The Bouncing Bog Trotter
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How worried should we be? Social media in the South East has comments about horses returning from Valencia where the infection is occurring.
Most up to date info on it.
https://www.worldofshowjumping.com/...ous-EHV-1-outbreak-in-Europe-for-decades.html
And it won't be their fault when they bring it backI’m rather befuddled that UK riders were allowed out to Europe to compete during Covid lockdown, let alone now being able to bring a very nasty equine virus back with them.
I’m rather befuddled that UK riders were allowed out to Europe to compete during Covid lockdown, let alone now being able to bring a very nasty equine virus back with them.
But some of them aren't even elite and are competing at 1.10/1.15Different rules if you come under ‘elite’ for sport.
But some of them aren't even elite and are competing at 1.10/1.15
it does just seem at the moment that the higher class 'big' equestrian names are able to go out to compete and potentially bring home viruses that could stop us amateurs competing at homeSome may not even be based in the UK full time.
The Funnells/Whitakers/Stockdale jnr/even the Prices will all count under elite for being in Spain or Portugal, even if jumping the smaller classes.
Sport Horse - Do you have a link to the Facebook page?
it does just seem at the moment that the higher class 'big' equestrian names are able to go out to compete and potentially bring home viruses that could stop us amateurs competing at home
it does just seem at the moment that the higher class 'big' equestrian names are able to go out to compete and potentially bring home viruses that could stop us amateurs competing at home
Sorry for sounding confrontational it's an issue I'm passionate about as I saw a young horse get herpes and completely break downYou could say that about flu or strangles though, regardless of an EHV outbreak. You risk catching something every time you take your horse out. I actually think Covid has proved just how little people actually think/care/register about biosecurity on their yards... (and yes I have seen what it takes to do quarantine for potential EHV risk - was very close to the UK outbreak last year).
At the end of the day elite/professional sport helps us more mortals, as we do them. It's a debate for another day though!
How effective is vaccination? And how readily available is it from your local vet?
The easiest thing to stop this would be to name and shame any rider bringing back horses from those shows without the appropriate quarantine and health certification which some of them apparently left without. Threats of banning from competing due to bad publicity and bringing the sport into disrepute is something the governing bodies could use to stop this. So who are they?
This could end the start of any season irrespective of the COVID situation. And rightly so but it sounds like we could be taking steps now to stop it becoming a disaster. Thought we might have learnt something from the COVID mess but our instinct seems to be not to act until the thing we could prevent by acting, actually happens.