The Lowdown: going updates, racecards, news and tips for today's racing

Today's news

• CLOSED DOORS: All race meetings in Britain from Tuesday until at least the end of March will take place behind closed doors, the BHA has ordered.

• CALLED OFF: TheGrandNational meeting has been cancelled by the Jockey Club because of the growing coronavirus threat.

• BIG HIT:Bookmaker share prices plunged again on Monday with warnings of a £100m hit on earnings from some big firms.

• OUT OF OFFICE:The BHA has been forced to shut down its head office in High Holborn in central London after a small number of suspected cases of coronavirus among staff.

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Today's meetings

**STAR MEETING**
Down Royal (1.50)
Going Soft, heavy in places
The feature Racing TV Chase (4.10) features some familiar runners. Jury Duty bids to repeat last year's win to give his trainer Gordon Elliott a fourth consecutive success in this 3m2f chase. Fine Rightly won the race four years ago and his trainer Stuart Crawford has won it three times since 2012. Read the preview here.
SPOTLIGHT TIP: Plentiful (2.25)

Wetherby (first race 2.00)
GoingSoft, good to soft in places (from soft)
Distances: 2.00, 3.45 & 5.25 -42yds, 2.35 -21yds, 3.10 +51yds, 4.20 +60yds, 4.55 -84yds

Wexford (2.05)
Going Heavy, soft to heavy in places

Taunton (2.15)
Going Soft (from soft, heavy in places; GoingStick 5.4 at 6.30am)

Key non-runners

Keep up to speed with today's non-runners and the latest changes with Raceday Live

Today's tips

Paul Kealy's top tip

Putdecashonthedash (4.35 Taunton)

Has to defy 10lb rise but was improving before cheekpieces were added last time and likely has more to come.

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Dave Randall leads our team of experts providing live insight through the day on Raceday Live.

Today's video

Maddy Playle is joined by Bruce Millington and Paddy Power’s Darren Hughes to look back at the Cheltenham Festival and their favourite moments from the week.

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