Horse racing’s immediate future is in doubt while a Melbourne jockey, who was potentially exposed to a person with COVID-19, awaits the results of a coronavirus test.

Racing was abandoned mid-meeting today at Ascot, as well as in Melbourne and Sydney, after health authorities contacted the rider, telling them they had shared a flight from Sydney to Melbourne with someone who’d tested positive.

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