Show marine horse racing bracing on the west coast of ireland a new method of horse racing has been devised it is called riders through the sea and is a r race ace over one mile of the atlantic ocean the start is a quarter of a mile up the sandy shore the horses with jockeys in bathing suits race down the beach into the sea and are soon out of their depth when they have to start swimming its a tricky job for the jockey to keep his seat or at least to hang on to his mount some of the more experienced perien ced riders slip off oe the horse and swim helping the animals along Cur rachs quaint little seagoing sea going boats accompany the racers to help anyone who falls off london answers |