Racing takes its first significant step out of the latest Covid restrictions next week at meetings in England and Scotland
Racing will take its first significant step out of the latest lockdown restrictions next Monday when two owners per runner will be allowed to attend race meetings in both England and Scotland, albeit with no significant hospitality facilities in place. The move will allow a small number of owners to attend the Grand National meeting in early April while a further loosening of the restrictions will follow on 12 April, when government rules should relax to allows tracks to re-introduce outdoor hospitality.
Owners have been barred from seeing their horses, either in their stables or when competing on the racecourse, since early January, and the British Horseracing Authority said on Monday that it is “enormously grateful … for their patience, understanding and unwavering support” during the current lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
