EHV-1 Quarantine Remains in Place at Belmont Park

Since being released from Cornell Ruffian Equine Hospital, the affected horse has been quarantined at Belmont.
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The precautionary quarantine of Barn 44 at Belmont Park for equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) remains in place after a follow-up test on one horse that tested positive earlier this month came back positive.

The affected horse, an unnamed, unraced 3-year-old male, first tested positive for EHV-1 on Jan. 9, after being sent to Cornell Ruffian Equine Hospital, located near the Elmont, New York, racetrack, to be treated for a fever and mild respiratory issue.

Since his release from the Ruffian Center, the horse has been quarantined in isolation at Belmont. Throughout this process, the horse, trained by Linda Rice, has shown no neurologic signs of the virus.

All horses in Barn 44 have been and will continue to be monitored daily for fever and other signs of illness. Currently, all horses that had been exposed to the affected horse remain afebrile and asymptomatic

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