm newsroom - There was a strong turnout for the first weekend meet of the Galway Races - but bookmaker and tote takings were down once again.
Today is the final day of racing at Ballybrit - and both attendances and takings are down across the week.
Yesterday marked the penultimate day of racing at Ballybrit - and once again figures were down across the board.
Attendance was broadly in line with last year, with 13,300 people passing through the gates - just a slight drop of several hundred compared to last year.
However, the bookmakers were hit by a somewhat wider margin - taking in €747 thousand - a drop of over €52 thousand on the figure for 2017.
Meanwhile, tote figures took a hit of almost €95 thousand - falling from €642 thousand recorded last year, to €547 collected yesterday.
The first of the eight races scheduled for the final day of racing at Ballybrit goes to post this afternoon at 2.15.
