Racing in Britain is working towards a resumption on May 15 after positive meetings with government officials within the last seven days, in what would be one of the first return to action for sports following the Covid-19 outbreak. British horse racing chief executive Nick Rust has told the BBC it would be ready to […]
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Calls for inquiry on Cheltenham Festival go-ahead
The Cheltenham Festival was given the green light to go ahead by the government despite the coronavirus spreading across the UK. There are calls for an investigation into whether the 4-day event should have been cancelled due to concerns that it rapidly increased the spread of the virus. One of those publicly calling for the […]
Cheltenham Festival Organisers face criticism
The Cheltenham Festival was given the green light to go ahead by the government despite increasing calls from the public for the festival to be cancelled. Many people have been left questioning why the Festival still took place and organisers have faced widespread criticism. It was one of the last events to go ahead before […]
Coronavirus: Horse racing to held behind closed doors until April
Horse racing will now be held behind closed doors from Tuesday until the end of at least the end of March because of the coronavirus pandemic. Racing in England had continued despite the outbreak, with the Cheltenham Festival recording an attendance of 251,684 across four days last week. Despite a lot of backlash from peolpe […]
British Horse Racing set to go ahead behind closed doors this week due to Coronavirus
Race meetings are preparing to go ahead without spectators over the following week. Sport all across the country has been postponed over the weekend due to the coronavirus outbreak with horse racing also taking their own measures. The news comes just two days following the Cheltenham Festival in which over 200,000 spectators attended across the […]
Wetherspoons stands strong against COVID-19
With the races in full flow at Cheltenham despite the coronavirus putting sporting events on hold across the country. Local Wetherspoons Pub manager, Carolyn Betty, believes Cheltenham has stood strong against the virus and has not seen a drop in sales; “We average 40k a week but on race week we take 130, so we […]
Cheltenham Festival 2020: It Came To Pass wins the St James’s Place Foxhunter Chase
The final day has got off to a great start as Gold Cup fever hits Cheltenham. It Came To Pass defied the odds to win the St James’s Place Foxhunter Chase at Cheltenham. Maxine O’Sullivan rode through to victory to become the biggest winner of the Cheltenham Festival. It saw off the favourite, Billaway who […]
Simply The Betts wins the 4.10 chase
Simply The Betts has won the 4.10 Chase on the third day of the Cheltenham festival. Gavin Sheehan pulled it out the bag at the last hurdle to secure the win aboard of the horse priced at 10/3. Follow the close of the day’s action at Cheltenham by following our live blog.