Yesterday’s attendance on Ladies Day at The Festival, ailment Wednesday, March 11 was 55,859, 5,477 (10.87%) up on the crowd of 50,382 seen the same day in 2014.
It is a record attendance for the second day since The Festival became a four-day meeting in 2005. The previous highest second-day crowd in that period was 54,478 in 2006.
Ian Renton, Regional Director of Jockey Club Racecourses South West, commented: “This is another fantastic crowd figure and for the second day running we have seen more than a 10 per cent increase in attendance.
“The Festival continues to deliver terrific racing and the atmosphere has been tremendous again.
“We now look forward to the final two days of The Festival.”
The attendance yesterday on Champion Day came to 63,249, a new record for the first day of The Festival.
This figure was 6,166 (10.8%) more than last year’s 57,083 which in itself was a first-day record for The Festival since it became a four-day meeting in 2005. The previous highest opening day crowd was 61,132 in 2002.
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