Two horses at Turfway Park and one at Keeneland from quarantined barns tested positive for the wild-type strain of the equine herpesvirus (EHV-1), according to Rusty Ford, The Kentucky Department of Agriculture Equine Programs Manager.
These latest findings, announced late Tuesday, come after a filly that left Turfway Park for a farm to prepare for the 2017 breeding season tested positive for herpes, which brought the quarantine protocols into place Saturday morning.
Just days after he was honored with an Eclipse Award as the champion steeplechase horse of 2016, Rawnaq was pronounced out for the entire 2017 season as the result of an injury he sustained while training for his shot at a $500,000 bonus in March.
Last Friday, following a training session at owner Irv Naylor’s farm in Butler, Md., Rawnaq did not look right to trainer Cyril Murphy. Upon examination, Rawnaq was found to have sustained a soft tissue injury that will prevent him from racing this year.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The Jockey Club of Canada announced the list of 2016 Sovereign Award finalists on Tuesday, and Conquest Enforcer has a chance to become a Canadian champion in four divisions.
Conquest Enforcer has been named a finalist in three divisions – 3-year old male, male turf horse, and male sprinter – and could also become a finalist for 2016 Canadian Horse of the Year. Finalists for Canadian Horse of the Year will be announced at the 42nd Sovereign Awards ceremony, which will be held at Palais Royale in Toronto on April 13.
A substantial overhaul from Pool 1 just nine weeks earlier has resulted in 10 new names being among the 23 separately listed wagering interests for Pool 2 of the 2017 Kentucky Derby Future Wager, which opens Friday at noon Eastern for a three-day run.
The new names for Pool 2 are American Anthem, Battalion Runner, El Areeb, Faja, Guest Suite, Mont Saint Legame, Petrov, Sonic Mule, State of Honor, and Untrapped.
Arrogate was honored by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities as the world’s best racehorse at a ceremony in London on Tuesday.
The IFHA publishes ratings set by a panel of international handicappers for the top racehorses worldwide several times each year, and the highest-rated runner during a season is feted as the world’s best racehorse. Arrogate earned that distinction for 2016 with a rating of 134, which was achieved in his epic Breeders’ Cup Classic victory over California Chrome going 1 1/4 miles at Santa Anita.
A dominant run of stakes performances during the Hazel Park meet helped Pink Pajamas earn the Michigan Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association’s Horse of the Year title for 2016.
The Equality filly also earned the state’s top 3-year-old honors on a campaign that included five wins in nine starts for earnings of $97,237.
Owned by Mast Thoroughbreds and trained by Robert Gorham, Pink Pajamas started the year as an allowance-level runner in Ohio, running second twice in four starts at Mahoning Valley Race Course and Thistledown.
The New York Gaming Commission on Monday approved proposed rules that would require trainers to file reports on horses suffering “serious” bleeding episodes and to maintain detailed medication logs for their horses.
The two proposals were among five new proposed regulations approved by the commission Monday. The rules will all be posted for a 45-day public-comment period before the commission considers the regulations for final approval.
The Grade 1 winner Gun Runner is not expected to start in Saturday’s $12 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park because of a disagreement between the horse’s owners and Gulfstream officials over a requirement to test negative for equine herpesvirus through both a blood test and a nasal swab, officials for both sides said Sunday.
One barn at Turfway Park and two at Keeneland are quarantined and the horses residing within them are being tested after a filly that left Turfway Park for a breeding farm tested positive for the wild-type strain of equine herpesvirus (EHV-1).
An email release issued by Rusty Ford, Equine Programs Manager for the Office of the State Veterinarian in Kentucky, said the affected filly is in isolation on a private farm in Kentucky.
Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., and Sam Houston Race Park in Houston, which both had closed their stable areas to horses shipping in from Louisiana due to the equine herpesvirus positives at Fair Grounds in New Orleans, each issued updated ship-in policies Saturday.
