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more-inThe Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the race club here to ensure that stabled horses do not participate in any races till further orders in view of the glanders scare. However, the court allowed the Delhi Race Club and an association of owners of equines to exercise the animals in small groups. Serum samplesJustice Rajiv Shakdher asked the city government to test serum samples of equines to find out if they are suffering from the disease. The counsel said 49 cases of glanders were detected since January 15. The association’s counsel told the court that all 422 horses had been tested by an accredited lab and declared free of glanders, an infection by bacterium Burkholderia mallei..