Race: Racing NSW callls on government to move Papal visit

AAP General News (Australia)
08-29-2007
Race: Racing NSW callls on government to move Papal visit

SYDNEY, Aug 29 AAP - Racing officials have called on the NSW government to find an
alternate venue for next year's Catholic World Youth Day celebrations, scheduled to be
held at Randwick Racecourse.

Peter V'Landys, chief executive of Racing NSW, said Randwick trainers could not suffer
the loss of consecutive spring carnivals with this year's carnival almost certainly in
jeopardy due to the outbreak of equine influenza (EI) in the state.

"The racing industry cannot take two massive hits in a row and we urge the government
to reconsider Randwick as the venue for World Youth Day," V'Landys said.

"It would be terrible for the trainers to lose the spring carnival again."

Randwick Racecourse is within in the exclusion zone around Centennial Park where EI
was detected in horses at the equestrian centre.

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KEYWORD: STALLIONS YOUTH

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