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All you need to know about equine flu for the upcoming competition season Equine flu is a highly contagious virus that spreads rapidly between horses so get up to speed with the latest advice on how best to protect your horse

‼️EQUINE FLU‼️

It is now apparent that the current equine influenza outbreaks in the Uk are occurring more quickly and are wider spread than in 2019.
Following and emergency meeting convened by the British Equine Federation yesterday, it emerged that if the trend continues there will be a huge impact on this summer’s equestrian activities.
A report from the meeting states that Imports, sales and non vaccinated or lapsed vaccinated animals, particularly non TBs, natives and animals at the upcoming Appleby horse fair are of the greatest concern.

Any equine which is likely to mix with others, should, on welfare grounds, be vaccinated within the last 6 months, or don’t mix with others.

Whilst Standardbreds racing with BHRC & TROTBritain are required to vaccinate every 6 months, many other breeding standardbreds visiting studs may not be vaccinated.

At this current time, please consider if travelling your horse is necessary.

British Equestrian have issued the guidelines below.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18-ZqoALCILyJ45IB6SNSUxMK1dR1mXCy

The start of the 2026 STAGBI Mares series is nearly here with the opening race at Tir Prince on 6 June. There will be 6 BHRC during the season culminating in the mares with the highest points invited to the Group 1 Golden Girls Final at York.

The W&B Race will be run at Amman Valley, date to be confirmed.

Once again there are no nomination fees or sustaining fees, just an entry fee 1 week before the race.
Full Conditions can be found on the STAGBI website
https://standardbred.org/stagbi-mares-golden-girls/2023-race-dates-conditions/

Good luck to you all and we sincerely hope that we once again find some great STAGBI future broodmares.

🐎With competition season starting, please ensure you have registered for your Equine Establishment Number (EEN) before competing.

Register here: https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/services/register-equine-and-other-non-farm-animal-establishments

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