Calder quarantine to be lifted after negative test
By Mike Welsch
MIAMI, Fla. - Test results on the as-yet unidentified horse who died early Monday morning at Calder have come back negative from the state testing lab at the University of Florida for the equine herpesvirus, track officials confirmed Monday afternoon. As a result, the quarantine on the Calder stable, which restricted horses from travelling in or out of the track, was to be lifted at midnight on Monday.
The news came as a huge relief to officials at Gulfstream Park, which relies heavily on entries based at Calder throughout its race meeting and even more so during the final weeks of the session, when stables from New York and Kentucky begin shipping back north. The 2010 Gulfstream meet continues through April 24.
"This is great news," Gulfstream's president, Ken Dunn, said minutes after receiving word from the track's veterinarian, Dr. Patti Marquis, that results of tests taken Saturday had come back negative just before 5 p.m. on Monday. A full necropsy will now be performed.
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