What comes next: what will racing look like after crisis that changed our lives?
In the first of a two-part series, Lee Mottershead gauges opinions on the future
We have known nothing like it. Trying to make sense of where we are now is hard enough. Attempting to analyse how the coronavirus pandemic will change the world of racing is nigh on impossible.
It is, however, important to look towards a time when some sort of normality returns. There will come a point when the world is once again open, when people are free to mix, when businesses are allowed to trade. When that time does arrive, how will the sport look?
Over the next two days 12 figures connected to racing, bloodstock and betting in Britain, Ireland, the United States and Australia give their opinions on what lies ahead. What they say gives much food for thought.
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Published on 18 April 2020inFeatures
Last updated 12:40, 19 April 2020
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