Major race meeting with 71 horses declared to run cancelled with immediate effect due to outbreak of virus

A MAJOR race meeting that had 71 horses declared to run has been cancelled with immediate effect due to an outbreak of flu. Plumpton's Sunday jumps fixture, a seven-race card, has sadly been axed entirely. An unvaccinated, non-thoroughbred horse in a nearby livery yard has tested positive for equine influenza. Independent infectious disease experts were...