Leading jockeys and trainers who attended a racing function on Monday will be barred from race meetings until further notice because one of the guests had attended a COVID-19 exposure site the day before.

Attendees at Monday’s Victorian Racing Media Association’s annual luncheon, including Jye McNeil, Damien Oliver, Ciaron Maher, Denis Pagan and Robbie Griffiths, were told on Thursday they would not be able to attend the meeting at Pakenham that night and had been stood down until the guest in question has returned a negative result for COVID-19.

“The attendee, who is showing no symptoms of COVID-19 and is otherwise feeling well, has been tested today and is currently awaiting a result of that test,” the VRMA wrote to members on Thursday.

“Under government directives they will be required to remain isolated for 14 days.