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Crowd-Free Racing Continues In Nsw And Vic

Posted on March 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Thoroughbred racing in NSW and Victoria is set to continue for the time being behind closed gates. Racing NSW said the sport would continue under under strict biosecurity risk management protocols in accordance with government and health authority advice. The protocols have been in place since March 16 and the races are being conducted without[...]

Posted on March 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Racing will continue in the short term in Victoria until the next national cabinet meeting of premiers in Australia. Victoria's racing minister Martin Pakula said on Monday the three codes in Victoria, thoroughbreds, harness racing and greyhounds, had been given the go-ahead to continue racing until at least the following day. The national cabinet is[...]

Posted on March 23, 2020
in United Arab Emirates Horse Racing news

The prestigious Dubai World Cup meeting is the latest major event to be cancelled over the coronavirus pandemic. The race meeting, with prize money of $35 million and featuring the $12 million Dubai World Cup, had been scheduled to go ahead behind closed doors with appropriate protocols in place. But organisers have now abandoned those[...]

Posted on March 22, 2020
in Hong Kong Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Ex-pat New Zealand trainer Paul O'Sullivan said there is no place he feels safer than Hong Kong right now and he has been impressed with the Hong Kong Jockey Club's handling of Covid-19 protocols. “The Hong Kong Jockey Club really has taken measures which are stronger than the local government here,” O'Sullivan said. “They have[...]

Posted on March 21, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing, along with the other two codes of harness and greyhound racing, has taken steps to ensure racing will continue during the COVID-19 pandemic in conjunction with the TAB. There are approximately 14,398 full-time equivalent jobs sustained by the New Zealand Racing Industry with a value-added contribution of over $1.6 billion and[...]

Posted on March 21, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

There remain a few unknown variables to overcome, but the green light has been given by syndicate manager Adrian Clark to press on to the Group 1 Australian Oaks (2400m) with exciting filly Jennifer Eccles. Clark met with trainer Shaune Ritchie on Friday afternoon and the pair have elected to press on with a preparation[...]

Posted on March 21, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News, Singapore Horse Racing News

The world may be in the grips of the Covid-19 epidemic, but it is business as usual for Te Akau's Singapore trainer Mark Walker. The premiership-leading trainer has been impressed with Singapore's handling of the virus, which has meant racing has been able to continue on the island nation. “It (Covid-19) hasn't really affected us[...]

Posted on March 21, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

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 least May in light of[...]

Posted on March 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

New Zealand Derby winner Sherwood Forest will be out to stamp his credentials for the Australian equivalent when he makes his Sydney debut in the Group One Rosehill Guineas. And trainer Tony Pike believes if Sherwood Forest's rivals have a hard time beating him over 2000m on Saturday, he will be an even bigger force[...]

Posted on March 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News, New Zealand Horse Racing News

Biosecurity conditions will force trainer Jamie Richards to watch Te Akau Shark's George Ryder Stakes bid from afar but the measures could favour one of the star galloper's rivals. Richards has opted to base himself at home in New Zealand following the introduction of strict 14-day quarantine measures for those arriving into the country from[...]

Posted on March 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Chris Anderson has inked in winter plans for one of his star three-year-olds but is monitoring interstate travel arrangements for another. Anderson has two of the best three-year-olds in Queensland with Profit and Ballistic Boy. Profit will have his second run back from a break in the Chairman's Club Handicap (1600m) at Eagle Farm[...]

Posted on March 20, 2020
in United Kingdom Horse Racing News

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[...]

Posted on March 20, 2020
in United Arab Emirates Horse Racing news

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 had said the race would[...]

Posted on March 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A group of 25 jockeys has agreed to enhanced biosecurity measures to ensure the continuation of racing in Victoria. The 25 will abstain from trackwork, jump-outs and barrier trials and only ride on race days in a bid to minimise the chances of a jockey contracting covid-19 and to keep a pool of riders. After[...]

Posted on March 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Racing Queensland has followed other states and agreed to lift minimum riding weights for all TAB and non-TAB meetings across the state. In a media statement on Thursday, RQ said weights would be temporarily raised by one kilogram during the COVID-19 pandemic. The direction will be applied across the board, excluding black-type races, until further[...]

Posted on March 19, 2020
in United Arab Emirates Horse Racing news, United States Horse Racing News

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 coronavirus was behind the rider's[...]

Posted on March 19, 2020
in Ireland Horse Racing News, United Kingdom Horse Racing News

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 on the road, albeit with[...]

Crowd-Free Racing Continues In Nsw And Vic

Vic Racing Given The Green Light For Now

Dubai World Cup Race Meeting Cancelled

Hong Kong racing keeps calm and carries on

New Zealand Racing open for business

Green light given for Oaks prep

Business as usual with Singapore racing

British Stable Staff Facing Redundancies

NZ Derby Winner To Step Out At Rosehill

Shark Doing Swimmingly Ahead Of Ryder

Anderson To Profit At Eagle Farm

BHA Formulating Plans For Assistance

Coronavirus Puts Dubai World Cup In Doubt

Victorian Jockey Plan To Keep Racing Going

Minimum Weights Lifted In Queensland

US Jockeys To Avoid Dubai World Cup

Trainers Back Decision To Race In Ireland

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