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The California Department of Food and Agriculture has reported one confirmed case of Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) in Kern County, Calif. The affected horse is a 9-year-old Quarter Horse stallion; transmission is suspected to be iatrogenic (spread by people and not naturally through the environment) and limited to the unsanctioned racing (bush track racing) population. 

The stallion has been quarantined along with four other horses that have been exposed, reports the Equine Disease Communications Center. 

EIA is a potentially fatal blood-borne infectious viral disease that produces persistent infection. There is no treatment for the disease. Confirmed cases can be quarantined at least 200 yards from a non-infected horse for the rest of their life, but most are euthanized. Infected horses can never be moved from the premise on which the infection was detected, except with special USDA approval. 

There is no vaccination for EIA; prevention relies on insect control to reduce the possibility of natural transmission. Not reusing needles, and ensuring IV tubing and lip tattoo equipment is clean is imperative in preventing the spread of disease, specifically on bush tracks.

Horses infected with EIA often have a fever, are depressed and anemic. They often have muscle weakness, as well as red or purple spots on their mucous membranes. 

Learn more about EIA at the Equine Disease Communication Center. 

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Kudos, a multiple-stakes winning gelding, died on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, at Old Friends Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., announced president and founder Michael Blown.

The 26-year old bay Thoroughbred by Kris S.–Souq, by Damascus, was found dead in his paddock during late-afternoon feeding. A reason for his death is unknown at this time. Necropsy results are pending to get an accurate cause of death.

Bred and owned by longtime Old Friends supporters, Jerry and Ann Moss, Kudos was foaled in Kentucky on April 17, 1997.

Trained by Richard Mandella his entire career, Kudos began racing in 1999, but did not win his first race until his eighth career start as a 4-year old in a maiden special weight race at Santa Anita on March 17, 2001. He then won his next three consecutive races, two allowance races, and the Jim Murray Memorial Handicap (Black Type) at Hollywood Park for his first stakes victory.

In 2002, he won two more stakes races – the San Marino Handicap (Black Type) at Santa Anita, and the Oaklawn Handicap (G1) at Oaklawn Park, his first-graded stakes win, and the biggest win of his career. In the race, he came back from 15 lengths behind to win by 4-3/4 lengths.

As a 6-year old in 2003, he won the Californian Stakes (G2), while finishing second in the San Pasqual Handicap (G2), and third in the Santa Anita Handicap (G1), the Oaklawn Handicap (G1), the race he won the previous year, and the Hollywood Gold Cup (G1), his final race.

Kudos retired with seven wins, five seconds, four thirds, and $1,238,935 in earnings in 24 career starts.

In 2006, the Mosses donated Kudos to Old Friends for his retirement. He was the second horse they retired to Old Friends; the first was Ruhlmann.

“Kudos was one of our first stars and enchanted us for nearly 17 years,” said Blowen. “He was a great symbol of our growth. I can't thank Jerry and Ann and (racing manager) Dottie Ingordo-Shirreffs enough for allowing us to spend all this time with their treasure.”

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Researchers at Justus Liebig University in Giessen have concluded that nearly half of all mare miscarriages are unexplained. The scientists reviewed the records of 123 mares located in Central Germany that spontaneously aborted their foals. 

The team found no apparent cause of miscarriage in 47.2 percent of the cases. The remaining miscarriages were caused by infections: 17 percent were bacterial in nature and 8.9 percent were viral. 

The most common reason for abortion not related to disease was twin pregnancy (21.1 percent); fetal malformations (3.3 percent); umbilical cord accidents (0.8 percent); and uterine torsion (0.8 percent).

The scientists noted that these findings were consistent with other studies.

Read more at EQUUS magazine.

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Fashionably Fast, a six-time stakes winner for breeder and co-owner Harris Farms, has been retired. Trained Dean Pederson said the 7-year-old gelding was sent last week to Harris Farms in Coalinga, Calif., where he will reside.

“He'll have a great life there,” Pederson said. “Mr. (John) Harris will take really good care of him.”

By Lucky Pulpit, Fashionably Fast compiled a record of 33-10-8-7 in five seasons of racing with $807,143 in earnings. His final race was a fifth-place finish in the Oct. 8 Harris Farms Stakes at Fresno. Fashionably Fast's six stakes wins included two additions of the Harris Farms Stakes at Fresno (2019, 2020), two runnings of the Tiznow Stakes for state-breds (2020, 2021), the 2020 California Cup Sprint Stakes and 2019 Cary Grant Stakes.

Fashionably Fast had been breezing at Santa Anita towards a possible tilt in this year's edition of the Cal Cup Sprint on Saturday, but last week the decision was made to call it a career. He retires as the highest-earning horse ever trained by Pederson.

“He was just very competitive and the older he got, the more he enjoyed his work,” Pederson noted.

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