Page 5 - February 2007 The Game

Canada’s Thoroughbred Racing Newspaper The Game, February 2007 5
Florida Equine Herpes Crisis is Over
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This is the first foal out of the Cape Town mare, Evanthia, who is a half to 4 stakes
horses produced by the dam, Touch Your Toes.
According to Windfields Farm’s Sales and Marketing Director, Bernard McCormack, the owners are thrilled with the colt saying that he is “a smashing colt”.
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Did You Know.....
That Invasor (ARG), 2006 G1 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and Premium Tap,
third place finisher in that race, could meet again in the G1 Donn Handicap at Gulfstream Park in Florida on February 3. The trainers of both horses have indicated that the Donn is an option.
by Eleanor LeBlanc
On January 21, The Florida Division of
Animal Industry lifted the 10th and final quarantine from barns in Palm Beach and Martin counties after a deadly equine herpes outbreak in December.
At the time of the outbreak of the virus (EHV-1) late in 2006, a lot of horse owners and trainers were reconsidering decisions to ship their animals to Florida for the winter training season. The virus killed six horses and left ten barns in quarantine, most of them in the Palm Beach area. State and federal agencies didn’t actually bar the shipping of horses in or out of Florida. Still, the potential danger of their horses contracting this dreaded disease had some Canadian horse people thinking very long and hard about whether they wanted to take the chance of exposing their animals to the risk.
This infection has been traced to a group of five horses that arrived in New York from Europe. Three New York horses and a horse from Maryland joined the group, and all nine arrived in Florida on November 29, 2006. The European horse that first displayed symp- toms was isolated and is recovering, but two horses that were stabled with it at the original facility became ill and died. Lab tests confirmed EHV-1. The Maryland horse, which was shipped to a location in Wellington, also died.
A racehorse at Payson Park in Indiantown died on December 22, 2006 after contracting the highly contagious virus. The horse had been treated at a Palm Beach clinic on December 12 and it’s thought that it came into contact with the virus there, according to a
spokesman from the Florida Department of Agriculture. Payson Park, a thoroughbred training center where approximately 500 horses are stabled every winter, was subsequently issued a state-ordered quarantine. Nine other facilities were under quarantine; seven in the Wellington area, one in Ocala, and one in Jupiter. Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens didn’t report any problems, but during the period of quarantine, the racetrack stopped accepting new horses as a precaution.
EHV-1 is one of five herpes viruses that affect domestic horses, causing flu-like symptoms such as respiratory infection and fever. Pregnant mares
may abort. In the most extreme cases, the disease attacks the nervous system and the horse dies rather quickly. The disease is air-borne and is generally transmitted through close or direct contact with an infected animal. Transmission can also occur through infected clothing and equipment. Vaccines are available, but their effectiveness in the face of an outbreak is questionable, and they are more likely to reduce respiratory signs and viral shedding rather than prevent the disease. It’s not recommended that a horse who’s already been exposed be vaccinated as this can actually exacerbate neurological problems associated with the disease. The virus has an incubation period of 7 - 14 days, but can last up to 28 days. Equine herpes is not a threat to humans.
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BEST OF THE BESTS (IRE) Machiavellian - Sueboog, by Darshaan
“Windfields has landed Best of The Bests, who transfers from Dalham Hall in England.
He’s by Machiavellian, also sire of Street Cry, and I would say did very well with
his first crop in Europe this year: he’s 15th on the European freshman sire list, ” and has 16 winners, three of whom are stakes-placed. He looks good value (at) C$5,000.
– Bill Oppenheim, Thoroughbed Daily News, 12/20/06 Group 1 winner and Group SW at 2 by the sire of STREET CRY (IRE),
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