Beulah Park Racetrack Quarantined with Possible EHV Outbreak

A possible equine herpesvirus (EHV) outbreak has prompted quarantine measures to be implemented at Beulah Park in Ohio.
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A possible equine herpesvirus (EHV) outbreak has prompted quarantine measures to be implemented at Beulah Park in Ohio.

Beulah Park, located near Columbus, is closed for live racing until Jan. 8, but horses stabled at the track regularly ship to other tracks. Some of these tracks, including Charles Town Races in Charles Town, W.Va., and Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pa., have placed restrictions on Beulah Park shippers pending the outcome of the tests.

The 2010 meet at Beulah Park ended Dec. 22. Many horses ship back and forth between Beulah Park and Turfway Park in Florence, Ky., which restricted shippers from the Ohio track effective Dec. 24 after rumors of sick horses surfaced.

Turfway president Bob Elliston said that horses stabled at Turfway shipped to Beulah Park won't be permitted to re-enter the Kentucky track grounds until the situation is resolved

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Tom LaMarra, a native of New Jersey and graduate of Rutgers University, has been news editor at The Blood-Horse since 1998. After graduation he worked at newspapers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania as an editor and reporter with a focus on municipal government and politics. He also worked at Daily Racing Form and Thoroughbred Times before joining The Blood-Horse. LaMarra, who has lived in Lexington since 1994, has won various writing awards and was recognized with the Old Hilltop Award for outstanding coverage of the horse racing industry. He likes to spend some of his spare time handicapping races.

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