Sport
Galway Races riding high in spite of stiff hurdles for bookmakers
In general, on-course betting has been eclipsed by online gambling sites, but there’s a magic about the legendary race meet that still holds punters spellbound
As I rode out through Galway town
To seek for recreation
The seventeenth of August
Me mind being elevated
There were multitudes assembled
With their tickets at the station
Me eyes began to dazzle
And they're going to see the races - The Galway Races (writer unknown)
Exactly five years to this very day, I was in the back of a taxi from the train station to Galway racecourse half-thinking of Wolverhampton.
Sbraase, a modest ...
