Churchill Downs has placed a barn on its backstretch under quarantine, as first reported by the Daily Racing Form, after a horse showed potential symptoms of equine herpesvirus on Tuesday.
According to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, the filly is reported to have had a recurring fever and was referred from Churchill Downs to a Lexington area equine hospital on Nov. 28 after displaying hind limb ataxia. The filly has since tested positive for EHV.
Thirteen other horses were stabled in the same barn as the affected horse, all of whom had samples collected for PCR testing on Wednesday morning.. None of the other horses on the backstretch will be allowed to interact with the 13 in the quarantined barn.
The Maryland Jockey Club sent a text alert to horsemen on Tuesday that no horses from Churchill Downs will be allowed to ship in to Laurel Park or Pimlico Race Course “until further notice.”
Woodbine also announced it would restrict ship-ins from any horse that had been at Churchill in the past two weeks.
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