NEXT month’s Galway Summer Festival is set to attract over 150,000 racing fans with overall prize money for the seven-day racing festival hitting a record €1.8 million - an increase of €160,000 over 2014.

The Festival kicks off on Monday, July 27th (to Sunday, August 2nd) and prize money for both thetote.com Galway Plate and the Guinness Galway Hurdle has increased.