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Sat 12 Dec 2006Records to tumble as festivals kick off  Racing: A modern-day-record crowd of over 20,000 is being tipped to cram into Leopardstown on St Stephen's Day as some of Irish racing's biggest stars blow any remaining Christmas cobwebs away from the holiday period.Limerick kick off their four-day festival on Tuesday, and one of the busiest afternoon's of the racing year will also include action from Down Royal.