International heads to Newmarket
Headquarters will also stage the Festival’s other Group One events – the Darley Yorkshire Oaks and the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes – on Friday.
Joining those key contests will be the DBS Sales Race to form a bumper 11-race card.
The Ladbrokes Great Voltigeur will take place at Goodwood on Saturday, while the Ebor becomes the totesport Newburgh Handicap and will be run at Newbury on Friday.
The Berkshire track is also offering free entry to anybody holding tickets to any of the four days of the York meeting.
Tote chief executive Trevor Beaumont said: “Totesport are delighted to sponsor the replacement race for the totesport Ebor now scheduled to be run at Newbury.
“Of course, there is only one Ebor – and that race can only ever be run at York, but the totesport Newburgh Handicap (the original Norman name for Newbury) will give the owners and trainers another opportunity to win a valuable staying handicap over the same trip.
“We are obviously disappointed to lose this week’s Ebor Meeting at York, but look forward to renewing our association with this prestigious and historic race again next season.”
BHA director of communications John Ryan added: “Ruth Quinn (director of racing) has performed minor miracles in getting this done at such short notice.
“A lot of the sponsors have been fantastic and the owners and trainers she has spoken to have, in the main, been incredibly helpful.
“Out of the loss of a four-day meeting like this there are some wonderful positives to racing in terms of what people can do in a crisis, and this is definitely a crisis.”
Discussions are on-going to save the Gimcrack, while the Lowther and Lonsdale Cup look like falling by the wayside.
York officials were forced to abandon the rest of this week’s Ebor meeting due to a waterlogged track yesterday morning.
Having already lost the first two days of the four-day fixture, clerk of the course William Derby called a noon inspection to assess the prospects for the cards on Thursday and Friday.
However, with further rain yesterday morning and no sign of significant improvement in the near future, officials were left with no option but to cancel the cards for the rest of the week.
Derby said: “Unfortunately we have had to abandon the rest of the meeting as the track is waterlogged in places and there is no prospect of it drying out.”
