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09-07-2010, 12:13 PM
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Horse racing on the beach......
Today, if you have the UK/Irish racing video feed on your ADW, you have to watch a race, or two, from Laytown in Ireland.
They run the races there on the beach!
First race just ran at noon ET, and there are 5 more to be run.
Race meets are infrequent at Laytown - scheduled according to tides.
Anyone ever heard of racing on the beach anywhere else?
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09-07-2010, 12:26 PM
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california, illinois, kentucky, pennsylvania, and canada?
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09-07-2010, 12:38 PM
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No......
Nature installed this surface - not the carpet layers.
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09-07-2010, 12:38 PM
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There's a trotting meet somewhere in northern Germany where they race on the beach.
Btw, Layton is the only "Official" race meet on the beach in Ireland, i.e run under Turf Club rules of racing. But there are plenty of unofficial Flapping meets on beaches, esp in the west of Ireland, with bookies and plenty of gambling going on. Here's a couple
Glenbeigh in Kerry... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKZ0yfizt7Y
Geesala in Mayo... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN_YiMb77_Y
Lots of top Irish jockeys would have cut their teeth at Flapping meets as teenagers.
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09-07-2010, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by nearco
There's a trotting meet somewhere in northern Germany where they race on the beach.
Btw, Layton is the only "Official" race meet on the beach in Ireland, i.e run under Turf Club rules of racing. But there are plenty of unofficial Flapping meets on beaches, esp in the west of Ireland, with bookies and plenty of gambling going on. Here's a couple
Glenbeigh in Kerry... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKZ0yfizt7Y
Geesala in Mayo... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN_YiMb77_Y
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Yes.
I did hear of "flapper" meets when I lived in Ireland.
Never made it to one, or to Laytown.
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09-07-2010, 01:00 PM
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Great stuff....grand aroma of stout and oysters!
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09-07-2010, 01:07 PM
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That is quite entertaining. After the wire they trot around in the seaweed.
$500k matched at BF on that race. Half way through the running the winner was 22-1. I did not think he'd win either.
Looked like ten horses, 8 totally open and two with small shadow rolls in a 7f beach race. Interesting.
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09-07-2010, 01:30 PM
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Thanks!
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09-07-2010, 01:36 PM
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So how do they describe the surface in the PP's?
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09-07-2010, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by horses4courses
No......
Nature installed this surface - not the carpet layers.
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just trying to make a point  
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09-07-2010, 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by nearco
There's a trotting meet somewhere in northern Germany where they race on the beach.
Btw, Layton is the only "Official" race meet on the beach in Ireland, i.e run under Turf Club rules of racing. But there are plenty of unofficial Flapping meets on beaches, esp in the west of Ireland, with bookies and plenty of gambling going on. Here's a couple
Glenbeigh in Kerry... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKZ0yfizt7Y
Geesala in Mayo... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN_YiMb77_Y
Lots of top Irish jockeys would have cut their teeth at Flapping meets as teenagers. |
Great Video on the beach races,I bet it is a lot of fun,Love to experience ripping down the down the beach on a horse..Thanks
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09-07-2010, 06:08 PM
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Gotcha.....
Maybe we shouldn't have tinkered with natural racing surfaces at all?
I'm not advocating racing on sandy beaches, but you can't beat turf, imo.
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09-07-2010, 06:38 PM
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Anyone ever heard of racing on the beach anywhere else?
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Spain - Sanlucar de Barameda. They got 5 days this year, all in August.
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