- Longchamp among courses to shut again due to pandemic
- Worries that sport will now not resume in Britain on 1 June
Barely a week after racing resumed in France, the sport there suffered a major blow on Tuesday when a new government decree said it could not continue in areas particularly affected by Covid-19, described as red zones. That means most of the major tracks will have to be shuttered once more, including Longchamp, Chantilly and Auteuil, which was due to stage the French version of jump racing’s Gold Cup a week on Sunday.
The news will cause many a furrowed brow among British racing officials, desperate to convince ministers that it will be safe for the sport here to resume from 1 June. A successful resumption over the Channel seemed a significant point in their favour but in view of such a rapid backtrack they may now feel inclined to pretend France does not exist.
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