Mr Worthington owns Danric Lodge, and has more than 50 horses from Australia and overseas, 24 of them in full training.

"All their schedules have ground to a dead stop," he said.

"The ramifications aren't just what you see on face value. The whole thing is a disaster." Mr Worthington takes horses to Canberra and Goulburn three times a week to run on the big circuits but the ban on horse movement has caused them to miss seven sessions already.

"I've got two 1200 metre tracks here, a grass and a sand, but I only do slow work on them," he said.

"We've missed so many events. Far Star was supposed to race last Saturday. "

Full story: SHN, Wednesday, August 29, 2007.