With 21 days to go until the 2020 TAB Everest, the race has really put Sydney Spring racing on the map in Australia and abroad in just a few short years. RacingDreams Presented by racing_nsw
With 21 days to go until the 2020 TAB Everest, the race has really put Sydney Spring racing on the map in Australia and abroad in just a few short years.
Minister for Racing Kevin Anderson said the industry acted very quickly to ensure it implemented "strong biosecurity measures" at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic to ensure racing could be "kept going safely right through this period". "We're in very, very good shape," he said.
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