Calder Race Course has placed three barns under quarantine Monday after a horse
tested positive for Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1) at the University of
Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. The horse had been showing neurological
symptoms over the weekend at Calder and was sent to the school in Gainesville,
Florida, on Sunday. The result was made known Monday.
The quarantine will not allow horses to ship in or out of the three barns at
Calder for three weeks. Horses residing in these barns are not permitted to
train with the rest of the population during this time, but have access to the
main track on non-race days following general training hours and to the training
track on race days, also after general training hours.
In another measure, no horses may ship into Calder for two weeks beginning
November 30. Calder is working with the Florida Department of Agriculture and
its Division of Animal Industry to take precautions regarding EHV-1, a
contagious disease spread among horses with flu like symptoms, including fever
or respiratory infection.