Randwick meeting to go ahead after another COVID-19 scare
Racing NSW is dealing with another COVID-19 scare in the Sydney jockey ranks.
The regulator conducted a series of rapid tests at Sydney Airport on Saturday morning for riders before they headed to Randwick after two jockeys stood down. Every jockey riding on George Main Stakes day at Randwick, the official start of the carnival, was ordered to have an off-site COVID test before heading to the races, where they will be tested again.
Sydney jockeys are all being tested twice before being allowed to ride at Randwick because of COVID scare.
Racing NSW has told jockeys a biosecurity expert has advised it will be safe to continue to race under strengthened measures and any COVID positive would now be picked up by a rapid antigen test.
Saturday’s George Main Stakes meeting will go ahead under tightened COVID protocols for trainers and staff, including telling some non-essential personnel they cannot attend the meeting.
The Herald understands the jockeys were informed of the new protocols on Saturday morning after an unconfirmed case in the riding bubble. Jockeys have been split into metropolitan and country bubbles for the past couple of months to lessen the risk of transmission.
Racing NSW chief steward Marc Van Gestel said he was not in a position to comment as the situation was ongoing.
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