Many questions for racing to answer ahead of potential return

Last week it was May 1 or 4. This week it’s May 7 or 19. Those are the rumours around the dates for the return of horse racing in Ireland. And in the UK, bookmakers report plenty of support for a May return there too, it now being odds-on to return at some point next month.

The goalposts may keep changing, but what remains constant is people’s desire for a return. In some form. Any form. Which is slightly ironic, as there was opposition to racing behind closed doors before it happened briefly last month. Most of those who opposed it would willingly take such measures now just so the industry could get back into swing.