In all seriousness, it is no laughing matter. I once owned a pony that I thought had caught equine flu. Luckily the vet said he was just a little hoarse.
[Other Sport] All horse racing in Britain cancelled Today due to equine flu
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Taybha
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I used to date a female jockey , sadly it ran it's course , nag nag nag all the bleedin time .
Creaky
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One of the most worrying aspect of this outbreak is that horses that have been vaccinated against equine flu are still susceptible to the new strain of flu virus. It takes months to produce a new vaccine and to then manufacture sufficient quantities of that vaccine.
If the pressures put on the racing industry to resume racing quickly succeeds then once again it will be the horses that suffer.
If the pressures put on the racing industry to resume racing quickly succeeds then once again it will be the horses that suffer.
flint
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BBC announce this is all down to Brexit
Mtoto
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It's the same for human flu though - no vaccine is 100pc effective, and the protection diminishes over time. That's why, ideally, they get a booster every 6 months or so although the regulation is one jab per year. The hope - and also the likelihood - at this stage is that the three horses at McCain's yard, which didn't go anywhere near a racecourse, were at the tail end of the 12-month period and were the three in a 100+ yard that were unlucky. If it was an entirely new vaccine-resistant strain, it would have gone through the whole yard in a couple of days.
Billy Seagull
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Another three of McCains horses now tested positive including one that ran poorly on Wednesday. Also a possibility of another yard having a positive horse so another 54 yards in lockdown. Can’t see us racing next week.
https://www.racingpost.com/news/thr...-positive-for-flu-including-ayr-runner/365588
https://www.racingpost.com/news/thr...-positive-for-flu-including-ayr-runner/365588
It shouldn't have been running if it was poorly.
Billy Seagull
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Showed no signs of it before the race or it wouldn't have run.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Most of McCains run shite so difficult to tell if something was wrong with it
Billy Seagull
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vegster
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There is one more to add to the list, don't forget the Dead Horse that Mrs May has been flogging for the last 2 days !
Any news from the horspital?
Creaky
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That is just the tip of the iceberg. Far, far more horses are put down, abandoned or ‘bred to death’ than appear in that list.
Only a minority of horses bred for racing ever become successful.
vegster
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Don't forget that the same things happen to Greyhounds too.
Creaky
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In terms of numbers then even more so!
Billy Seagull
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Racing is back again Tomorrow at Plumpton Green and Edinburgh thank fark for that 
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Racing is back again Tomorrow at Plumpton Green and Edinburgh thank fark for that
Extra races at Ascot on Saturday
I had a touch of the flu last week and after the Burnley match my voice was feeling a bit hoarse. Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not.
Billy Seagull
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A cracking days racing at Plumpton Green this afternoon, it's lovely to have it back
There was a pretty big crowd for a Wednesday afternoon too.
There was a pretty big crowd for a Wednesday afternoon too.