Horseracing to resume in June with all-weather fixture at Newcastle Racecourse

Horseracing will return to Britain with an eight-race card on the all-weather at Newcastle on June 1.

The British Horseracing Authority's initial schedule for the resumption of racing has been released based on the government's provisional timeline for the return of sport, which was forced to halt because of coronavirus restrictions.

The first eight days: BHA's proposed fixture list

  • June 1 Newcastle

  • June 2 Kempton, Newcastle

  • June 3 Kempton, Yarmouth

  • June 4 Newcastle, Newmarket

  • June 5 Lingfield, Newmarket

  • June 6 Lingfield, Newcastle, Newmarket

  • June 7 Haydock, Lingfield, Newmarket

  • June 8 Chelmsford, Haydock, Lingfield

If able to resume, racing will go ahead behind closed doors on June 1 in Newcastle.

Plans are in place to publish a timetable on preparation steps that will need to be carried out prior to the return of racing.

Attendance at each meeting will be limited to essential personnel required for the fixture to go ahead.