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Louise Thompson (4) and Sean Smyth (7) from Dundalk play with the sand as horses race past them during the third race at Laytown Strand Races, County Meath on the east coast Ireland, June10, 2003. Laytown is the only recognised flat meeting held on a beach in Europe. The small seaside resort 30 miles north of Dublin first hosted the event in 1876. REUTERS/Paul McErlane