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RACING GETS THE GREEN LIGHT, CROWDS ON HOLD
February 12, 2021 4:06 pm
By Jackson Frantz
Racing Victoria have confirmed that thoroughbred racing will continue under strict bio-security protocols, despite the state entering a five-day stage 4 lockdown from 11.59pm tonight.
The news comes as a significant blow for the Victoria Racing Club, who were set to welcome 15,000 people on course for tomorrow’s G
roup 1 Black Caviar Lightning Stakes meeting.
Andrews confirmed that professional sport would be treated as an essential workforce, allowing participants to travel to and from their required working destinations.
“Any number of large or small professional sport events, they will function, essentially, as a workplace. They will not function as an entertainment event because there will be no crowds,” Andrews said.
\FROM CHARCOAL STICKS TO GREEN AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE – BUCHAN, A YEAR ON
FROM CHARCOAL STICKS TO GREEN AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE – BUCHAN, A YEAR ON
February 10, 2021 3:38 pm
By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor
Just over a year ago,
bushfire roared through the
Buchan Valley. Dozens of homes were consumed by it, one human life was lost among an incalculable number of flora and fauna.
The racetrack was also surely gone. The fire had galloped straight through it, turning trees into charcoal, destroying buildings, scorching almost every blade of grass on the track itself, even burning out half the winning post, which is now a symbol not just of the devastating bushfire but also the subsequent miracle of the