Bookies add financial clout to Tralee campaign

THE campaign to ensure the continuance of racing at Ballybeggan Park stepped up a gear yesterday when it was revealed that on-course bookmakers have pledged 100,000 towards the saving of the track.

As well as that the plan, formulated by the Save Tralee Racecourse Committee, was put in the post yesterday and should be on the desks of the fifty shareholders this morning.

Meanwhile King Carew, trained by Michael Hourigan and ridden by his daughter, Laura, turned in an extraordinary display to win the Denny Havasnack Race, before an attendance of 5,200.