Following the publication of the Government’s roadmap for recovery, the BHA issued a statement last night working towards the new proposals for the safe return of sporting events behind closed doors. This can be from 1st June if certain criteria are fulfilled. You can read the full BHA statement in their press release below.
Statement Expected On Monday 11th
With the Government now giving their lockdown update on Sunday, Racing Industry leaders will meet on Monday 11th May to discuss the announcement.
They will make a statement afterwards which will hopefully bring some clarity.
We understand the process has been undertaken to select the racecourses to stage the first phase of the resumption of racing. We still expect a fixture list and programme of races for the resumption to be published this week.
New fixture list being prepared
The latest update for the resumption of racing was published by the BHA on 30th April.
The update stated: “To help trainers plan, during the next week we will be developing a provisional programme for the first seven days of racing following resumption – whatever the resumption date.
“We will then subsequently publish the rest of the provisional programme up until the end of June. This will be as close as possible to the original programme for the period, which means we will be looking to stage roughly the same number of races by type, class and distance.
“Ahead of this, we will issue a fixture cancellation notice for all fixtures that were originally scheduled to take place during May and June. This simply reflects the fact that we will be publishing a new provisional programme and does not seek to pre-empt or pre-judge any government decisions around lockdown or resumption.”
More decisions will be taken over the coming days and we all look forward to a time when racing can resume, albeit behind closed doors and with many restrictions.
Resumption of Racing Planning
All remains well at Northgate Lodge with the staff and horses. The daily routine continues as we work our way through the national lockdown and await news of when it is deemed safe for racing to start again. We will be ready to go !!
The BHA link below provides an interesting insight into the thoughts and planning being taken for a resumption of racing to happen and how this is initially likely to be achieved.
Happy Easter
We wish all our friends & followers a very Happy Easter in these difficult times. Stay healthy and we look forward to being back racing as soon as it’s safe to do so.
Racing Suspended
In an update to our earlier posts, racing has now been suspended until 30th April.
The show goes on
Very difficult times for all of us but UK horse racing is working hard to keep the industry going and will race, with restrictions, behind closed doors. The Coronavirus post below has more information on some of the measures now in place.
Northgate Lodge is happy to support the upcoming fixtures later this week and we have entries at NEWCASTLE on Friday and LINGFIELD on Saturday.
See our entries page on the main website for details
14 Winners for 2020
Puchita’s latest win took our winner total for the year to 14
There is now a ‘Statistics’ button on the main website homepage linking to the Racing Post Statistic page for those of you who like to follow these things. There is also a similar link, ‘Horses’ providing details on the Horses that have run for the yard during the current year.
New Blog Section
Welcome to the new format for bringing you the latest news from Antony Brittain and Northgate Lodge Stables, Warthill, York.
The blog will be updated with our latest results and also give you an indication when we have any new horses or shares in new partnerships for sale.
As time goes on, you will be able to search the posts and look up archive items, using the various tools to your right. For the old news from the past couple of years, there is now an ‘Archive News’ navigation button at the bottom of our main website home page.
You can also access the news blog directly on full screen or for optimum viewing on a smaller mobile or tablet device by visiting