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British Racing Cancelled due to Equine Flu

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    #32
    The Tetrarch
    Registered Users Posts: 2,092 ✭✭✭The Tetrarch


    The breeding season starts on 15th February, and mares will be on the move.


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    #33
    Pinesky
    Registered Users Posts: 449 ✭✭Pinesky


    The Tetrarch wrote: »
    The breeding season starts on 15th February, and mares will be on the move.
    If Gallileo doesn't get his usual quota of action he'll have blue balls syndrome .


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    #34
    ON ZEE BRIDLE
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    Pinesky wrote: »
    If Gallileo doesn't get his usual quota of action he'll have blue balls syndrome .
    Haha this is true


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    #35
    Gavin "shels"
    Registered Users Posts: 17,963 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    realdanbreen wrote: »
    Doubt if 'Lad on twitters ' assessment would have caused all UK racing to be abandoned today!

    He's usually a very reliable guy, writes for SportingBet and that. Taken with a pinch of salt but imagine it's fairly solid info.


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    #36
    Shemale
    Registered Users Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Shemale


    McCain has some knack for getting the worst out of horses


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    #37
    RivetingRoger
    Registered Users Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭RivetingRoger


    So, who is confident the festival will go ahead, and who isn't?


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    #38
    Gringo180
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    RivetingRoger wrote: »
    So, who is confident the festival will go ahead, and who isn't?

    First time to go this year 100% my luck it wont go ahead.


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    #39
    HarshOstrich
    Registered Users Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭HarshOstrich


    RivetingRoger wrote: »
    So, who is confident the festival will go ahead, and who isn't?

    If we here no new cases today I’d say it will be on.


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    #40
    RivetingRoger
    Registered Users Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭RivetingRoger


    Be sunday before all results be back


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    #41
    Gavin "shels"
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    UK bookmakers saying they'll be down 25 million this weekend alone over this...


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    #42
    NaiveMelodies
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    Gavin "shels" wrote: »
    UK bookmakers saying they'll be down 25 million this weekend alone over this...

    And next weekend they'll up 25 mill!


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    #43
    PhuckHugh2
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    Gavin shels wrote: »
    UK bookmakers saying they'll be down 25 million this weekend alone over this...

    Id take that figure with a pinch of salt. Surely a Gross figure. If not then that would mean that they are taking in close to 200 million in bets on Uk racing over a week when you consider an over round in the region of 10-20%. Absolute spoofers.

    Its all pity me with these guys.


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    #44
    Gavin "shels"
    Registered Users Posts: 17,963 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    PhuckHugh2 wrote: »
    Id take that figure with a pinch of salt. Surely a Gross figure. If not then that would mean that they are taking in close to 200 million in bets on Uk racing over a week when you consider an over round in the region of 10-20%. Absolute spoofers.

    Its all pity me with these guys.

    Not even a pinch... taken with a large spoon of salt! Definitely exaggerated by them.


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    #45
    PhuckHugh2
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    Gavin shels wrote: »
    Not even a pinch... taken with a large spoon of salt! Definitely exaggerated by them.

    Thats it Gavin. Tbh id say the only reason they do this crap is to protect themselves from Stakeholders if they dont hit targets.
    "We didnt hit target x this quarter due to racing being called off for a week and missing y amount of revenue" Pull the other one.


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    #46
    IAMAMORON
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    Gavin shels wrote: »
    UK bookmakers saying they'll be down 25 million this weekend alone over this...

    Gutted for them.


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    #47
    BumperD
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    Hills issued a statement saying their customers are “resilient” and will switch to South African or other horse racing.

    “Resilient “. That’s a funny attribute to give a gambler who will punt away on some foreign nag he /she hasn’t a clue about


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    #48
    RivetingRoger
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    One of McCains horses from Ayr has now tested positive
    this is very very bad


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    #49
    posturingpat
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    RivetingRoger wrote: »
    One of McCains horses from Ayr has now tested positive
    this is very very bad

    You should work for a tabloid :rolleyes:


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    #50
    HarshOstrich
    Registered Users Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭HarshOstrich


    RivetingRoger wrote: »
    One of McCains horses from Ayr has now tested positive
    this is very very bad

    Yep, Cheltenham is now in jeopardy as all horses from Ayr are now high risk.


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    #51
    The Mig
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 2,034 Mod ✭✭✭✭The Mig


    A Cheltenham festival for Irish trained horses only would be a bitta craic #flufree


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    #52
    RivetingRoger
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    posturingpat wrote: »
    You should work for a tabloid :rolleyes:

    Because i am taking lines from the irish field and RP and posting them on a racing forum???

    Sound


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    #53
    HarshOstrich
    Registered Users Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭HarshOstrich


    Raise a spark is the horse in question, they say the flu can be spread through humans to horses, worth noting Brian Hughes(raise a spark jockey) rode the next two races on Irish horses for different stables,I hope they never got brought back to there yards.


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    #54
    The Mig
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    The irish horses were stopped from going back to their yards I think and kept in isolation


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    #55
    posturingpat
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    RivetingRoger wrote: »
    Because i am taking lines from the irish field and RP and posting them on a racing forum???

    Sound

    Very very bad my hole. It's not good news but hardly unexpected.
    Hopefully they contain it and we'll be back racing in a week or so.


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    #56
    RivetingRoger
    Registered Users Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭RivetingRoger


    posturingpat wrote: »
    Very very bad my hole. It's not good news but hardly unexpected.
    Hopefully they contain it and we'll be back racing in a week or so.

    I sincerely hope you are right

    ya auld bolix ;)


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    #57
    HarshOstrich
    Registered Users Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭HarshOstrich


    Had a quick look through the wolves and Newcastle cards for this potential other yard and didn’t look too closely but only trainers I spotted at both cards where Richard fahey and David griffiths.
    Money is it’s griffiths yard as they ran bad although where not fancied.


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    #58
    posturingpat
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    RivetingRoger wrote: »
    I sincerely hope you are right

    ya auld bolix ;)

    :D
    As long as Cheltenham is on I'm happy, didn't get over last year so itching to get to it this year more than ever.


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    #59
    RivetingRoger
    Registered Users Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭RivetingRoger


    So say we all Pat
    I am getting fu*kall work done the last few days scouring twitter feeds for any info on this
    (i work for myself from home)

    People who don't love NH racing don't "get it"
    Yesterday you had rte "sports journos" and newstalk presenters scoffing at this, wondering was equine flu as bad as man flu ha ha ha ha....
    Drove me mad :mad:

    Since Christmas once santy has come and gone all the NH fan can think about is the festival (ok maybe a slight exaggeration but ye get me)

    Podcast, after AP bet, after NRNB bet, after scour of the RP .....

    Then this sh*te hits!!!


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    #60
    lemush
    Registered Users Posts: 680 ✭✭✭lemush


    posturingpat wrote: »
    :D
    As long as Cheltenham is on I'm happy, didn't get over last year so itching to get to it this year more than ever.

    It’s certainly a longer price now than it was this morning, pretty sure the worst has yet to come unfortunately.


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    #61
    Gavin "shels"
    Registered Users Posts: 17,963 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    https://twitter.com/CorneliusRacing/status/1093882796823715840

    https://twitter.com/SkyNewsBreak/status/1093884030007820288

    Bye bye Cheltenham?


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