Around the globe, with the COVID-19 virus being shown to spread sharply now that testing and results are becoming known, horse racing continues to be shut down or postponed.
One example of this testing and how long it takes for areas to get results appeared in an article in Macleans magazine this week, stating “By 11 a.m. on March 23, Canada had run 102,803 tests. Florida, with about half of our population, had only run 11,063 tests”
Of course, racehorses must be kept healthy and exercised, fed and cared for, and that is number one on the minds of horsepeople. But so is the bottom line and with racing suspended, purse money is not available, leading to a ripple effect that is daunting should the virus not be halted in its tracks soon.