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Fonner Barn Quarantined Following EHV-1 Positives

Barn R on the backstretch at Nebraska's Fonner Park has been placed under a 21-day quarantine after a pair of horses tested postive for equine herpes virus (EHV-1). Both horses were subsequently euthanized.

On Wednesday, Mar. 9, a horse residing in Barn R had a high temperature and was displaying mobility issues. A first round of testing at NVLS in Ames, Iowa, returned results that were inconclusive, requiring an additional sample to be drawn. A second horse began displaying similar symptoms the same day. On the evening of Mar. 11, lab results were released and proved positive for EHV-1.

Horses stables in Barn R are restricted from having contact with the rest of the horse population and any horses entering Fonner Park will not be able to leave the stable area until the quarantine is lifted. The track has begun sanitizing the paddock, starting gate and other common areas for horses.

“We enacted immediate protocol and now we must adhere to and increase our measures of safety,” said Fonner Park CEO Chris Kotulak. “Everyone knows they have a role to play in our return to normalcy. Sadly, there are many in the stable area now shut down from earning a paycheck to feed themselves and their horses.”

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East Coast Weather Cancellations Due To Storm

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) canceled Saturday's live racing program at Aqueduct Racetrack due to a powerful winter storm forecast that was set to impact the New York City metropolitan area throughout the day.

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a winter weather advisory for the downstate region and the NWS forecast, which aligns with NYRA's independent weather services, called for accumulating snow with sustained high winds and gusts up to 50 mph.

Saturday's featured $100,000 Correction S. will be brought back for Saturday, Mar. 19. Aqueduct was to remain open for simulcasting, while live racing is expected to resume Sunday, Mar. 13 with a nine-race card featuring the $100,000 Damon Runyon. First post on Sunday is 1:20 p.m. ET.

Similar conditions farther south also forced the cancellation of live racing at Laurel Park outside of Baltimore. Full-card simulcasting remained open and live racing is set to resume there Sunday at 12:40 p.m. ET with nine races programmed.

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Adios Charlie Filly Tops Day 2 at OBSMAR Breeze Show

The action at the OBS sale's grounds proved boisterous Friday with many horses making up for a missed engagements after weather prematurely ended Thursday's initial breeze session. However, spectators were given something to talk about right from the onset, courtesy of Hip 213, a filly by Adios Charlie, who negotiated a quarter mile in a swift :20 2/5, the fastest time posted at the distance over the first two days of breeze action. Consigned by Ocala Stud, agent, the Feb. 6 foal is out of MSW Travelator (A P Jet). The Florida-bred filly is a half-sister to stakes placed Sweetheart Deal (Kantharos) and Fantasy Forest (Forestry), dam of MGSW Last Judgement (Congrats).

As was the case Thursday, Friday was highlighted by a bevvy of sub-:10 works for an eighth of a mile, with eight juveniles completing the task in :9 4/5. Among the day's fastest worker was Hip 291, a colt by freshman sire Bolt d'Oro (video) Offered by Top Line Sales LLC, Agent VIII, the Florida-bred is out of the unraced Beautissimo (Uncle Mo), a half-sister to SW and MGSP Two Thirty Five (Stay Thirsty). This represents the family of Champion Juvenile Filly Halfbridled. Also among those topping Friday's eighth of a mile worktab (video), a colt by More Than Ready (Hip 318). Consigned by Wavertree Stables Inc., the Feb. 23 foal is out of unraced Broad Spectrum (Indian Charlie), a half-sister to GSW Dynamic Impact (Tiznow).

The sole filly to equal the co-fastest furlong time on Friday, Hip 180, a daughter of Bayern completed the task for consignor Eddie Woods, Agent XXXI (video). The Apr. 7 foal is out of SW and MGSP Sweet Marini (Marino Marini), a sister to stakes winner Excessivespending (Shackleford). Rounding out the afternoon's top furlong breezers: Hip 57 (Carpe Diem), Hip 257 (Into Mischief), Hip 281 (More Than Ready), Hip 395 and Hip 351 (Uncaptured).

Due to impending severe weather on Saturday, Mar. 12, the third breeze session has been rescheduled for Sunday, Mar. 13. Hips 425-635 are scheduled for the final session, which is will begin at 8a.m.

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Pataki, Mack and Brant Lead Humanitarian Group to Assist Ukranian Refugees

Former Governor of New York George Pataki, the founder of the Pataki Leadership Center and a trustee of the Advisory Council of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation joins Appeal of Conscience Foundation Trustee and the former U.S. Ambassador to Finland Earle I. Mack and philanthropist Peter M. Brant, also a member of the Advisory Council of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, to deliver medical supplies, food, clothing and other essentials to the Ukrainian refugees arriving in Hungary.

Mack and Brant departed Florida with a plane load of supplies Thursday evening. Gov. Pataki is already on the ground in Hungary. They will meet with high-level government and religious leaders, including Cardinal Peter Erdo, Primate of Hungary the Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, who is a Trustee of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation Advisory Council, with representatives of the various international relief organizations, Jewish relief agencies who are on the scene and leading members of the Hungarian Jewish community. This delegation will leave a team of professionals who will remain at the Hungarian/Ukrainian border to assist local officials and healthcare workers in aiding the refugees.

“I have deep family ties to the Ukraine through my great-great grandparents who managed to come to America in the early 20th century,” Mack said. “I have been a first responder in other disaster areas and I intend to be a first responder again to bring aid to the innocent victims of war in the Ukraine in their time of need.”

Brant said, “The Ukrainian people really need our help. Whatever we can do big or small we need to do for them now.”

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