Next Tuesday’s race meeting at Leicester will go ahead as planned despite the continuing local lockdown in the city
Next Tuesday’s scheduled meeting at Leicester will go ahead as planned despite the continuing local lockdown in the city, the
British Horseracing Authority said on Friday evening. A full team of stalls handlers will also be on duty at the track, but owners will not be allowed to attend and the decision to proceed “will remain under review should circumstances change significantly in the area”.
Last Tuesday’s nine-race meeting at Leicester went ahead amid some controversy less than 24 hours after an announcement by Matthew Hancock, the health secretary, that additional lockdown measures were being imposed locally due to an increased level of Covid-19 infections in the area.