Kempton to close under shock Jockey Club plans

Racing in Britain received a seismic jolt yesterday after Jockey Club Racecourses announced that Kempton, home of the historic King George VI Chase, could be closed for housing redevelopment “from 2021 at the earliest”.

Kempton to close under shock Jockey Club plans
Wed, 11 Jan, 2017 - 00:00
Ashely Iveson

The track’s owners, which operates 14 other racecourses in Britain, hopes to invest £500million into the sport in a 10-year plan - with the end of National Hunt and Flat racing at Kempton its most radical proposal.

The Jockey Club said in a statement that a request would be made to transfer the King George, and a clutch of other big Kempton races, to nearby Sandown.

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