British Racing Cancelled due to Equine Flu

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Heard this on the news this morning. Racing in Britain has been cancelled due to an outbreak of equine flu.

Racing is going ahead today, but I assume this is something the Irish authorities will be looking into, not least given there were Irish runners from a few trainers' yards at Ayr yesterday.

More reading here:

http://www.irishracing.com/news?headline=All-British-racing-cancelled-today-due-to-equine-flu-&prid=197712

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And a more detailed piece from the BHA website:

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA), with unanimous support of the BHA’s industry veterinary committee, has taken the decision to cancel racing at all British racecourses on Thursday 7 February 2019. This is following the BHA being informed this evening by the Animal Health Trust of three confirmed Equine Influenza positives from vaccinated horses in an active racing yard.

Horses from the infected yard have raced today at Ayr and Ludlow, potentially exposing a significant number of horses from yards across the country and in Ireland. The fact that the cases have been identified in vaccinated horses presents a cause for significant concern over welfare and the potential spread of the disease and the action to cancel racing has been viewed as necessary in order to restrict, as far as possible, the risk of further spread of the disease.

The BHA has worked quickly to identify which yards could have potentially been exposed today and identify the further actions required. The BHA is presently communicating with yards potentially exposed to ensure appropriate quarantine and biosecurity measures are put in place and horse movements restricted to avoid possible further spread of the disease.

The full extent of potential exposure is unknown and we are working quickly to understand as much as we can to assist our decision making. The BHA is working closely with the Animal Health Trust and will issue a further update tomorrow. We recommend that any trainer who has concerns about the health status of any of their horses should contact their veterinarian.

About Equine Influenza

Equine influenza is a highly infectious disease of horses, mules and donkeys occurring globally caused by strains of Influenza A virus. It is the most potentially damaging of the respiratory viruses that occur in UK equines and disease symptoms in non–immune animals include high fever, coughing and nasal discharge.

The outbreak at the infected yard follows the identification of a number of equine influenza cases across Europe and the UK, including several in vaccinated horses. Following the recent outbreaks guidance was sent to trainers to inform them that all horses which have not had a vaccination against Equine Influenza within the last six months should receive a booster vaccination, and that trainers should be extra-vigilant with biosecurity.

However, equine influenza can be highly contagious and – unlike other infectious diseases – can be airborne over reasonable distances as well as be transmitted indirectly, including via people. There are no known consequences for humans associated with exposure to the disease.

The Animal Health Trust are the equine monitoring agent for disease surveillance in the UK and information is posted on their website and twitter feeds.

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Gavin "shels"

Very worrying!

HarshOstrich

convert wrote: »

And a more detailed piece from the BHA website:



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Quarantine Davy Russell so or give him a good shower.

TheQuietFella

Gavin shels wrote: »

Very worrying!

The Bookmakers will be livid!

realdanbreen

Donald McCains yard apparently. Cheltenham a little over a month away, worrying!

HarshOstrich

Can we have an Irish only Cheltenham if the British are sick.

Bangor Billy

McCain had runners at Ayr yesterday along with Elliott and others so this must surely extend to Ireland shortly as well.

RivetingRoger

Bookies will like cnuts!!

With a month to the festival could we see all racing stopped until then?
You would imagine come hell or high water they wont cancel cheltenham

pleas advice

And no-deal brexit only 50 days away...

I wasn't sure there any updates on that front, came across this article from yesterday,
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1075194/david-owen-brexit-and-horse-sport

(from the UK perspective, with links to guidance from the UK Government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the British Equestrian Federation (BEF).

Bangor Billy

RivetingRoger wrote: »

Bookies will like cnuts!!

With a month to the festival could we see all racing stopped until then?
You would imagine come hell or high water they wont cancel cheltenham

Cheltenham was cancelled because of Foot & Mouth in 2001.

RivetingRoger

Bangor Billy wrote: »

Cheltenham was cancelled because of Foot & Mouth in 2001.

18 years ago
you'd imagine they have some kinda contingency plan for something like this since

NaiveMelodies

RivetingRoger wrote: »

18 years ago
you'd imagine they have some kinda contingency plan for something like this since

Yeah, throw a few fences up on the turf track in Meydan.

Widdensushi

Nrnb will be OK obviously but what about antepost betting that have been placed, I presume they are a loss and the bookie is laughing?

RivetingRoger

reasons to be cautiously optimistic

https://www.britishhorseracing.com/press_releases/bha-update-regarding-equine-influenza-case/

RivetingRoger

Widdensushi wrote: »

Nrnb will be OK obviously but what about antepost betting that have been placed, I presume they are a loss and the bookie is laughing?

cancelled races are refunds
100%

RivetingRoger

lemush wrote: »

If the virus isn’t contained by then there will be no festival it’s that simple. Took Australia months so looking unlikely to take place.

Australian horses were vac's
Brit horses are

Panrich

Widdensushi wrote: »

Nrnb will be OK obviously but what about antepost betting that have been placed, I presume they are a loss and the bookie is laughing?

Ante-post will be refunded if the event does not take place.

lemush

RivetingRoger wrote: »

Australian horses were vac's
Brit horses are

That has no bearing whatsoever on the measures that will be taken if the virus is proven to be widespread which is highly possible considering the yard in question had runners at both Ayr & Ludlow.

Francie Barrett

Wolverhampton on Saturday off.

Ave Sodalis

https://www.theirishfield.ie/equine-flu-irish-ban-on-british-racehorses-439306/?fbclid=IwAR3fbzyUbWe477P1ziWQrFGXnSnWzHwxQmfYSJ_txpVGA8vf6j0CGaS53UM#.XFwPBxkA80U.facebook




British horses won't be allowed to race here for the foreseeable future

BumperD

Rp:

“Paddy Power have offered odds about when racing will resume in the UK: 1-5 Before February 18, 5-1 1st March or after, 6-1 Feb 18 – Feb 28 (inclusive).

It is perhaps worth noting that the Cheltenham Festival starts on March 12 - less than five weeks away.
TwitterFacebook Peter Scargill
an hour ago”

Offers some hope

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BumperD wrote: »

Rp:

“Paddy Power have offered odds about when racing will resume in the UK: 1-5 Before February 18, 5-1 1st March or after, 6-1 Feb 18 – Feb 28 (inclusive).

It is perhaps worth noting that the Cheltenham Festival starts on March 12 - less than five weeks away.
TwitterFacebook Peter Scargill
an hour ago”

Offers some hope

Was waiting for that!!

BumperD

convert wrote: »

Was waiting for that!!

They never miss an opportunity

droidman123

One way or another this will have a bearing on the horses come march 12th

The Mig

:pac: :pac: :pac:

https://twitter.com/nickgoff79/status/1093465705532526592

realdanbreen

One concern is that apparently some of the horses showing symptoms had been vaccinated!

Gavin "shels"

Lad on Twitter saying it's 3 horses in Donald McCain's yard tested positive. They haven't left the yard. Hopefully all true.

realdanbreen

Gavin shels wrote: »

Lad on Twitter saying it's 3 horses in Donald McCain's yard tested positive. They haven't left the yard. Hopefully all true.

Doubt if 'Lad on twitters ' assessment would have caused all UK racing to be abandoned today!

RivetingRoger

BREAKING: BHA says racing in Britain will not resume until Wednesday 13 February at the earliest. More later on http://www.theirishfield.ie

PhuckHugh2

No racing until next Wednesday at minimum according to BHA twitter. Decision to be made on Monday if they will resume then.

** Yes what Roger said

The Tetrarch

The breeding season starts on 15th February, and mares will be on the move.

Pinesky

The Tetrarch wrote: »

The breeding season starts on 15th February, and mares will be on the move.

If Gallileo doesn't get his usual quota of action he'll have blue balls syndrome .

ON ZEE BRIDLE

Pinesky wrote: »

If Gallileo doesn't get his usual quota of action he'll have blue balls syndrome .

Haha this is true

Gavin "shels"

realdanbreen wrote: »

Doubt if 'Lad on twitters ' assessment would have caused all UK racing to be abandoned today!

He's usually a very reliable guy, writes for SportingBet and that. Taken with a pinch of salt but imagine it's fairly solid info.

Shemale

McCain has some knack for getting the worst out of horses

RivetingRoger

So, who is confident the festival will go ahead, and who isn't?

Gringo180

RivetingRoger wrote: »

So, who is confident the festival will go ahead, and who isn't?

First time to go this year 100% my luck it wont go ahead.

HarshOstrich

RivetingRoger wrote: »

So, who is confident the festival will go ahead, and who isn't?

If we here no new cases today I’d say it will be on.

RivetingRoger

Be sunday before all results be back

Gavin "shels"

UK bookmakers saying they'll be down 25 million this weekend alone over this...

NaiveMelodies

Gavin "shels" wrote: »

UK bookmakers saying they'll be down 25 million this weekend alone over this...

And next weekend they'll up 25 mill!

PhuckHugh2

Gavin shels wrote: »

UK bookmakers saying they'll be down 25 million this weekend alone over this...

Id take that figure with a pinch of salt. Surely a Gross figure. If not then that would mean that they are taking in close to 200 million in bets on Uk racing over a week when you consider an over round in the region of 10-20%. Absolute spoofers.

Its all pity me with these guys.

Gavin "shels"

PhuckHugh2 wrote: »

Id take that figure with a pinch of salt. Surely a Gross figure. If not then that would mean that they are taking in close to 200 million in bets on Uk racing over a week when you consider an over round in the region of 10-20%. Absolute spoofers.

Its all pity me with these guys.

Not even a pinch... taken with a large spoon of salt! Definitely exaggerated by them.

PhuckHugh2

Gavin shels wrote: »

Not even a pinch... taken with a large spoon of salt! Definitely exaggerated by them.

Thats it Gavin. Tbh id say the only reason they do this crap is to protect themselves from Stakeholders if they dont hit targets.
"We didnt hit target x this quarter due to racing being called off for a week and missing y amount of revenue" Pull the other one.

IAMAMORON

Gavin shels wrote: »

UK bookmakers saying they'll be down 25 million this weekend alone over this...

Gutted for them.

BumperD

Hills issued a statement saying their customers are “resilient” and will switch to South African or other horse racing.

“Resilient “. That’s a funny attribute to give a gambler who will punt away on some foreign nag he /she hasn’t a clue about

RivetingRoger

One of McCains horses from Ayr has now tested positive
this is very very bad

posturingpat

RivetingRoger wrote: »

One of McCains horses from Ayr has now tested positive
this is very very bad

You should work for a tabloid :rolleyes:

HarshOstrich

RivetingRoger wrote: »

One of McCains horses from Ayr has now tested positive
this is very very bad

Yep, Cheltenham is now in jeopardy as all horses from Ayr are now high risk.

The Mig

A Cheltenham festival for Irish trained horses only would be a bitta craic #flufree