Ireland's first ever all weather horse race meeting took place on 26 August 2007 on which racecourse?
Horse racing in Ireland crowds in excess of 100,000 annually attending both the Punchestown Festival in April, and the Galway Races in July. The majority of racecourses are turf, with Dundalk being the only floodlit all-weather polytrack. Laytown holds the distinction of being the only beach racecourse in the country adhering to the rules of the Turf Club, with one race meeting held each year on a natural sand track; however unaffiliated beach races are frequently held on beaches in some parts of the country. Horse Racing Ireland recognises the following racecourses: Ulster Munster Leinster Connacht Races have previously been held under the Rules
Buckfastleigh Racecourse Buckfastleigh Racecourse Buckfastleigh Racecourse (21 June 1883 - 27 August 1960) was a British horse racing venue. Horse racing is first recorded at Buckfastleigh in the mid 1850s, on a course on Wallaford Down. In 1883, the town's race meeting was relocated just outside Buckfastleigh to a place called Dean Court on the Dean Marshes, close to the A38 between Plymouth and Exeter. The first race meeting was held at this new location on 21 June 1883 and continued unbroken for over 75 years, until the final race "under rules" took place on 27 August 1960. The main grandstand remains,