Barn 15 at Belmont Park has been placed under a 21-day quarantine after test results confirmed a case of equine herpesvirus in that barn, the New York Racing Association announced Sunday.

Tests conducted at Cornell University on Cute Curls, an unraced 3-year-old filly trained by Danny Gargan who was euthanized Saturday after exhibiting acute neurological symptoms, confirmed she had EHV. No other horses in barn 15 have presented symptoms or developed fever, according to a press release from the New York Racing Association.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Mystik Dan will likely make his next start in the Grade 1, $1.5 million Arkansas Derby on March 30 after he established himself as a 3-year-old of significance Saturday with his eight-length win in the Grade 3, $800,000 Southwest at Oaklawn Park.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Five weeks into 2024, Flavien Prat has amassed an intriguing collection of stakes wins, particularly on the last two Saturdays.

On Jan. 27, he won the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park with National Treasure. The 4-year-old’s win in the $3 million race puts him among the leading runners in the older male division.

While the connections of Withers winner Uncle Heavy were discussing a few options for the 3-year-old’s next start, the decision was basically made for them due to a confirmed case of equine herpesvirus at Belmont Park.

Barn 15 at Belmont Park has been placed under a precautionary quarantine until further notice due to a suspected case of equine herpesvirus (EHV) in that barn, according to the New York Racing Association and the New York State Gaming Commission.

An unraced 3-year-old filly, Cute Curls, exhibited acute neurological symptoms on Saturday and was subsequently euthanized, according to NYRA. As of Saturday afternoon, no additional horses in that barn have presented symptoms.

One in Vermillion, winner of five stakes in four states including the Grade 1 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial at Saratoga last August in his final start, was euthanized Friday because of the effects of laminitis, according to owner Jonathan Kalman.

One in Vermillion, who was 4, sustained a fetlock injury in a workout at Zia Park in November that led to his retirement. In late December, One in Vermillion was being prepared for a trip to Kentucky for the Keeneland January sale when a horseshoer noticed that the colt was suffering from founder in his opposite foreleg.

Jeffrey Englehart, a trainer who primarily runs horses in New York and Pennsylvania, has been notified by the Horseracing Integrity and Wagering Unit of a positive test for clenbuterol in a horse he trained, in a case that features a number of unusual circumstances.

Retired trainer Donald Richardson, whose George Royal carried Hall of Fame jockey Johnny Longden to victory in the final mount of Longden’s career, passed away Jan. 22, according to published reports. Richardson was 89.

Richardson, born July 11, 1934, was a jockey and trainer in Western Canada and spent much of his career at Exhibition Park (renamed Hastings Park) in Vancouver, British Columbia. His final starter was in 2008, according to Equibase. Richardson also started horses in Southern California at Hollywood Park, Del Mar, and Santa Anita.

Owners who have 3-year-olds with trainer Bob Baffert that were nominated to the Triple Crown did not move those horses to other barns by Monday, meaning they will not be eligible to run in the Kentucky Derby on May 4.

Baffert is still under suspension by Churchill Downs Inc. for the post-race positive incurred by Medina Spirit who crossed the finish line first in the 2021 Kentucky Derby, but was disqualified after testing positive for a therapeutic substance that is not permitted to be in a horse’s system on race day.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Though it hasn’t been a great start to the year for trainer Chad Brown, the performances Saturday by Francesco Clemente and I’m Very Busy at Gulfstream Park give him optimism for the future in the older male turf division.

Francesco Clemente displayed a strong closing kick to win the Grade 3, $200,000 William L. McKnight by 2 1/4 lengths. Francesco Clemente, a 5-year-old son of Dubawi, earned a 97 Beyer Speed Figure for the performance, his first U.S. stakes win.