Racing industry in EI cloud

The Tasmanian Racing Club hopes to find out today whether planned events for tomorrow can go ahead.

All horse movements within the state have been banned because of a possible case of horse flu in the north west.

Two initial tests returned positive results however subsequest tests have not found the contagious virus.

Further tests are being carried out.

The racing industry says tomorrow's planned events at Elwick and Mowbray could go ahead if the ban on horse movements is lifted today.
However, the Head of the Racing Club Geoff Harper says the government still needs to consider a program of mass vaccinations.

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