Presses to roll again for Racing Post

The Racing Post newspaper is poised to restart its print edition on Monday to coincide with the expected resumption of racing at Newcastle racecourse. An announcement could be made as early as today. Racing’s dedicated publication ceased its print edition on March 25. It was the first time the

Racing Post has not been printed since its launch in 1986. In a letter to readers, editor Tom Kerr said that the paper had been left with no alternative with the sport shut down in Britain and Ireland and betting shops also closed. Meanwhile, the bha have released the re-arranged schedule of big races that it plans to stage during June. These include a number of contests that will not be run at their usual venues. These include Ascot’s Sagaro Stakes, which goes to Newcastle on June 6, the Brigadier Gerard Stakes, which moves from its normal stage of Sandown to haydock on June 7, and the Diomed Stakes, which is usually run at Epsom but now will be contested at Newbury on June 13. Former champion jockey Colin Keane is odds-on favourite to regain his crown in Ireland this summer but bookmakers Paddy Power have halved the odds of Seamie heffernan to 5-1. The 14-day quarantine periods that will exist for the initial return of the sport look like meaning heffernan will get the choice of the plum rides for champion trainer Aidan o’Brien, with uncertainty over when the stable’s British-based No 1 rider Ryan Moore can travel to Ireland.