British Point-to-Point season cancelled due to Coronavirus
The Point-to-Point Authority confirmed this morning that the British Point-to-Point season has been aborted for this season. This was a very difficult decision to make recognising that many people’s livelihoods are involved.
However, the Prime Minister’s words last night made clear that everyone should minimise social contact and non-essential travel. Furthermore, our sport creates some medical burden, both on the course and potentially at the hospitals, where it would be
Corona virus - business as usual
The annual Avon Vale fixture at Larkhill on Saturday March 28 remains on course, despite many sports halting or postponing over the past few days. The race meeting is under the overall jurisdiction of the British Horseracing Authority, whose COVID-19 steering group met on Friday to issue the following statement, "British racing continues to be in close contact with the UK government and has been followinhg their advice to continue with business as usual, subject to public hea