British racing backs second day of resumption with 454 entries at Kempton

There has been huge support for the second day of the resumption schedule with more than 450 entries made for Kempton on Tuesday.

The nine-race card on the all-weather has attracted 454 entries, surpassing the 369 made for the opening day at Newcastle, and includes the first juvenile contest (2.45) since racing was suspended.

Kempton Tuesday entries

Newcastle Tuesday entries

Of those entries, 328 were made for the five maiden races at the meeting, including 97 for a three-year-old contest over a mile, and the rest were spread across four handicaps over varying distances.

John Gosden was the leading trainer on the all-weather at Kempton last year with 19 winners from 77 runners and has made 13 entries.

A further 265 entries were made for a second eight-race card at Newcastle, which could be extended to ten races with divisions.

The two behind-closed-doors meetings will be the second and third to take place in Britain since March 17, after which the sport was closed down due to the global coronavirus pandemic.

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