what horse disease outbreak is there on the highveld?

On inside racing pippa mickleburg says that mike de kock had to scratch bluroute cos of horses being restricted from travelling to the cape

If this is true I think the cape trainers are going to be competing against themselves in all the big races

There is an ahs outbreak

Any idea how long the travel restrictions are in place ?
Would be nice to know which of mike de kocks stars are still up here in jhb as link man,gibraltar blue ,igugu etc all had cape campaigns planned

Dnt wanna take ante-post on igugu winning the met if she s not going to travel

You can probably forget about Link Man and Gibraltar Blue going to Cape Town.

The powers to be are working on a solution in respect of the Jhb based horses coming to raid in the Summer season.The PCR test can be done pre-departure and vector- protecting them at KQS on arrival....so let's all hope that this can be sorted out so as to allow the Jhb horses to compete.

Will this latest outbreak cause a breakdown in negotiations with dubai? It seemed like we were about to get horses straight into dubai before this outbreak

soodum Wrote:

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> Will this latest outbreak cause a breakdown in
> negotiations with dubai? It seemed like we were
> about to get horses straight into dubai before
> this outbreak

I don't see why. I'm no expert on this, but AHS is completely normal (sadly) in summer rainfall areas and it's only when it spreads to the Western Cape that the sh!t hits the fan. It is a very regular occurence in Gauteng and KZN, although this seems a bit early in the summer for an outbreak.

RESTRICTIONS ON HORSE MOVEMENTS INTO THE WESTERN CAPE DUE TO OUTBREAKS
OF AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS THROUGHOUT THE REST OF SOUTH AFRICA

The Chief Directorate of Veterinary Services in the Western Cape has
announced that a restriction will be placed on all horse movements to
the Western Cape African Horse Sickness control area from all other
provinces, with immediate effect.

These restrictions have been instituted due to the increasing number of
reported and suspicious cases of AHS in the rest of South Africa. Horse
owners are thus strongly discouraged from attempting to move horses
from anywhere in the infected zone into the Western Cape control area as
the risk of transmitting the disease is increasing daily. An outbreak in
the AHS control area can potentially result in the death of many horses
as well as place our export status in jeopardy, possibly leading to a 2
year ban by the EU and causing major financial and physical losses to
the equine industry as a whole.

Consequently horses may no longer move directly into the Western Cape
AHS control zones from anywhere in the Infected zone, but will have to
stop-over for 3 weeks in Beaufort West under the supervision of the
State Veterinarian there. All such movements and stop-overs must be
coordinated with him. The local State veterinarian at origin of the
horse must also give approval before the horse can move. Horses must
still comply with the AHS protocol for movements prior to leaving any
such restricted areas.