Bettors must have anticipated it already that all events are going to be postponed, MMA fights were also postponed for the purpose of preventing covid19 to wipe out human race. There were news that Covid can also be transmitted to animals, this virus cam mutate itself. Gambling though can easily be done online, there are even racing ponies in some gambling sites. Check fortunejack's be page promotion is all about racing.
Transmitted to what animals exactly? horses, dogs (heard dogs don't get it?), chickens, etc? Another thing is to know if can be transmitted from animals to humans.
Ponies =virtual horses? It is probably better than racing with real horses. Sometimes I wonder if the real horses are ok with people using them in racing. It could be a good way of getting them exercise once in while though. They mostly look healthy to me, and well taken care of.
same here . i dont heard of diseases exist on horses but to other animals that you mention above yes they have histories but corona is said to exist on bats and pangolin only and not on other animals so its still safe to use horses i guess but still events that are crowded should be shutdown temporarily to avoid people from getting infected .
there are still online horse race and the horse are not real but i think they can be easily manipulated unike to a real horse that is controlled by humans .