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It has been said about the festival that it once brought Galway city to a standstill but now brings the country to a standstill. Those who have been there will understand that, those who have yet to visit are still strangers to this country's greatest sporting festival. Whether or not they are regular followers of horse-racing is immaterial, the salient pre-requisite for Galway racegoers is that they know how to have fun because that is the currency of the occasion. Starting in late July, the high point of the Summer holiday season, it has become the Irish equivalent of Mardi Gras, and is the fastest growing festival in the world. It effects an almost magnetic force on the population and once this force draws you into its field the experience that follows is almost hypnotising. The sights and sounds of the occasion all assail your senses at once; sight of constantly changing faces; horses; myriad colours of silks and clothing; sound of laughter; roars of triumph; challenging tone of bookies; children screaming; parents gently scolding; smell of the newly intruded-upon turf; horses' sweat; quixotic odour of perfume. Such sensory bombardment on this grand scale leaves you powerless to resist, it's too exciting, too seductive. It's easiest to just give into it and get swept away by the thrill of it all.
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| Date | Racecourse | Type |
| Sunday 24th October 2010 | Galway | October Bank Holiday | Afternoon Flat Racing | Bet Now | Buy Tickets | ||
| Monday 25th October 2010 | Galway | October Bank Holiday | Afternoon Flat Racing | Bet Now | Buy Tickets | ||
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