Galway Races' Bookmakers 'Bookmakers look forward to the Galway Races to boost their fluctuating funds. A bumper week at this cornucopian venue invariably puts them 'in front' for the year. Inexperienced holiday punters contribute ceremonially to the bookies' coffers through their artless bets on pin-selected horses and those with agreeable names.
On the other hand, informed gamblers and 'strokers' with mysteriously inexhaustible funds can cause serious damage at the competitive betting odds generally available at Galway.
When heavily-supported horses oblige in consecutive races, the resultant queues of winning punters are enough to strike panic into the heart of the most phlegmatic turf accountant.
The bookmaker's recurring nightmare must surely be a record losing day at Galway with payout queues stretching telescopically into the famous sunset, and his assistants whispering nervously: 'We aren't going to have enough readies to pay this lot.'
Miraculously, the trusty betting-bag proves equal to the most exacting demands and yields funds far in excess of its squat dimensions. Talk about loaves and fishes … or rabbits from a hat! Bookmakers regularly perform biblical and theatrical feats at the Galway Races.'
From 'The Galway Races'
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