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[Other Sport] All horse racing in Britain cancelled Today due to equine flu



Billy Seagull

Bookie Basher
Jul 5, 2003
1,431
Not good news for the punters out there and I imagine it maybe for a week or two. The British Horseracing Authority have been warning trainers for a while about the prevalence of equine flu but it appears that vaccinated horses from one yard, in the north, ran yesterday at Ayr and Ludlow and showed signs of the flu.

Worrying times for the industry and those who make a living from it:down:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/feb/07/horse-races-cancelled-britain-equine-flu
 


Iggle Piggle

Well-known member
Sep 3, 2010
5,281
I was reading around this last night. Appears the yard in question also makes chips...

Worst case here is no Cheltenham and possible Aintree. Crippled racing in Australia for month's. From a personal perspective, it's seemingly ruined my antepost gamble on Gary Moores horse for Saturday.
 


Billy Seagull

Bookie Basher
Jul 5, 2003
1,431
It’s ruined my plans of travelling to Brighton (from Eastbourne) to take advantage of William Hills generous offerings that aren’t available to me in the local shops :(:(

One would hope it will be limited to weeks rather than days. Plumpton race on Wednesday and being a member there it would be handy if that is on but I wouldn’t be hopeful.
 


Durlston

"Garlic bread!?"
NSC Patreon
Jul 15, 2009
9,762
Haywards Heath
They'll be nothing left in betting shops soon!

No horse racing, £2 max stake on the roulette machines. It'll lead to reduncies and I'm concerned for my two local shops and the great staff that work long hours.
 


vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
27,867
They'll be nothing left in betting shops soon!

No horse racing, £2 max stake on the roulette machines. It'll lead to reduncies and I'm concerned for my two local shops and the great staff that work long hours.
I'm afraid I have no sympathy for the bookmakers or their staff. In my view it's a highly unethical business that exploits on many levels.
 




Ernest

Stupid IDIOT
Nov 8, 2003
42,739
LOONEY BIN
I was reading around this last night. Appears the yard in question also makes chips...

Worst case here is no Cheltenham and possible Aintree. Crippled racing in Australia for month's. From a personal perspective, it's seemingly ruined my antepost gamble on Gary Moores horse for Saturday.

Donald McCains yard you mean, it's all over the Racing Post. Waiting for an update this morning from the BHA to see what's happening, if it's as serious as they say then can't see anything for at least a week or 2
 


Driver8

On the road...
NSC Patreon
Jul 31, 2005
15,951
North Wales
They'll be nothing left in betting shops soon!

No horse racing, £2 max stake on the roulette machines. It'll lead to reduncies and I'm concerned for my two local shops and the great staff that work long hours.

Better a handful of redundancies than loads pissing their wages away every week.
 


Iggle Piggle

Well-known member
Sep 3, 2010
5,281
Donald McCains yard you mean, it's all over the Racing Post. Waiting for an update this morning from the BHA to see what's happening, if it's as serious as they say then can't see anything for at least a week or 2

Indeed, when it broke last night they were cagey about the yard albeit you didn't need to be PC Beard to work it out.

The link below summarises the Australian outbreak. 6 months in that case...

https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/animals-...e/influenza/summary-of-the-200708-ei-outbreak
 






Billy Seagull

Bookie Basher
Jul 5, 2003
1,431
Announcement expected later on today after more tests. I think we are looking at a week or so off. I specialise in jump racing so will be having some well earned downtime if that is the case.
 














Knocky's Nose

Mon nez est en Valenciennes..
May 7, 2017
4,133
Eastbourne
Maybe this is the thing we need to make 'ethical horse racing' a true reality.. ???

I'll have a fiver on the loppy in green.

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Jul 7, 2003
8,571
Fairly sure they will bust a gut to get the Newbury races from Saturday put on the following weekend but depends on how the long the shut down goes on for,

Could make life interesting for Fontwell on 24th with the National Spirit meeting. If the shutdown goes on a bit longer then they might either find themselves with a cracking set of entries for that meeting or find themselves up against a decent day of racing somewhere else.
 


cunning fergus

Well-known member
Jan 18, 2009
4,744
Better a handful of redundancies than loads pissing their wages away every week.

Closing better shops won’t prevent that, we have an economy that is predicated on consumer spending and credit.

People are pissing their wages away every week, whether that’s needless consumables, vice or both.

Censoring behaviour you don’t agree with is just another slice off the salami of personal freedom.
 









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