Once the containment was lifted on May 11, the races had resumed behind closed doors in Longchamp, Auteuil and Compiègne, high places of hexagonal horse racing. But they will have to be interrupted again in these racetracks located in the departments in the “red zone”, where the Covid-19 epidemic is not completely under control. This currently includes four of the thirteen metropolitan regions (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Grand-Est, Hauts-de-France and Île-de-France).
France Galop, which organizes the national flat and obstacle races, has “Deeply missed” that only the events disputed in the “green zone”, where the Cagnes-sur-Mer racecourse (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) is located, for example, are authorized by the government decree specifying the opening procedures on Tuesday racetracks. “Regular checks were carried out and they revealed no problems”, specifies France Galop in a press release.
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