Waterworth hoping to save Goodwood

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Managing
director of Adam Waterworth says bosses are in regular contact
with the BHA about when racing may return.

in the UK and Ireland is currently on lockdown due to the
coronavirus pandemic, and there are no clear signs of when the season will get
back underway.

The British Authority (BHA) has already stated that if any race
meetings are held in May in the UK they will be behind closed doors, while
anything from June onwards will depend on government guidance.

Several venues are feeling the financial strain with zero racing, with Goodwood
being one of those. The season opener, due to take place on May 2, has already
been lost, while there are doubts about the at the end of that month
from 28 to Saturday 30.

Goodwood's showpiece summer event takes place from July 28-August 1, the Qatar
Goodwood Festival, and fans' are keeping their fingers crossed this is late
enough for the coronavirus outbreak to be under control.

Speaking about the current situation, Waterworth says everything is being done
for racing to come back at Goodwood, although the final decision rests with the
government.

“The BHA are having conversations and feeding information and guidance to
all the racecourses to say what they are allowed to do,” he was quoted as
saying by the Chichester Observer. “So as things stand we are in the hands
of the BHA and the BHA is in the hands of the government.

“Our priority is to get racing on and then let people in, but all that
comes when it is safe to do so. We will see racing return to normal, we just
don't know when, and can't say when.”

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