Welsh Grand National

The Welsh Grand National on Dec. 27 and Musselburgh's New Year's Day meeting will be held behind closed doors after the Welsh and Scottish governments tightened restrictions in response to the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant. All sporting events in Wales from Boxing Day will be staged behind closed doors, while in Scotland outdoor sporting events are limited to 500 people. "We've had up to 12,000 people for the Welsh National meeting in recent years, an average of around 10,000," said Chepstow's Executive Director Phil Bell. "Hospitality had been...