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The RP has a report that a provisional plan was sent out to trainers on Friday it has the Guineas in early June and the Derby and Oaks in early July. This is on the assumption of racing starting in May.
Has anybody seen the plan sent to trainers?
Does it detail where the classics are planned to be run?
If and it’s a big IF,the classics can be run just a month later then because of the vandalism of the back end of the flat season 10 years ago by the Ascot champions day,there’s scope to catch up so the Ascot swamp fest can be run on its original date.
Still don’t understand why Ascot are insisting that the royal meeting is run in its original date though.I will be very surprised if the Guineas can be run in early June. I am doubtful that any racing will have started by then.
Does seem strange that the royal meeting is to be run at the normal time. I had not heard that it was at Ascots insistance.
This is on the assumption of racing starting in May.
I want some of whatever they are smoking at BHA Towers.
I’d imagine the BHA will be hoping Germany and France get racing asap so they can use it as an example for them to get going
I don’t see why at the end of this lockdown period, 7th May, racing behind closed doors could commence soon after.
At some stage we will have to come out of lockdown.
The government has set five key criteria which all have to be met before the lockdown is eased. It is difficult to see how all five will be met in the short term.
Personally I think the lockdown should be eased now that the NHS has built up capacity but the government seems to have painted itself into a corner. In these circumstances I cannot see racing or any other sport starting up any time soon. Really hope I am wrong because the last few Saturday afternoons have dragged without sport to watch!
NHS has built up capacity
Capacity for what? There is still a massive PPE shortage. This is one of the five criteria.
It’s not just about lockdown. Where do the medical staff, ambulances etc at racecourses come from? If it’s just regular NHS then this is going to need to die down quite significantly before they are released for racing. Even if there’s no crowd to worry about, you can’t have a race meeting without ambulances following them round every step of the way.
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So much negativity
Richard88, i don’t know the answer in terms of UK Racing but for Irish racing it is an existing contract with the Order Of Malta. This would allow them to get back racing as soon as possible.
Given it will be flat racing that commences first i would hope racing could start back as soon as the “total lockdown” is relaxed. I am no expert in all of this, but speaking to a few working in the hospitals etc. General A+E etc. are very quiet.
People saying that May is fanciful i believe are wrong. The world cannot go on like this for much longer. So many companies are going to fold, the government is going to have to handout more billions.
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Hindsight is 20/20 so make the most of it!Agree jackh1092, a May restart is not completely beyond the realms of possibilty.
Also agree that this lockdown cannot go on for too long there has to be a balance between the health and economical concerns. Some people seem to think that there is a bottomless pit of money, unless we want to come out of this worse than the great depression era, that cannot be the case.
Like Runandskip pointed out they rearranging the Classics but not Royal Ascot assuming that lockdown gets lifted very soon. Which in my opinion is very likely with the falling death rate, but think Boris Will be calling the shots on that. Nothing gets in the way of Royal Ascot as demonstrated by the reopening of parliament last year.
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Eliminate the negative.
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