The closure of racing in Britain is having a huge effect on stable staff with reports of redundancies already rife. George McGrath, chief executive of the National Association of Racing Staff, has been inundated with calls for help from his members since Tuesday’s announcement racing was to cease until at… Read More »
The British Horseracing Authority is formulating a plan for financial assistance to participants with the closure of racing. BHA chief executive Nick Rust has promised the sport “will not be beaten” by the shutdown which has been instituted during the coronavirus pandemic. Rust’s reassurance came in a BHA progress report… Read More »
The United Arab Emirates has suspended all sporting events to prevent the spread of coronavirus, raising doubts about whether the Dubai World Cup will go ahead this month. Many professional and amateur sporting events across the country have already been cancelled because of the deadly virus. Dubai World Cup organisers… Read More »
Racing globally is an almost daily changing feast, with two significant things happening in the sport overnight. Firstly, both Ireland and Canada have decided to follow the Australian lead and continue racing. With all English and French tracks closing, the decision by Ireland to remain active surprised many. And it’s… Read More »
Three prominent American jockeys will miss the upcoming Dubai World Cup in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Irad Ortiz jr, Luis Saez and Tyler Gaffalione will not travel to the United Arab Emirates for the world’s richest day of racing on March 28. Saez’s agent, Richie DePass, said the… Read More »
Irish trainers have backed the decision to let racing continue behind closed doors despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The British Horseracing Authority has announced the suspension of all racing in the UK until the end of April but the ruling body of Irish racing has decided to keep the show… Read More »
Eight races will be run and won at Happy Valley this Wednesday night, and while there are no feature races, the depth is pretty good across the evening. Race One: 2 Garlic Yeah Race Two: 7 Dr Proactive Race Three: 5 Special Stars Race Four: 1 Alpha Hedge Race Five:… Read More »
The Kentucky Derby, the first jewel in North American horse racing’s Triple Crown, has been postponed to September 5 from May due to the coronavirus outbreak, Churchill Downs says. It marks only the second time in the race’s 146-year history that the ‘Run for the Roses’ has been postponed and… Read More »
British racing authorities have moved to assure participants efforts will be made to financially support them during the sport’s suspension. The British Horseracing Authority has called racing off until the end of April because of the coronavirus pandemic. BHA chief executive Nick Rust says the governing body will meet with… Read More »
British bookmakers say the cancellation of the Grand National because of the coronavirus outbreak will be devastating to the racing industry. Jockey Club Racecourses have announced the biggest betting race of the year – which would have featured Tiger Roll going for a hat-trick of wins – will not take… Read More »
Yesterday France announced that all racing in that country will be suspended until at least 15 April. In contrast, it is expected today that Racing NSW CEO, Peter V’Landys will announce that the Autumn Carnival in Sydney will go ahead – but behind close doors. Oh, and the Japanese runners… Read More »
Aintree’s Grand National Festival has been cancelled and will not take place from April 2-4 due to the coronavirus outbreak. A statement from Jockey Club Racecourses read: “Following the Government’s new public health guidance regarding avoiding social contact and stopping non-essential travel, and its statement that emergency services are withdrawn… Read More »
The Grand National Festival at Aintree has been cancelled because of the coronavirus outbreak, Renowned as the world’s greatest steeplechase and the biggest betting event on the British racing calendar, the meeting s was scheduled to take place from April 2-4. “Following the government’s new public health guidance regarding avoiding… Read More »
British horse racing meetings will continue but without spectators until at least the end of March, the British Horseracing Authority says. Last week’s Cheltenham Festival went ahead as planned with around 60,000 fans on the course each day, despite most other sports shutting down because of the coronavirus crisis. “Racecourses… Read More »
Racing in Britain is set to go behind closed doors this week, initially until the end of the month, as a result of the escalating coronavirus outbreak. The famous Cheltenham Festival went ahead as planned last week with more than 250,000 spectators over the four days. Fixtures in Ireland were… Read More »
Racing in Britain is set to move behind closed doors later in the week, initially until the end of March, the British Horseracing Authority has announced. The Cheltenham Festival took place as scheduled last week but fixtures in Ireland were closed to the public from Friday evening and it is… Read More »
The class of Jennifer Eccles has shone through in the Group One New Zealand Oaks with Jason Waddell steering her from the outside barrier to a popular win in the Classic. Trained by Shaune Ritchie, Jennifer Eccles started the odds-on favourite after two Group Two victories leading into Saturday’s 2400m-feature… Read More »
The Cheltenham Festival has ended with more than 250,000 people attending over the four days despite the coronavirus crisis. The crowds were slightly down on last year with the meeting going ahead despite many other sports in Britain barring public attendance. Scottish and Irish racing jurisdictions have announced spectator-free racing…. Read More »
Willie Mullins has again been crowned leading trainer at the Cheltenham Festival with the four days going ahead against the backdrop of coronavirus concerns. Mullins saddled seven winners at the Festival, four on the final day on Friday (Saturday AEDT) including Al Boum Photo who took out the Gold Cup…. Read More »
The feature racing continues in NZ continues at Trentham on Saturday with a strong nine event meeting, highlighted by the Group l NZ Oaks (2400m). The weather is fine, the track is dead (4) and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit.
