The ban on British-trained horses running in Ireland during the outbreak of equine influenza has been lifted with immediate effect, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board has confirmed. The sport was rocked last Wednesday after it emerged three horses — which subsequently rose to six — were found to have the highly-infectious disease at Donald McCain’s stable in Cheshire. The ruling body quickly enforced a six-day shutdown of racing in Britain, but the IHRB confirmed racing would continue in Ireland — with all runners from Britain not be permitted to race until further notice. Obviously, by definition, they will only be coming from yards which aren’t under restriction from the BHA. “The critical thing is they have to have had the correct vaccination within the eight weeks preceding the run.”

Source: The Irish Times February 11, 2019 16:15 UTC