Risks Remain<\/strong><\/h2>\nWhile the BHA\u2019s regulatory officer Brant Dunshea admitted there were some risks associated with returning to racing, those risks had been assessed and deemed acceptable as long as biosecurity measures are employed.<\/p>\n
“Our approach since hearing about the first positive results last Wednesday has been based on accumulating as much information as we could as quickly as possible so we could properly understand the risks of this virulent strain of flu spreading to more horses,” Dunshea told the BBC. “That would be harmful to them and damaging to any trainers’ yards that became infected.<\/p>\n
“It has also been our intention to ensure that we avoid an issue that could result in a long-term disruption to racing with the risk of many of our major events being unduly impacted,” he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
British horseracing is set to resume on Wednesday after fears of an outbreak of a vaccine-resistant strain of equine flu put the entire sport into lockdown. The British Horseracing Association (BHA) said on Monday that a “controlled, risk-managed\u201d return would be permitted following a six-day hiatus. While equine influenza is rarely life-threatening to horses, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":98145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14577,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
British Horseracing Ends Equine Flu Lockdown Despite New Cases Found<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n