Laytown Racecourse
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Laytown Racecourse
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Laytown Racecourse is a horse racing venue on the beach at Laytown, County Meath, Ireland. Laytown is unique in the Irish racing calendar as it is the only race event run on a beach under the Rules of Racing. The first recorded race meeting in Laytown was in 1868.
The races take place on the strand for one day every September. The strand course is a straight near-level course over six and seven furlong distances. The BBC have made it the subject of a documentary, titled Racing the Tide, and have
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laytown_Racecourse
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2023-04-17T15:35:56Z
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