No crowd, no hugging, but French racing is back on track
Racing resumed on Monday after getting the nod from President Emmanuel Macron
12 May 2020 - 17:45
Paris — There were no celebratory hugs and trainers and jockeys wore masks as French racing resumed under the shadow of coronavirus at the fabled Longchamp racecourse on Monday.
While France’s Ligue 1 football and Top 14 rugby leagues have been cancelled until September, racing benefited from being quixotically labelled an agricultural pursuit...
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