[AusRace] Kentucky Derby

[L.B.Loveday]

>From Warren Brown, writing seriously. Risible is not a strong enough word!

 

"Certainly the coronavirus pandemic is frightening – bordering on terrifying – but we are all in this ghastly contagion together"

 

 

From: Racing On Behalf Of norsaintpublishing at gmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, 17 March 2020 23:39 PM
To: AusRace Racing Discussion List <racing at ausrace.com>
Subject: Re: [AusRace] Kentucky Derby

 

Strange how Hong Kong have been chugging along ok for a month or so now and yet everyone else is jumping at shadows.

The reaction in the west particularly has been risible. 

 

On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 at 22:15, norsaintpublishing at gmail.com <mailto:norsaintpublishing at gmail.com>  <norsaintpublishing at gmail.com <mailto:norsaintpublishing at gmail.com> > wrote:

Anyone remember the Y2KY thing. 

This is assuming the same proportions.

A non- event  hysteria. 

 

 

On Tue, 17 Mar 2020 at 21:41, L.B.Loveday <lloveday at ozemail.com.au <mailto:lloveday at ozemail.com.au> > wrote:


Kentucky Derby to be postponed until September amid COVID-19 concerns


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Updated: 8:37 PM EDT Mar 16, 2020 

WLKY Digital Team 

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — 

The 146th running of The Kentucky Derby will be postponed until the first Saturday in September, according to multiple sources.

Kentucky Derby, which was originally scheduled for May. 2, will be moved to Saturday, Sept. 5 in response to COVID-19, sources say. 

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The official announcement regarding the 146th Kentucky Derby <https://www.kentuckyderby.com/>  will be made Tuesday at 9 a.m. via teleconference. 

The postponement marks the first time the Derby will not be held on the first Saturday in May since 1945. It was postponed in June 1945 when the government issued a ban on horse racing due to World War II.

 <https://www.wlky.com/coronavirus> Special Section: Coronavirus news and resources

On Sunday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended organizers cancel or postpone events in the U.S. that consist of 50 people or more for the next 8 weeks. 

 

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