British royalty is an important cultural touchstone in Canada and has transferred to the sport of horse racing and become part of major race names. One of these is the Prince of Wales Stakes. The Prince of Wales Stakes place every year at the at Fort Erie Racetrack, and it held as the second race in the Canadian Triple Crown series designed specifically for 3-year-old horses bred in Canada. Some of the biggest upsets in the nation’s horse racing history have occurred in Canadian Triple Crown races.
Month: February 2022
Medina Spirit Disqualified From 2021 Kentucky Derby Win
While the more than nine-month delay between Medina Spirit failing a post-race drug test after the 2021 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and Kentucky stewards conducting a hearing was unusual, those racing officials entered a rather standard decision Feb. 21.
Update: Multi-County EHV-1 Outbreak In California
On Jan. 28, an Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy (EHV-1) outbreak caused a 300-horse barn to be quarantined in San Mateo County, Calif. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is actively monitoring the situation as it evolves.
On Feb. 16, one additional horse on the property, a 19-year-old Draft cross gelding, was confirmed to have EHV-1. He has been isolated. To date, two EHM cases and 17 EHV-1 febrile-only cases have been confirmed. The quarantine will be released when all positive EHV horses have had two negative tests 7 days apart.
On Feb. 16, the EHV-1 index case in Alameda County was released from quarantine at her home farm in Sonoma County, Calif., after testing negative for the disease. The 8-year-old Thoroughbred mare had a confirmed EHV-1 diagnosis on Jan. 19, but had been removed from the racetrack where she was stabled in Alameda County and shipped to her home barn in Sonoma County on Jan. 12 after she began to show signs of illness. Fourteen other horses from the mare's training barn and 13 from an adjacent barn were isolated and quarantined, but no others were diagnosed with the disease.
One additional case of EHV-1 was found on Feb. 17 in Alameda County in an adult Warmblood gelding. The horse was afebrile, but was displaying neurologic signs. He was quarantined along with 21 other equids on the property. There is no known epidemiological link between this EHM case and others in the state as no horses have moved on or off the property in the last 14 days.
On Feb. 11, a 12-year-old Zangersheide was confirmed positive for EHM after showing neurologic signs the day before. The gelding was at an event in Riverside County and stalled with 45 other horses. All 45 horses were quarantined. To date, there have been three confirmed EHM cases and three confirmed EHV-1, fever only cases. CDFA is onsite and monitoring the situation.
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First Foal Arrives for Tight Ten
Mountain Springs Farm in Palmyra, PA has announced the arrival of the first foal by Tight Ten (Tapit–Devils Humor, by Distorted Humor), who stood his first season there in 2021. He is the three-quarter brother to Winstar Farm's Constitution (Tapit). The bay filly is also the first foal of a multiple-winning half-sister to GISW Colonial Colony (Pleasant Colony).
“She looks just like her sire,” said Mountain Springs owner Rich Miller. “And we have lots more by Tight Ten due in the next few weeks.”
The stallion stands at the 200-acre Mountain Springs Farm, just five miles south of Penn National Racetrack at a fee of $2,500 live foal. Multiple mare discounts are available and PA-Bred foals sired by the Pennsylvania-based stallion are eligible for the new $600,000 Stallion Stakes Series.
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