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<div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="https://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ips.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-10625"/><figcaption>Why the long face? Bluey has flu</figcaption></figure></div>
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<p><strong>Just when it seemed things couldn't get any worse, Ipswich Town fans are today reeling from news that club mascot Bluey has contracted equine flu.</strong></p>
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<p>With the team bottom of the table and staring relegation in the face, and after losing 3-0 to arch-rivals Norwich on Sunday, Bluey's illness will be hard to take.</p>
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<p>He fell ill on Monday and was immediately sent home from Portman Road in case his pal Crazee caught the disease.</p>
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<p>The outbreak of equine flu has halted all horse racing across the country, and four horses have so far contracted it in Newmarket.</p>
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<p>But the news about Bluey will shake the racing world as well as devastate Ipswich fans.</p>
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<p>Crazee will now have to undertake the important mascot duties alone for the home match against Derby tomorrow night.</p>
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<p>Ipswich vet Lorraine Fisher, 34, said: "I was called to Portman Road after Bluey began sneezing in the club offices.</p>
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<p>"It soon transpired he had equine flu and has now been sent home in quarantine."</p>
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<p>Ipswich Town owner Marcus Evans has inquired about Bluey's condition while also checking on the latest prices for horse meat.</p>
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<p>"For some reason, he keeps referring to the poor thing as Gluey," a club insider pondered.</p>
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