Quarantine lifted on two Gulfstream Park barns

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – A quarantine imposed on two barns Wednesday morning at Gulfstream Park has been lifted, track officials said late Wednesday afternoon. Training and racing will resume as normal on Thursday.

The quarantine, which came about after a horse was euthanized late Tuesday evening after exhibiting neurological symptoms, resulted in more than a dozen horses being scratched from Wednesday's 10-race card.

The quarantine was put into place for precautionary reasons, according to Dr. Dionne Benson, chief veterinary officer for The Stronach Group, although the afflicted horse had reportedly gotten loose during training hours and suffered what ultimately were diagnosed as injuries of a neurological nature. The name of the stricken horse has not been released.

Two adjacent barns located on the south side of the stable area were quarantined due to reports that the horse had potentially been in both barns while running loose. None of the horses stabled in either barn were allowed to go to the track to train or race Wednesday.

Stronach Group officials released a brief statement saying, “the barn quarantine imposed last night at Gulfstream Park has been lifted after test results were returned negative for EHV1 and EHV4 by the Florida state veterinarians’ office.”