Recreation industry counts cost of horse flu

The thoroughbred racing industry may have gained some comfort from this year's successful Melbourne Cup but others in the equine industry say their plight has been ignored. Those dealing with recreational horses haven't received as much compensation as thoroughbred racing and the industry's confidence has never been lower.

Just follow this link and go done the page to the horse flu story which you can read or listen to.

Were not off and Racing!!!!!

I have read alot of blogs from unhappy pleasure horse owners.

I think the media has led a lot of you in the wrong direction. We are race horse trainers in country NSW and have had race meetings going on all over the place around us. We have 16 horses ready to race including babies that are reday to Trial. As we do not have enough yards for all the horses they have had to stay in work.

Most of these horses were in work before the EI broke out meaning many of them are due for spelling.

We have not been given any permits even after applying to move some of them back to their owners property which are within 5km of the race track.

We have not been given any special treatment, even though our horses have not had EI.

We have been in lock down since the 24th of August like the rest of you.
The racing industry is the 2nd highest employment industry in Australia 1st is Hospitality.

If the racing industry completely shut down for good you would all be complaining that they left 1000's of people out of work.

I know the cost of owning and competing a pleasure is expensive and plenty of people are worried that soon the show and pleasure world will be for the rich only like in Europe. But if you havn't already noticed it is a rich ladies sport here already.

I also think that the blame should be put were the problem originated. The quarrantine station.

What if it was Rabies that came in off a dog or foot in mouth. Then maybe the blame would be put were it should have been put, forget about the horses why is quarrantine so lapse when they are well aware that diseases like this are carried on farrier equipment and by humans..... Read some of the articles in the papers that have vividly explained the braking of bio security measures at eastern creek for the last 10 years, oh that was until the 25th of August when it was too late.........
TS

Application for "Resolved" Status of Infected Properties Qld

Just a short note for those of you in Queensland who have had their movement permits rejected.

After many rejected permit applications and numerous phone calls to the DPI&F, I have finally been told why my applications to bring my uninfected horse home - it is because my property has not been "RESOLVED".

How should I go about that? Should I call the vet out get and the horse blood-tested (only way for sure to know whether EI anti-bodies exist)?

No wait for us to contact you before doing anything.

Several days pass and yet another call to the DPI&F. DPI&F advised me that all I have to do is to fill out some forms on the website and send them in. Where are the forms?

Not on the website yet. The forms should be uploaded any day now. One week passes followed by more telephone calls.

Several more days pass and surprise, surprise they have emailed the forms to me! (file attached)

The forms need to be completed by the horse owner and witnessed by a JP and you guessed it - the horse also needs to be examined by a vet who also needs to complete a form. Which brings me to my original question, do I need to get the previously EI infected horse blood tested?

I will be calling the vet on Monday to make my appointment.

After the paperwork is completed and sent in (and hopefully my property is "resolved") I shall be making yet another permit application to bring my horse home.

Good Luck!

Naomi