Blow for Newmarket as Cambridgeshire meeting goes behind closed doors

  • Anglia
Fans will be allowed to return to Newmarket in September.
There will be no crowds at this week's Cambridgeshire meeting at Newmarket Credit: ITV News

Hopes that spectators would be allowed to attend this week's Cambridgeshire Meeting at Newmarket have been dashed by the new Government guidelines on Covid-19 that have put a halt to sports events 'piloting' the idea of having limited size crowds.

It's left official's with little choice but to stage racing behind closed doors again. The meeting starts on Thursday (24th)

Horse racing at Newmarket Credit: ITV Anglia

Amy Starkey who runs Newmarket Racecourse said

It now seems almost certain that Newmarket will have no spectators for the entire flat season.

All three days of the Cambridgeshire meeting can still be seen on ITV.