Thursday, February 7, 2019

Updated: February 7, 2019 at 2:35 am

Chelmsford is one of four British tracks to have lost a race meeting on Thursday | Racing Post

By Emma Berry

All race meetings in Britain have been cancelled today (Thursday) following confirmation from the Animal Health Trust late on Wednesday evening of three cases of Equine Influenza (EI) in an active racing stable. The yard in question had runners at jump meetings at Ayr and Ludlow on Wednesday.

A statement from the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) read, “Horses from the infected yard have raced at Ayr and Ludlow, potentially exposing a significant number of horses from yards across the country and in Ireland. The fact that the cases have been identified in vaccinated horses presents a cause for significant concern over welfare. The potential spread of the disease and the action to cancel racing has been viewed as necessary in order to restrict, as far as possible, the risk of further spread of the disease.

“The BHA has worked quickly to identify which yards could potentially have been exposed today and to identify the further actions required. The BHA is presently communicating with yards potentially exposed, to ensure appropriate quarantine and biosecurity measures are put in place and horse movements restricted to avoid potential further spread of the disease.

“The full extent of potential exposure is unknown and we are working quickly to understand as much as we can to assist our decision making. The BHA is working closely with the Animal Health Trust and will issue a further update tomorrow. We recommend that any trainer who has concerns about the health status of any of their horses should contact their veterinarian.”

Equine Influenza is a highly contagious disease and is considered to be the most serious respiratory virus to occur in horses in the UK. Transmission of the disease can occur through indirect contact, for example through people, and it can also be airborne over a reasonable distance. Symptoms include fever, coughing and nasal discharge. There has already been a number of reported cases across Europe this year, several of which have occurred in horses vaccinated against EI.

A widespread outbreak of EI in Australia in 2007 resulted in racing being halted for three days and severe restrictions on horse movements from a number of equine properties for months.

Three jump meetings had been due to take place in Britain today at Huntingdon, Doncaster and Ffos Las as well as an all-weather Flat meeting at Chelmsford.

fonte : TDN

 

Lawman filly from family of Islington tops final day of Goffs February Sale

Lot 298, filly by Lawman – La Divina

Two fillies from the Baroda & Colbinstown Studs draft took the top two spots on the second and final day of Goffs February Sale.  First up was Lot 298, a two year old daughter of Lawman out of an own sister to Champion filly Islington as well as Group winners New Morning and Greek Dance. She was sold for €110,000 to Moran Stud Farm who also secured the next highest priced lot of day when going to €95,000 for the winning Teofilo mare Myopic (Lot 380), a half-sister to Listed winning filly Twitch and sold in foal to Kodiac.

Lot 380, Myopic

First Spirit (Lot 389), a four year old mare by First Defence out of the Listed winner Choice Spirit and from the immediate family of Group 1 Prix Jean Romanet winner Announce, provided another highlight on Day 2 when selling to Goffs Scandinavian agent Filip Zwicky for €80,000.  Consigned by Grenane House Stud, she is in foal to Zoffany.  Mick Flanagan earlier went to €75,000 for Vrai (Lot 318), a three year old Dark Angel half-sister to Group 2 winner and Group 1 placed Lilbourne Lad from Baroda & Colbinstown, while the same price was also made by Glebe House Stables’ Group 3 winner and Irish Derby placed Stellar Mass (Lot 333).  The Sea The Stars colt was bought by BBA Ireland. Click here to view full results for the February Sale. At the conclusion of the two day sale, Goffs Chief Executive Henry Beeby said: Goffs February starts each year as the preferred option for many breeders at this time of year as it combines the largest selection of weanlings with an eclectic mix of mares and fillies with breeding potential. Yesterday’s weanlings enjoyed a vibrant trade with strong competition for the best from a huge group of pinhookers who turned out in force to battle for the youngsters they feel will be the most obvious candidates for the first choice yearling sales later in the year. Consequently the knock-on effect is a trade that remains unforgiving for those that did not fall into that category; such is the way the market is operating at present as we so clearly saw at all sales and locations through the autumn. Today’s Breeding Stock and mixed session has performed well with statistics that reflect the first choice nature of the sale and so we have enjoyed top prices in several categories on both days for the sales taking place at this time of the year. We have been delighted to welcome a truly international group of buyers from as far afield as Uzbekistan whilst the home team has also been very active. Of course the catalogue was smaller by over 150 lots when compared to last year which in turn was 120 less than 2017 so it was unlikely we were going to match the turnover. However all the other figures show growth so we have started the year with positivity, and have much to look forward to in the coming months notwithstanding the ongoing uncertainties created by the dreaded Brexit; how I long for the sale where that is no longer a factor in our post sale assessments! For now we extend our thanks to each vendor and every purchaser for their support as we are nothing without them. Comparative Figures Weanlings   Offered Sold Turnover (€) Average (€) Median (€) 2018 294 190 (65%) 2,704,600 14,235 7,500 2019 216 134 (62%) 2,026,700 (-25%) 15,125 (+6%) 7,000 (-7%)   Whole Sale   Offered Sold Turnover (€) Average (€) Median (€) 2018 508 333 (66%) 4,800,000 14,414 6,500 2019 386 264 (68%) 3,976,150 (-17%) 15,061 (+5%) 8,000 (+23%)

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fonte : Goffs