The European Commission has adopted a decision of the EC Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed to treat horses in the Equine Disease Free Zone (EDFZ) in Conghua, Guangzhou as having equivalent health status as horses in Hong Kong SAR, the Hong Kong Jockey Club announced on Wednesday. Horses at the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Conghua Training Centre (CTC) will be treated the same, for residency purposes prior to temporary export to the 28 member countries of the European Union, as all horses currently at Sha Tin. The EC decision followed a December site inspection, in conjunction with the International Conference on the Equine Disease Free Zone (ICEDFZ) jointly hosted by the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) and the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) of the Hong Kong SAR.
“The EC decision re-affirms the platinum-standard of the biosecurity arrangements which have been made to support our CTC operations,” said Racing Authority Executive Director Andrew Harding. ” Such a decision will continue to enable the temporary movement of horses between all of the member countries within the European Union and Hong Kong for international races held at Sha Tin and vice versa.”
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