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Two successful action weekends to end the month may be ready to compete under tentative proposals put forward by the BHA as part of the resumption planning.
The “best case” plans, developed by a subgroup of the Flat Patterns Committee, involve running several high-profile betting races in the lead-up to the season’s first Classics, the Qipco 2,000 and 1,000 Guineas, the first weekend of June.
The launch of the potential program comes the same day that BHA’s chief medical adviser, Dr. Jerry Hill, and his counterparts from other leading sports met. government officials to discuss how the action could safely return upon receiving proper approval from ministers
If races are allowed to resume mid-month, some of the races deemed most important will take place on the weekend of May 23-24 and May 30-31, and will likely be limited to national brokers.
The first weekend will feature rescued contests including Craven Stakes, Nell Gwyn, Brigadier Gerard and Sagaro Stakes, with the participation of Lockinge, Yorkshire Cup, Dante and Middleton Stakes next weekend.
Provisional plan for the last two weekends of May.
Weekend 1 – May 23-24
Hall (6f, 3yo, Group 3)
Nell Gwyn (7f, 3yo, f, Group 3)
Craven (1m, 3yo, c & g, Group 3)
Greenham (7f, 3yo, c & g, Group 3)
Fred Darling (1m, 3 years, f, Group 3)
Brigadier Gerard (1m2f, 4+, Group 3)
Conqueror (1m, 4+, f, listed)
Pinnacle (1m4f, 4+, f, Group 3)
Sagaro (2m, 4+, Group 3)
Aston Park (1m4f, 4+, Group 3)
Paradise Stakes (1m, 4+, listed)
Weekend 2 – May 30-31
Lockinge (1m, 4+, Group 1)
Palace House (5½f, 3+, Group 3)
Yorkshire Cup (1m6f, 4+, Group 2)
Dante (1m2f, 3yo, Group 2)
Musidora (1m2f, 3yo, f, Group 3)
Cecil Fragile (6f, 3+, f, listed)
Spring Trophy (7f, 3+, Group 3)
Middleton (1m2f, 4+, f Group 2)
Provisional plan for the first weekend of June.
2,000 guineas (1m, 3yo, c & f, group 1)
1,000 Guineas (1m, 3yo, f, Group 1)
Coronation Cup (1m4f, 4+, Group 1)
Pretty Polly (1m2f, 3yo, f, listing)
Newmarket Stakes (1m2f, 3yo, c & g, listing)
Bronte Cup (1m6f, 4+, f, Group 3)
In an update for interested parties, the BHA said: “Based on our best-case planning, and subject to advice from public health authorities, the goal is to salvage a series of events lost since early spring and organize them during the second half of May and early June, if possible.
“The races may not take place in their traditional venues and they may need to be organized at alternative racetracks. Again, this depends on broader circumstances, the parties available and the public health guide in force at the time.”
“It is also likely that races will be limited to national racers only, initially until at least May 30, in line with a similar approach taken by other international racing jurisdictions.”
“We must emphasize that this interim plan is based on our best case scenario and may need to be adjusted according to when and under what circumstances races can start again.”
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While several major races would be spared, the Lingfield Derby and Oaks tests, which provided Epsom winners Anthony Van Dyck and Anapurna last year, will not take place, while neither will the Duke of York Stakes, Temple Stakes. , Sandown Mile, Ormonde Stakes and National Stakes for two year olds.
A “constructive” meeting between DCMS officials and medical representatives from a variety of sports was held on Friday with Culture Minister Oliver Dowden, who introduced the meeting and said the move marked a “step” toward planning for the resumption.
He wrote on Twitter: “I know [the country] desperately wants sport again. We have just started [the first] of many detailed meetings to plan a safe return of elite sport behind closed doors when and only when, it is safe to do so on the basis of expert medical advice. There is much to consider, but today we are intensifying planning. ”
Representatives from football, the rugby union, cricket, racing and funding agency UK Sport were present alongside figures from DCMS and Public Health England (PHE).
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