Rosehill races off
 

Today’s race meeting at Rosehill has been called off after Equine Influenza was confirmed as reaching Warwick Farm.

thought they had it contained?!

damn that means next week when im down for the footy warwick farm wont be on on monday.....wenty park it is then

1200 horses now have the flu. 5/1 says it'll beat the Melb. Cup into Victoria.

yeah 2 horses in the clarry conners yard have it...

It must have been a line ball....

Had they sent Warwick Farm horses to Rosehill today which were already incubating the virus,it would have affected the Rosehill horses.

Rob Waterhouse reported this in another forum at 3am this morning.So it's clear that the principals in the racing industry had a sleepless night awaiting confirmation of tests.

Makes you wonder whether or not containment is a realistic policy.

Syllabus,
What forum was Rob Waterhouse on?
Thanks

If it can't be contained in a QUARANTINE CENTRE for $&*% sake, then how did they ever expect to contain the thing out in the open. They should just open up the borders, allow horses to be moved freely, and let the virus run it's course. It's so frigging contagious, you'd think it could cover Australia in a month. Then couldn't everyone get on with it. It seems trying to contain it is just going to prolong the agony for the industry. I think the virus will be in Victoria before the Melbourne Cup, and even if it isn't, the race is hardly up to par with so many quality horses missing.

U beat me waggamick :)

Mick it's not possible to give you the link here in this forum,,but if you e/mail me at syllabus23 @ hotmail .com I will send you the URL.

Why not? Isn't it just another forum :confused:

Recent talk over here of relaxing (slightly) horse movement between the east & WA. Might need to re-think!

Just speculation, but...
 

...with the Warwick Farm results being returned in the early hours of the morning, it makes you think that there were at least a few people who suspected EI had hit Warwick Farm before the Sydney trainers had threatened to boycott today's races if they didn't get promises of vaccination.

Hmmmm, speculation perhaps, but certainly food for thought..

What a huge blow to Sydney racing. Am still amazed that it hasn't hit Victoria yet. Lets hope that it doesn't.

the sooner they start a vaccination program the better!

I wonder if any of the Warwick Farm horses went across to Rosehill on Friday ??

Agree. Don't see how the industry can risk it again

i'm assuming a horse is out of action after get a shot? for how long?

G'day TobinBronze.
 

Just read a good article in The Age which answers your question. In short, 1 in 50 horses will have a mild reaction to the vaccination shot, but they're right again within a few days. It seems the other 49 horses can continue with training as normal.

Vic vaccinations to start

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Phil Purser's take on horses after having vaccinations when arriving OS [compulsory]:

"It obviously didn’t affect Miss Andretti or Takeover Target in their recent trip to England, but Scotland Yard are still searching for Bentley Biscuit and Magnus.

Now they can use any excuse they like, but Bentley Biscuit and Magnus were not 20 lengths inferior to the other two when they got on the plane and left Australia, so what happened? They said Bentley Biscuit “jarred up,” but the inoculation may have flattened the horse. Then Pompeii Ruler had form before he went to Dubai, but he wouldn’t have beaten one of the Sheik’s prize camels over there. What an embarrassment that was. Look how a genuine “champion” mare like Makybe Diva went to Japan and nearly held up the next. Why?"

Didn’t realise such a minimal reaction!

G'day Crash. Not that I'm knocking Phil Pursor's opinion, but...
 

...as anyone who has travelled overseas can attest, you do end up feeling a little off for the next few days after arriving in new part of the world, and I'm sure it would be the same for horses too. Heck, even Victorian football teams end up suffering after coming back from Perth.

Just a humorous take from Phil. No real opinion in it I don't think.

I did hear a Melbourne trainer [didn't catch his name] on radio this morning saying horses are a bit off and flat for a few days after a jab. If a horse was racing Saturday he wouldn't have it jabbed on a Thursday that's for sure. He's wait until the Sunday.

Crash I've heard UK trainers say that horses are never the same after returning from Dubai. Apparently they lose alot of condition due to the heat and take along time (if ever) to return to their previous form.