The cancellation of the festival meant local hoteliers, restaurateurs and others dependent on three-day meet were forced to re-evaluate their relationship with the racecourse.
There was evidence that suppliers had profited from the outbreak by being refunded after the decision cancel, and then not passing this refund on to those who was supply the suppliers.
Such practices have led to a revision of relationships and tightening of the procedures for engagement with suppliers by the event organizers.
Attention has been drawn to the inappropriately low levels of insurance cover that many organization had, weighing the likelihood that outbreak, or something similar, would not happen again