New Posts For Thread: Galway Attendances and betting figureshttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29266143/galway-attendances-and-betting-figuresBig drop again on Thursday. Still a great crowd but for a brilliant punting card the decline would have to concernThe attendance figure at Galway for Ladies Day was 37,033. Last year 42,789 were at Ballybrit for the Thursday card. The Tote aggregateAre not betting that should be.Another on course layer today told me that today was proof positive it is game over. Great crowd, great racing but no betting going onhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29266143/galway-attendances-and-betting-figures?post_id=522545889#522545889Are not betting that should be.Another on course layer today told me that today was proof positive it is game over. Great crowd, great racing but no betting going onThu, 02 Aug 2012 16:16:32 -0500No knocking here,although try saying that to the Voler backers.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29266143/galway-attendances-and-betting-figures?post_id=522545745#522545745No knocking here,although try saying that to the Voler backers.Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:12:11 -0500As a fella said to me today even the knockers are betting now it is gone so quiethttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29266143/galway-attendances-and-betting-figures?post_id=522545577#522545577As a fella said to me today even the knockers are betting now it is gone so quietThu, 02 Aug 2012 16:08:01 -0500Sorry what I meant was that they would do relatively little laying because of their racecourse business.i.e I don't think they lay horse B because they have laid horse A in the ring.Any laying they do would not be as a result of their racecourse busihttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29266143/galway-attendances-and-betting-figures?post_id=522542785#522542785Sorry what I meant was that they would do relatively little laying because of their racecourse business.i.e I don't think they lay horse B because they have laid horse A in the ring.Any laying they do would not be as a result of their racecourse busiThu, 02 Aug 2012 14:42:30 -0500The main general layers on Betfair on Irish racing are the racecourse bookies.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29266143/galway-attendances-and-betting-figures?post_id=522541953#522541953The main general layers on Betfair on Irish racing are the racecourse bookies.Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:19:30 -0500I would have thought ring bookmakers would do relatively little laying on the exchanges because of the non existent margins.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29266143/galway-attendances-and-betting-figures?post_id=522541857#522541857I would have thought ring bookmakers would do relatively little laying on the exchanges because of the non existent margins.Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:17:10 -0500i was talking to a bookie who was standing in a reasonably prominent pitch.he said he took 90 bets tuesday eve.very hard to make a few quid out of that..https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29266143/galway-attendances-and-betting-figures?post_id=522541649#522541649i was talking to a bookie who was standing in a reasonably prominent pitch.he said he took 90 bets tuesday eve.very hard to make a few quid out of that..Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:11:54 -0500I was in the ring for Line Drummers race on Monday and whatever money was on that horse came from exchanges,i presume those figures don`t include the laying done by bookmakers on the exchanges.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29266143/galway-attendances-and-betting-figures?post_id=522541061#522541061I was in the ring for Line Drummers race on Monday and whatever money was on that horse came from exchanges,i presume those figures don`t include the laying done by bookmakers on the exchanges.Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:57:04 -0500I would have thought the figures were very poor.A drop in betting of over 20% on last year is disastrous when you consider last year was already 40/50% down on peak.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29266143/galway-attendances-and-betting-figures?post_id=522540767#522540767I would have thought the figures were very poor.A drop in betting of over 20% on last year is disastrous when you consider last year was already 40/50% down on peak.Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:49:43 -0500Now if you could get them travellers to go racing and spend their ill gotten gains,wonder where that bell isThose figures don`t look too bad all things considered.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/29266143/galway-attendances-and-betting-figures?post_id=522539987#522539987Now if you could get them travellers to go racing and spend their ill gotten gains,wonder where that bell isThose figures don`t look too bad all things considered.Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:29:41 -0500