A trainer has made the difficult decision to take her 55 horses out of work as the UK continues to battle the coronavirus outbreak.
Yorkshire-based Ruth Carr is putting her successful business on hold with no prospect of horse racing meetings any time soon.
Without a further delay they would restart on May 1, so in the meantime Carr has decided to try and cut costs as well as do her bit to help. "After hearing the government advice on Monday I decided I couldn't keep training for now," she said. "It's hard but I believe it is short term pain for long term gain. "NHS doctors and nurses are tackling coronavirus on the front line, there are so many people in hospital. "What I can do here is a very small part of it and if everyone does their