Horses stabled in the third Churchill Downs barn placed under quarantine by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) because of confirmed cases of equine herpesvirus type-1 have been cleared to return to the track for limited training. Those horses will take part in special training hours beginning today.

Horses in Barn 6, all of which are trained by Ronny Werner, have met the requirements of a protocol developed by the KDA that allows for a return to training apart from the track’s general horse population. The clearance for horses in Barn 6 to take part in special training hours means that horses in all three barns placed under quarantine are now back on the track.

Horses in Barn 39 met the protocol on Saturday and returned to training that evening and horses in Barn 38 were allowed to take part in the separate training sessions on Monday. Steve Asmussen trains the horses stabled in Barn 38, while Barn 39 houses horses trained by Paul J. McGee, Bill Cesare, and Ron Ellis.

Although the horses housed in the three barns have been permitted to return to the track during special training hours, they remain in quarantine and are not allowed to mix with the rest of the horse population at Churchill Downs