[1] The BBC have made it the subject of a documentary, titled Racing the Tide, and have included passages in their Coast and Countryfile programmes.

In 1994 an accident occurred when one of the horses became spooked by a small river stream on the course and bolted into the crowd.

One jockey was taken to hospital, several people in the crowd were injured and three horses were put down because of the injuries they sustained.

Barriers were constructed, the crowd were separated from the runners and now watch from a field next to the beach, the number of runners in each race was limited and the races were limited to much shorter distances with no turning round.

The 2020 meeting, scheduled for 1 September, was cancelled by the races committee in July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland.