Point-to-Point Horse Racing authorities have squeezed stop on the 2020-21 season in light of the third public lockdown and taking off Covid rates.
While National Hunt is proceeding away from public scrutiny in the midst of the most recent limitations, the novice type of the game – which is exceptionally esteemed and energetically upheld across the Westcountry – has been required to be postponed for in any event the following a month and a half.
The Point-to-Point Authority (PPA), the game’s administering body, said it plans to restart the season on the few days of February 20-21, in light of the Government’s level survey on February 10.
Point-to-Point Horse Racing Shut Down Temporarily
According to online sportsbooks, gatherings arranged in the Devon and Cornwall region which will currently be affected by the closure incorporate the Tiverton Foxhounds at Chipley Park close to Wellington (January 24) and the Western Hunt at the Royal Cornwall Showground close to Wadebridge (February 7).
The North Cornwall Hunt had just been compelled to drop its installation set to happen this coming Sunday, January 10, because of an absence of clinical cover.
In an assertion distributed by the PPA on Monday (January 4), its CEO, Peter Wright, stated: “While I realize that a considerable lot of you would have jumped at the chance to proceed, and for sure the game remaining parts characteristically protected, we can’t guarantee that we are acting in a vacuum.
