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Churchill Downs Herpesvirus Quarantine Lifted

Kentucky State Veterinarian Robert C. Stout, DVM, has lifted the quarantine on a barn at Churchill Downs after test results confirmed that the remaining horses in the barn were not infected with equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1).

Stout imposed

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Trainer Finds a Better Way to Break Horses

There’s nothing like breaking a few dozen bones and losing half your teeth to convince you that there’s got to be a better way.

That was the conclusion of longtime horse trainer Blaine Prieur after years of training horses “the old way.”

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Half of Churchill Downs Herpesvirus Quarantine Lifted

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture has lifted a quarantine order for half of Barn 47 at Churchill Downs, which was placed under quarantine Oct. 26 after a horse was found to be infected with equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1).

Sixteen horses

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Breeders’ Cup Veterinary Report on George Washington

During the running of the Breeders’ Cup Classic Thoroughbred race, George Washington was injured and subsequently euthanatized. Following is a report from the Breeders’ Cup notes team from an Oct. 27 interview by Erin Wing with AAEP On-Call

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Churchill Downs Officials Hope EHV-1 Case Isolated

Officials at Churchill Downs say a case of equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) confirmed in one horse should have limited impact on the fall meet that begins Sunday, as long as the disease is contained.


The Kentucky Department of Agriculture on

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Cancer-Stricken Child to Get New Miniature Horse

A boy stricken with brain cancer could soon have a miniature horse to replace the one killed by a pair of pit bulls earlier this week, a Make-A-Wish Foundation official said Thursday.

The 34-inch-tall, 250-pound Appaloosa probably will arrive

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Random Drug Tests Clear on Breeders’ Cup Entries

The random out-of-competition testing of Breeders? Cup World Championships participants for Epogen (EPO) and total carbon dioxide (TCO2) have all returned negative, officials announced Oct. 24.

The New Jersey Racing Commission Sept. 17

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Breeders’ Cup Contender a Stem Cell Success Story

The day after winning a big stakes race in 2005, Greg’s Gold turned up in his barn with a bowed tendon–the kind of injury that depresses owners and puts expensive Thoroughbreds out to pasture forever.

Not this time.

Using stem cells

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