Wits Sets The Record Straight
Dr Jacob Modumo refuses social media claims about AHS recall
21st July 2017
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Dr Jacob Modumo refuses social media claims about AHS recall
With State Vet authorities investigating reports of suspected African Horse Sickness cases in the Port Elizabeth area, movements in the AHS Controlled Zones have been closed
Annual African Horse Sickness movement restrictions come into effect today, with a mandatory stopover for all horses travelling into the Western Cape
State Vet Boland issues African Horse Sickness control policy change
As it has been 40 days since the last confirmed case of AHS, movement controls within the Surveillance Zone revert to the normal
The 2016 African Horse Sickness outbreak claims two more lives in the Western Cape
The body of a horse taken to a Camphill Village disposal site has been confirmed as not African Horse Sickness related
Western Cape authorities have launched an on-going testing campaign in a bid to contain the latest African Horse Sickness outbreak
A suspected case of African Horse Sickness has prompted movement restrictions to be imposed in the Western Cape
The high risk African Horse Sickness season is from 1 Februaryto 30 June. In order to manage the risk, all horses entering the province during these months will be held at an approved facility for a minimum of 14 days.
Horses situated in the AHS Controlled Zones will only be given permission to be vaccinated from 1 June – 31 October
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
JP van der Merwe is not the only guilty party in the matter. In simple terms, he is the only rider to have exercised the NHA’s offer of an Acknowledgement Of Guilt and moved on with his life
Andrew Fortune made it three winners on the Family Day public holiday as Tenango breezed home to win the Gr3 feature
