Races to be held behind closed doors

Wetherby’s two-day Christmas meeting will go ahead behind closed doors after the Government chose to maintain current Tier 3 restrictions over the festive period.
By Janet Harrison
Published 18th Dec 2020, 15:15 BST
Updated 18th Dec 2020, 15:16 BST
Date: 31st August 2020. Picture James Hardisty. YP - Magazine, Wetherby Heritage feature.........Pictured Wetherby Race Course.Date: 31st August 2020. Picture James Hardisty. YP - Magazine, Wetherby Heritage feature.........Pictured Wetherby Race Course.
Date: 31st August 2020. Picture James Hardisty. YP - Magazine, Wetherby Heritage feature.........Pictured Wetherby Race Course.

The track, which stages the Rowland Meyrick Chase on Boxing Day and Castleford Chase 24 hours later, would have been Wetherby’s first meeting since the Covid crisis with paying spectators.

It would only have been allowed to admit 1,000 at Christmas – and then up to 2,000 people at subsequent meetings.

Chief executive Jonjo Sanderson said the course was, nevertheless, working with the rest of racing on measures to welcome back as many spectators as possible as soon as it was practical to do so.

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