JRA cancels weekend races due to increase of horse flu cases

JRA cancels weekend races due to increase of horse flu cases

RITTO, Japan - Disinfection work is carried out at the Japan Racing Association training center in Ritto, Shiga Prefecture, on Aug. 17 after racehorses there were found to have come down with horse flu.

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