Amy Starkey on Racing Returning at Newmarket

Ahead of the four day QIPCO Guineas Festival at Newmarket Amy Starkey, of Newmarket Racecourses, speaks to us about the protocols in place for the safe resumption of racing at The Rowley Mile.

Amy Starkey is the regional director for the east region of the Jockey Club Racecourses portfolio, meaning she is in charge of jumps tracks Huntingdon and Market Rasen as well as Nottingham and Newmarket, which is home to two racecourses and to Starkey herself.

“We are doing everything we can to be ready when we do return to racing and in the meantime we are trying to work with the racing industry and our community,” she says. “For me personally, I absolutely love the place. Newmarket is not only my home but it also feels like it is the home of Flat racing and we are a family. We all have to pull together at challenging times to get through things and that's kind of how it feels to me at the moment.”

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