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Reality is biting in the winds; Collision course: Ruby Walsh and Deutschland crash to the ground at the last (above left) as John Cullen on Travino tries to steer clear (above); five-year-old James Hennessy celebrates with his sister Alison (right) after their father Robert trained Sublimity to yesterdays Festival Hurdle success.

Publication: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Publication Date: 30-DEC-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Byline: PHILIP QUINN

A CHILL wind blew across the Leopardstown enclosures yesterday, and it had little to do with the air temperature which hovered close to zero in the lee of the Dublin mountains.

For the final circuit of the four-day Christmas Festival, 10,348 hardy souls clicked through the stiles as the reduced online offers of ?20 admission for punters paid off.

Yet, significantly, the money wagered on the Tote and in the betting ring was over e200,000 down on the equivalent days racing last year. It wasnt just the ordinary racegoer who was spending less as the unused chairs stacked high against the windows of the Pavilion offered stark evidence of the corporate cut-backs.

Over four days, only 2,000...

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