Union Bell in file photo In a statement, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque, however, said that the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases decided that no spectators will be allowed in the venue of the race. “The IATF approved the conduct of horse-racing activities in areas under MECQ under a no-audience set up,” he said Friday. Roque said only online and TeleBet activities in the National Capital Region-plus (NCR-plus) bubbe area may operate. Off-tracking betting stations, on the other hand, may resume operations during the general community quarantine (GCQ) or modified GCQ (MGCQ). It took six months before the IATF allowed the resumption of Philippine horse racing in September last year. Horse racing was one of the establishments forced to close down during the lockdown due to the threat of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.