While the sports world stands still amidst the Coronavirus pandemic, horse racing remains relatively ... [+] unaffected, filling the sports void left in the wake of COVID-19. While the rest of the sports world stands still, one sport remains relatively unscathed: horse racing. Normally, the average fan would be weeks away from beginning to think about horse racing, doing the annual skimming of the Kentucky Derby race card for funny-sounding names to wagers on. “The response to Coronavirus has been beneficial to horse racing in that you don’t need very many people to operate a racetrack without spectators. Unfortunately, the one thing horse racing does not have is mainstream TV or streaming distribution outside of the Triple Crown races.

Source: Forbes March 16, 2020 16:18 UTC