MANILA, Philippines — Philippine horse-racing could be back by the third weekend of July, without the usual crowd and fans at the racing clubs, provided the National Capital Region eases to modified general community quarantine. Horse-racing in the Philippines is a billion-peso industry. For the last decade, horse-racing has contributed an average of P1.3 billion to the national coffers, including P1,352,930,422 last year. While horse-racing slowly returns to normalcy, some aspects of it will, however, have drastic changes. On the other hand, horse-racing bettors will be asked to strictly undergo social-distancing while queueing for their bets at the Off-Track Betting Stations.

Source: Philippine Star June 11, 2020 15:56 UTC