Track to close

RACING at Maisons-Laffitte is to cease at the end of next season, France Galop has announced. The closure of the Paris track – home to high-profile Group 2 races Prix Robert Papin and the Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte – coincides with plans to invest €1.5 million in redeveloping the town’s training centre and will lead to the loss of 31 jobs.