Horses back for Easter show

Horse events will be run at next year's Sydney Royal Easter Show, despite the ongoing equine influenza outbreak, the NSW government has announced.
Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald said the government had worked with the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW (RAS) to ensure the flu crisis did not disrupt the 180-year history of horse events at the show in 2008.
"This is great news for Christmas for all the horse owners across the state and particularly those who entered their horses in Sydney ... show events," Mr Macdonald told reporters in Sydney today.
Mr Macdonald said competing horses would be subject to strict quarantine protocols and biosecurity arrangements during the March show.