The British Horseracing Authority will next week review the resumption of racing recommendations established by the COVID-19 Racing Industry Group's Resumption of Racing Group.
The Resumption of Racing Group was created to forge a government-approved plan which would allow the industry to resume racing on daily basis in controlled phases when government permits.
“Everyone's first duty at present is to the health and safety of the public, as the government has made clear,” said the Chief Operating Officer of the BHA, Richard Wayman. “That will clearly be the most important consideration informing their view of when it's safe for sport to resume. But we continue to keep them fully informed of the lockdown's considerable economic impact on individuals and businesses within racing, and our responsibility for the long-term prosperity and sustainability of the sport.”
He added, “The work that's been done to develop a resumption plan is excellent and has demonstrated that racing would be ready to resume when that becomes possible. We are liaising with government as part of our development of a responsible, coordinated plan for the return of sport when we're told it's safe to do so.”
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