When a racecourse official came off COVID-19 furlough last week, his boss sat him down to talk through the imminent return of the sport. 'Forget what you associate with a race meeting,' he was told.
Newcastle 1.00 STONE MASON and Heavenly Tale are the least exposed of these runners and arguably the most interesting given they could well thrive for a switch in trainer.
Newmarket-based Hugo Palmer believes a trainer's perennial paranoia about keeping equine viruses out of stables means racing will take in its stride the severe restrictions it must operate under.