Newbury races hit by huge delays after ‘medical incident on course’ as runners return to paddock after ambulance called
NEWBURY races were delayed after a medical incident was reported on the course.
And that saw the horses forced to return to the paddock as an air ambulance was called to the racecourse.
The incident came ahead of the 2.10pm race in Berkshire.
Newbury Racecourse tweeted just after 2.30pm: “Following a medical incident, today’s second race has been delayed.
“Runners have returned to the parade ring and we’ll provide further updates as soon as they’re available.”
An update on Sky Sports Racing approximately ten minutes later confirmed the incident was still ongoing.
The stricken individual required attention from multiple members of the medical team at Newbury.
And they were unable to continue the races until an additional ambulance arrived – either by road or air – on the scene to provide support.
Every horse race requires two ambulances to follow the field during races to be on hand should any accidents happen.
And therefore Newbury had to halt the afternoon’s schedule until the minimum required medics were available.
More than half an hour after the original start time, the horses due to compete in the 2.10 were walking around the paddock.
The complications with having to be reweighed meant the horses were still carrying the heavy saddles.
But a positive update at 3.20pm confirmed the medical teams had swapped over.
And that meant the racing could continue, with Newbury forced to bunch up the races to complete the meeting.
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