LONDON - British horse racing will resume on Wednesday with a "risk-managed return" following an outbreak of equine flu, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) said Monday. Grand National-winning trainer Donald McCain confirmed the horses that were the source of the original outbreak came from his Cheshire stables in northwest England. The BHA issued a statement shortly before midnight GMT Monday in which it explained how racing would resume but "only with strict bio-security controls in place". "Clearly, there is some risk associated with returning to racing, said BHA chief regulatory officer Brant Dunshea in the governing body's statement. Equine influenza is a highly infectious disease of horses with symptoms including high fever, coughing and nasal discharge.

Source: Bangkok Post February 12, 2019 01:41 UTC