Overview
- Plumpton called off its Sunday jumps meeting as a precaution after a nearby unvaccinated horse tested positive for equine flu and EHV-4.
- Follow-up tests show the infected horse remains isolated at the adjacent livery yard and is still shedding virus.
- The BHA said no other horses at the yard show symptoms, and its independent veterinary group unanimously backed the cancellation to protect the thoroughbred herd.
- Ticket holders will receive automatic refunds, and officials are assessing if the card can be rearranged with the meeting having been the last before the track’s summer break.
- Regulators warned of a recent rise in equine flu cases in non-thoroughbred horses and reminded trainers that racehorses must get two flu shots a year, six months apart, under rules set after a 2019 outbreak.