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Foal Patrol Presented By National Museum Of Racing And Hall Of Fame: Elate’s Diet During Pregnancy

Foal Patrol, an initiative of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, has partnered with the Paulick Report in Season 5 to bring you closer to featured mares and foals and to ask farm staff questions about their care and management during the season.

In this episode with Elate at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky., Claiborne's Mary Ormsby answers the question, “What is Elate's diet during pregnancy?”

For a chance to have one of your questions asked in an upcoming Foal Patrol episode on the Paulick Report, email your question to foalpatrol@racingmuseum.net. Let us know if your question is for a specific Season 5 mare.

The new Season 5 Education Site provides a platform to respond to viewers' questions, share information about horse care and management from breeding through retirement, and spotlight efforts across the industry to provide the best possible care for Thoroughbreds before, during, and after their racing careers.

In partnership with industry collaborators, we will add new content to the Foal Patrol Education Site for viewers of all ages from now through June at www.foalpatrol.com/education.

Since its first season in 2018, people all over the world have engaged with Foal Patrol's live webcam series for a behind-the-scenes look at what daily life is like for in-foal mares and foals. Learn more about this season's lineup at www.foalpatrol.com and watch “Recent Updates” for Foal Patrol announcements, posts about featured Season 5 mares and foals, and updates on mares and foals from prior seasons.

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2021 Al Quoz Stakes Winner Extravagant Kid Retired From Racing At 9

Extravagant Kid, owned by Virginia businessman and Colonial Downs' all-time leading owner David Ross, has been retired from racing at the age of 9.

The Kiss the Kid gelding finished his brilliant career with $1,704,683 in purse earnings from 54 starts which includes 15 wins, 18 runner-up finishes and seven thirds. Ross claimed the horse four years ago and has earned about $1.5 million of that purse money under his stewardship.

Ross noted that in Extravagant Kid's two most recent starts at Gulfstream, the Janis Stakes December 31 and an allowance on February 2, that his prize horse may have lost a step and flattened out just a bit.

“We had him scanned and it looked like he was starting to get the beginning of a bone spur,” said Ross.

After the diagnosis, Extravagant Kid was retired and is now at a training center in Ocala temporarily where Ross keeps his young horses. He will be based there until a permanent home is found.

Ross, whose stable name is DARRS's Inc., along with trainer Brendan Walsh and racing manager James Bredin, are all committed to finding the right next home for Extravagant Kid.

“We are on a mission to find him the perfect place because he has brought so much joy to everyone who has been a part of his life,” said Ross. “He will thrive in his second career, possibly as a riding horse because he loves to do trails. We want to make sure he is happy and productive going forward.”

Ross, who has had graded stakes winners with Scuba, Honorable Duty and Proforma, said his biggest thrill as an owner was Extravagant Kid's victory in the $1 Million, Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint Stakes last March in Dubai.

“I've had a lot of nice horses over the years, but none have been able to do what this one did: win a Grade 1, or in this case a Group 1 stakes. He's been an unbelievably great horse to be associated with and has thrived on new adventures.”

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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.

Foal Patrol Presented By National Museum Of Racing And Hall Of Fame: Managing The Cold At Three Chimneys

In this episode with Repeta at Three Chimneys Farm in Versailles, Ky., we ask Three Chimneys' Siobhan Gavigan, “How does everyone manage the cold weather?”

In partnership with industry collaborators, we will add new content to the Foal Patrol Education Site for viewers of all ages from now through June at www.foalpatrol.com/education.

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