Carrowniskey Races — Into the Posts

Jockeys in colourful silks racing thoroughbred horses along the wet sand at Carrowniskey Strand during the annual beach races, with waves crashing, dramatic clouds, and Mayo hills in the background – fine art photography by Wild Atlantic Photography

Bright day. Big sky. An island sitting out beyond the breakers — the kind of backdrop you only get on this coast.

The field is bunched and coming along the white posts, hooves throwing spray off the wet band of sand. A blue marker stands in the waterline. The dry beach in the foreground is scored with earlier races.

This is Carrowniskey when the weather says yes: colour in the sky, a proper sea behind the horses, and the rail looking almost ceremonial on a strip of Mayo beach.

Carrowniskey Strand, west of Louisburgh, County Mayo.

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