THE Welsh Grand National will take place behind closed doors for the second straight year – with Chris Hughes calling the decision ‘ridiculous’. The Welsh government announced last night that all s…
“Unfortunately, the new Omicron variant is a significant development in the pandemic and could cause a large number of infections
“We need to do everything we can to protect people’s health and control the spread of this awful virus.“The advice is clear – we need to act now in response to the threat of Omicron. “We are giving people as much notice of these decisions as we can. Crowds will come back as soon as possible. We want everyone to be here to enjoy their favourite sports.”
However, responding to the news of the race going behind closed doors, former Love Island star and ITV Racing pundit Hughes wrote: “Ridiculous.” And Sky Sports Racing host Alex Hammond said: “Can’t wait to see if Secret Reprieve can do the double. Such a shame for @Chepstow_Racing it’ll be behind closed doors.”Commercial content notice: Taking one of the bookmaker offers featured in this article may result in a payment to The Sun. 18+. T&Cs apply. Begambleaware.
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