We were forecasting 2 million to 2.2 million fans.
But he said: "We can say that we were forecasting -2.8% on this basis".
"My own view is that for the full year, growth will be a little less than what we were forecasting.
"We got exactly what we were forecasting the Fed to do," said Bryan Piskorowski, a market commentator at Prudential Financial.
When these boys woke up, they were probably disappointed when they saw a smattering of snow that was hardly the "historic" dusting we were forecasted.
We are forecast a centimetre so we'll just have to make a decision first thing".
"We've had 55mm of rain since Sunday and we're forecast maybe 5mm or 6mm between now and racing.
"But, given that we're forecast to get showers on most days, the likelihood is that the going will be as it is now".
"We're forecast a drying day tomorrow and as things stand, the plan is to water the round course tonight and the straight course tomorrow.
Claisse told racingpost.com: "We are forecast rain after racing on Thursday - 3mm to 4mm, and we do have the dilemma of whether to apply some irrigation to the New Course.
