Aintree owners are not expected to set new dateBookies set to miss out on turnover of around £400mAny faint hope
British racing would follow the lead of its
Irish counterpart and attempt to stage its Grand National in the autumn has been swiftly extinguished, leaving an estimated hole of up to £0.5bn in the balance sheet of the sport, betting industries and the local
economy, only a fraction of which will be covered by insurance claims.
Jockey Club Racecourses, which owns Aintree, has not formally ruled out moving the race but it cancelled – rather than postponed – the 2020 race several weeks ago, shortly before new government restrictions on movement led to the current suspension of all British racing, and there is no expectation the situation will change.