Maryland horses won't be accepted in Gulfstream Park or Palm
Meadows Training Center. This was decided to protect other
horses from getting contaminated of the equine herpes virus that
is affecting some of these animals.
They won't be accepting horses that have been raced or stabled
in Maryland since Jan 1st, 2006.
Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore is under quarantine. The
Maryland Jockey Club announced that Pimlico is going to be
closed until further notice.
The virus is also known as "rhino". The main symptoms of this
illness are: upper respiratory infection and may cause
neurological disease. Eleven horses have shown symptoms of the
virus and two were sacrificed.
But this hasn't only affected Pimlico, at Laurel Park the
decision has affected this week's racing card: on Wednesday for
example, instead of nine races there will only be eight because
the number of horses that have been entered for that day's
program is less than 60.
Penn National, like most other tracks in the region, is not
accepting Maryland horses as entries. It also is not taking any
horse that has competed or worked at a Maryland track since Jan.
9.
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