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Hi johnboy you are so right about big problems here on the new to night they are saying that it may stop the Melbourne cup from going a head. As I am getting better the horse thing is not getting better. Here in vic it is so bad but it will stop the horses from coming from over seas and from interstate for the spring racing.

Yeah, it's affecting our horse-racing industry too, even though we haven't got the virus yet. (And all the border security in the world won't stop it.....it will arrive......eventually.)
We've got mares in Godzone that should have gone to stallions that are stuck in Ausbloodytralia, and vice versa.
One of our top breeders was on the goggle-box the other night saying it will cost him around NZ$3,000,000 this year, (in lost stud fees etc.) and because of a dearth of top-bred foals next year, about the same then too.
That's a lot of dosh, and he's not alone, there's many more out there.