• All horse races in Britain cancelled until Wednesday at earliest
• More than 100 horses being tested as sport reels from outbreak
All race meetings in Britain have been cancelled until next Wednesday at the earliest while the sport’s governing body awaits test results from more than 100 horses which could have been exposed to equine influenza.
Donald McCain’s stable in Cheshire, where three cases of equine influenza in vaccinated horses were confirmed on Wednesday evening, sent a single runner to meetings in Ayr and Ludlow earlier that day, potentially exposing many more horses to the disease.
Written by Greg Wood
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/feb/07/equine-flu-crisis-biggest-shutdown-foot-and-mouth-hits-horse-racing under the title “Equine flu crisis: biggest shutdown since foot and mouth hits horse racing”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
