What do you expect to see when you gaze across a beach at low tide? If the answer is racehorses roaring past in full, glorious gallop then you must be in Laytown. The Irish seaside village, 30 miles ...

Crowds headed to Laytown beach for the annual race meeting, unique in the Irish racing calendar as it is the only race event run on a beach under the Rules of Racing. Laytown races have been in ...

Canceled last year due to COVID-19, Laytown once again puts out the bunting and welcomes fans back to the beach Nov. 1 for its unique once-a-year bash. For all that the meeting's new place in the ...

For just a few hours every year, a stretch of sand on the Irish coast transforms for perhaps the most unique event on the horse racing calendar. Laytown Races – 26 miles from the country’s capital ...

The annual horse races on Laytown Strand in County Meath are something truly special and earlier this week Dublin-based photographer Donal Moloney was able to check attending the striking event off ...

Beach racing could be destined for British shores if Fakenham clerk of the course David Hunter can garner enough support for a Laytown-inspired event in North Norfolk, with some Newmarket trainers ...

Of course, punters looking at the card will often look for previous Laytown winners or those who have shown a liking for the all-weather surface at Dundalk, and the trainers who have enjoyed success ...

Laytown beach must not be allowed to degenerate at the expense of continuing developments along Bettystown beach, a local politician has warned this week.According to Cllr Jimmy Cudden, the beach must ...

The world renowned annual Laytown beach races, due to be held at the start of September, have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Due to public health and safety concerns surrounding Covid ...

A TOP jockey’s mug has been plastered across Laytown beach ahead of racing on Tuesday… but who is it? Punters have been left scratching their heads, comparing it to the infamous Cristiano Ronaldo and ...