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Horse racing to return this month as sport ramps up post-coronavirus plan

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Racing has set a date for its resumption from the coronavirus blackout – May 16. And punters can look forward to two weekends of Group-race action behind closed doors in May, including trials for the 1000 and 2000 Guineas – and both Epsom Classics.

The British Horseracing Authority is holding its breath ahead of the government’s reappraisal of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions next Thursday.

But this week Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared Britain to be “past the peak and on the downward slope” – fuelling hopes of an ease in measures to combat the spread of the disease.

And, two days after a meeting between BHA top brass and Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston, racing took another step towards its restart when BHA chief medical adviser Dr

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