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Equine Influenza

Racing suspended

Due to the poor quality of racing since last year’s EI outbreak – from which many top runners never returned – all Racing selections, tips, commentary, will be suspended on G Network until further notice.

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Melbourne Cup 2007

Melbourne Cup day today, will see Australia’s best stayers race the 3200m, 2 miles, and go into Racing history. After this period of EI Australian horse racing has not yet fully recovered, and the best horses have not had enough runs to set sound form. Any selections today can really only be based on their …

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Moonee Valley – Top picks for Saturday

Australian Horse Racing is coming back slowly now, after the recent Equine Influenza scare. As a result, many quality runners will not appear this season. Saturday’s racing looks a mixed bag, with a few half decent races at Moonee Valley, late afternoon. There will probably be a couple of big multiples pays for the day, and …

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Horse virus Equine Influenza shuts down Racing in Australia

Horse virus Equine Influenza has shutdown Horse Racing in Australia. Horses were recently discovered in Sydney, with the virus, and ALL movement of horses has ceased – by Government’s request – for a minimum of 72 hours. This is quite a blow to Australian Horse Racing, costing the industry tens of millions of dollars a …

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