DISEASE `NO THREAT TO RACE MEETINGS` The Jockey Club today urged people to take extra precautions following Britain`s first outbreak of foot and mouth disease for 20 years. Horses are immune but can carry the disease and the racing industry`s mobility, and its proximity to farmland, could threaten the sport in the event of an epidemic threaten the sport. 'There can be benefits with people taking extra precautions, particularly those with wagons which go on and off farmland,' the Jockey Club`s press officer John Maxse said. 'People should be aware and take precautions where possible. 'However, there remains no threat to scheduled race meetings. 'We will continue to monitor the situation and see how it develops.' In November 1967 a ban was put on all racing in Britain in a bid to help stem the spread of foot and mouth disease. Racing resumed three months later.
