Fantasy gets it together at second time of asking

GALWAY’S Festival meeting ended yesterday with further records broken including betting turnover at the track, which was in excess of €23.5m for the week.
Fantasy gets it together at second time of asking
Mon, 04 Aug, 2003 - 01:00

Bookmakers handled well over €16m during the seven-day session and the Tote also did unprecedented business to the tune of more that €7.5m.

The aggregate attendance fell just a little short of 164,000 paying customers.

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