Thursday's fixtures at Huntingdon, Doncaster, Ffos Las and Chelmsford City have been cancelled. "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," the BHA said on their website https://www.britishhorseracing.com/press_releases/racing-thursday-7-february-cancelled-due-equine-influenza-cases.
"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 said it was working with the Animal Health Trust and would inform potentially exposed yards to ensure quarantine and biosecurity measures, with a further update expected later on Thursday. (Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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