Laying on the beach

13/09/2012 | By Peter Webb More

Laytown – Sounds like a small town where people favour only one side of the book. But its actually a racecourse in Ireland. Since 1876 Laytown has hosted a single annual horse racing meeting on its beach – one of only a couple on sand (held on the beach) race meetings run under official rules of racing in Europe.

The BBC have made it the subject of a documentary, titled Racing the Tide, and have included passages in their Coast and Countryfile programmes. This race course captivates me each year and I will definitely pay it a visit one year.

More information available at: -

http://www.meath.ie/Tourism/SportsandActivities/Horseracing/LaytownRaces/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laytown-Races/440226310435