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BHA Formulating Plans For Assistance

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 on the response of a[...]
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Grand National Cancelled Due To Virus

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regarding avoiding social contact and stopping non-essential travel, and its statement that emergency services are withdrawn from supporting mass gatherings from[...]
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British Horse Races Set To Lock Out Fans

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 and racing yards are embedded[...]
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Crowds Only Slightly Down At Cheltenham

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. Cheltenham chief Ian Renton admitted[...]
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Oscar Stays The Distance At Cheltenham

The Rebecca Curtis-trained Lisnagar Oscar has claimed an upset win in the Stayer's Hurdle at Cheltenham. The seven-year-old won the feature on the third day of the famous four-day jumps festival which has attracted large, although slightly smaller than usual, crowds despite other sports being closed to spectators over coronavirus concerns. Lisnagar Oscar was sent[...]
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Betway To Pay Record Gambling Fine

Online gambling business Betway has been hit with a record PS11.6 million ($A23 million) penalty package for a series of social responsibility and money laundering failings. The Gambling Commission said that in one instance the operator failed to carry out source of funds checks on a “VIP” customer who deposited over PS8 million and lost[...]
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