{"id":6911,"date":"2012-09-13T14:17:47","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T13:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=6911"},"modified":"2012-09-13T14:26:49","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T13:26:49","slug":"laying-on-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2012\/09\/13\/laying-on-the-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Laying on the beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Laytown &#8211; 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 &#8211; one of only a couple on sand (held on the beach) race meetings run under official rules of racing in Europe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <a title=\"BBC\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BBC\">BBC<\/a> have made it the subject of a documentary, titled <em>Racing the Tide<\/em>, and have included passages in their <a title=\"Coast (TV series)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coast_(TV_series)\">Coast<\/a> and <a title=\"Countryfile\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Countryfile\">Countryfile<\/a> programmes. This race course captivates me each year and I will definitely pay it a visit one year.<\/p>\n<p>More information available at: &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meath.ie\/Tourism\/SportsandActivities\/Horseracing\/LaytownRaces\/\">https:\/\/www.meath.ie\/Tourism\/SportsandActivities\/Horseracing\/LaytownRaces\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Laytown-Races\/440226310435\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Laytown-Races\/440226310435<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www3.pictures.gi.zimbio.com\/Laytown+Races+OJBbMcyzwqgl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"374\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_6911\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"6911\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=betangel\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laytown &#8211; Sounds like a small town where people favour only one side of the book. 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