Officials at Cheltenham continue to plan for this year's National Hunt Festival, which starts a fortnight tomorrow, despite the spread of cases of foot and mouth disease.
There have been no additional losses from the fixture list following the abandonment of today's Newcastle card as racing's rulers continue to monitor the situation from hour to hour.
However, the Government has warned that it may prevent horses and racegoers travelling to Britain for the festival to prevent the disease spreading to Ireland.
And the Jockey Club and British Horseracing Board, who met today to discus the implications of the outbreak on the racing calendar, have said the situation would remain under constant review.
One of the 12 confirmed cases of the disease has been reported in nearby Herefordshire but Cheltenham's clerk of the course Simon Claisse said today: "Obviously though it is worrying that these cases are cropping up we have to be guided by what we are told by the ministry which is that horses are no more at risk of carrying the virus than humans.
"We just have to keep our fingers crossed that we don't fall within an exclusion area.
"Until we are told otherwise we will continue to plan for the Festival."
But the Government is determined to prevent the disease crossing the Irish Sea and have warned it may act to stop Irish horses and racegoers travelling to Cheltenham.
Minister for Justice John O'Donoghue said: "The government is determined to do everything necessary to avoid this spreading to Ireland and everything is being kept under constant review.
"There is always the possibility of a request to rugby supporters from here not to go to the match in Cardiff at the weekend.
"It is also possible we might make the same request to racegoers planning to go to the Cheltenham festival next month."
"We could also ask owners and trainers not to take their horses over."