Racing cancelled?

[Desert Orchid]

Have had an account closing bet on Hibs at 11/2

Now 11/4 tops.

You did well. wilsonl.

[archie]

Punchestown, while retaining faint hopes for some spectators, are expecting to be and planning for their festival behind closed doors.

[Slim]

Punchestown, while retaining faint hopes for some spectators, are expecting to be and planning for their festival behind closed doors.

We really wantedon't know where we stand until the end of February. I'm more positive about the vaccination situation than I was but we'll be doing well to have nursing homes sorted by the end of February. That means May is just too tight. Royal Ascot must have a good chance

[Desert Orchid]

That means May is just too tight.

Ahh, you know her too?

[Slim]

State of you...

[Grasshopper]

We really wantedon't know where we stand until the end of February. I'm more positive about the vaccination situation than I was but we'll be doing well to have nursing homes sorted by the end of February. That means May is just too tight. Royal Ascot must have a good chance

Point of order: no-one gives a fu*ck about Royal Ascot.

[reet hard]

Further point of order - screw you!

[Slim]

Going into today he was 1/29 winners and 6/58 with places. He was 0.29 A/E. All for the last 28 days.

[Grasshopper]

Further point of order - screw you!

[wilsonl]

Understatement of the nascent racing year award goes to the Leopardstown chief exec; Tim Husbands following his startling observation that it’s highly unlikely any British trained runners will be attending this year.

“Husbands, however, does not think the lack of overseas runners will take anything away from the occasion.”

[G-G]

I know. I’m the biggest pessimist in the world but even I didn’t think we’d be facing another year of this.

No I'm the biggest pessimist in the world and I didn't think for one minute we would heading into second year of this.

[Double J]

Not sure if an appropriate thread so putting it in here.

BBC have gone with the headline’Newbury racecourse temporarily closes a vaccination hub to allow horse racing to go ahead’

Causing quite a stir on social media and some people are seriously unhappy. Do the BBC have an anti horse racing agenda now they dont have the rights?

They were the forefront of Cheltenham being the cause of the spread last year an all.

[Desert Orchid]

Without knowing the details there has to be some kind of organisational ccok-up here.

Surely it would be possible - since crowds aren't allowed into the course - to keep vaccinations going while racing is taking place?

Also, surely when they volunteered the premises to be used as a centre they would have clarified that/whether it would close on race days.

The chances are it's mischief-making on the part of the BBC.

[Double J]

Newbury released a statement clarifying the NHS knew they’d stop for 2 days out of the next 42.

One doctor commenting as well they can’t vaccinate with no vaccine

BBC very much causing mischief. Could be anti Tory, anti racing, or probably both.

[Diamond Geezer]

Doctors say they used up all their supply of vaccine yesterday and don't have another delivery until tomorrow so no vaccinations haver been held up fortunately.

[G-G]

Plenty of empty sports halls they could have used without having to stop for 2 days to let something be put on, as none of them open at the moment so wouldn't it have made more sense to have either picked somewhere like that all the way through, and then use the racecourse as well after this meeting? Or just used somewhere else for the whole time?