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US-Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital Update on Equine Herpes Virus-1

Suggested guidelines for minimizing risk of disease transmission of  EHV-1:

• Restrict movement of horses from the premises.
• Physically isolate exposed horses a minimum of 30 feet away from other horses for 21 days.
• Horses that are new to premises should also be isolated, as above.
• If you suspect a horse may have been exposed, then monitor the horse's rectal temperature twice a day for 14 days and call your veterinarian immediately if a fever develops (102°F).
• Use protective barrier clothing that can be changed in between horses when handling isolated or quarantined horses. Protective barrier clothing includes: gloves, disinfectant foot baths with impervious foot covers, and coveralls or protective gowns. Hands should be washed with soap and water or alcohol based hand sanitizers (if visibly soiled, hands must be washed with soap first) after handling each horse in quarantine.
• Provide separate equipment for each horse and do not share buckets, feeders, tack, grooming equipment, towels etc among horses.  
• When filling water buckets, make sure the end of the hose does not touch the water in the bucket in order to avoid contamination with infectious material that may be on the outside of the hose.
• Potential inanimate fomites such as buckets or tack, if used on more than one horse, should be disinfected before use on another horse. NOTE: The equine herpesvirus is susceptible to many disinfectants; however, whenever organic matter is present, washing and removal of organic material should be done first. If organic matter persists, use disinfectants suitable for use in the presence of organic matter, such as higher peroxygen compounds (e.g.-Trifectant, Virkon) or phenolics (e.g.-Tek-Trol or 1-Stroke Environ).
• Consider vaccinating at risk healthy, afebrile horses on the premises to which exposed horses are returning. Consult your veterinarian for vaccination recommendations. 

EQUUS Presents Free EHV-1 Webinar
EQUUS Medical Editor Joe Bertone, DVM, Offers Expert Perspective, Insight into the Outbreak
  Two weeks after an outbreak Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) began at a show in Utah, horse owners throughout the West continue to sift through the rumors about the disease and the safety of their horses. To help owners distinguish fact from fiction as well as provide an expert perspective on the situation, EQUUS magazine is offering a free, interactive webinar, "Understanding EHV-1: Knowledge is Contagious," this Thursday, May 26 at 8 p.m. EST.
  In an interactive session, EQUUS Medical Editor Joe Bertone, DVM, MS, DACVIM will present an overview of the virus and answer questions from horse owners. "With Joe, we're fortunate to have someone who is familiar with both the latest research on EHV and the practical aspects of the controlling the virus's spread throughout equine populations," says EQUUS Editor Laurie Prinz.
  Register now, as space is limited. Send in questions before the webinar or ask questions during the event. 
  For more information, contact: Katie Frank, EQUUS Assistant Editor 301-977-3900 ext. 120, kfrank@aimmedia.com.
  For the latest on EHV-1, go to http://www.equisearch.com, the online home of EQUUS.

Noosa Beach winning the Governor's Handicap. (Kristy Batie Photo)

Let's Meet at the Beach

  In an effort to amend the only "blip" on his nearly perfect 2010 season, Jeff Harwood's multiple champion and 2010 Longacres Mile (G3) winner Noosa Beach once more faced off with Tice Ranch's 2009 Mile victor Assessment in the Governor's Handicap. Last year, Assessment, ridden by Gallyn Mitchell, had held off Noosa Beach by a neck in the 71st running of the important Mile prep. In the May 22, 2011, edition of the handicap, Mitchell again produced the winning ride, his third in the 6 1/2-furlong stakes, but stayed the course with Noosa Beach, who he had already teamed with in Canada exactly a month previous to be

Noosa Beach, jockey Gallyn Mitchell and trainer Doris Harwood. (Wayne Nagai Photo)

a convincing winner of the George Royal Stakes.

  A field of ten went to the post for the $50,000 stakes, with Noosa Beach the bettors' odds-on choice. Bogachiel had the lead at the quarter pole with a quick :21.92 fraction, but was soon passed in the lane by the favorite. Noosa Beach then held off seven-year-old Assessment's (Jump Start-Native Ghost) rally to defeat that rival by a length. Kimberly Noble's four-year-old Tequila Gold, who came into the race after winning five consecutive claiming races, finished another half-length back in third. Both Noosa Beach and Tequila Gold are Washington-bred geldings sired by Harbor the Gold. Noosa Beach is out of the Basket Weave mare Julia Rose and Tequila Gold's dam is the Casa Dante matron Onorena. Final race time was 1:14.27.

  "He is probably one of the three best horses I've ever ridden, if not the best," said Mitchell, who gained the mount on Noosa Beach after his regular rider Ricky Frazier was injured. The Governor win gave the Emerald all-time leading rider his 1,268th victory at the track.

  Trained and co-bred by Doris Harwood, Noosa Beach has won two-thirds of his 18 lifetime starts and earned $425,722. The 2010 Washington and Emerald Downs horse of the year is now tied in second place with Fleet Pacific and Ropersandwranglers with nine stakes wins apiece, one behind leader Handy N Bold's ten black-type victories. The race marked Harwood's record 48th stakes victory at the Auburn oval.

  Also on the Sunday card, jockey Juan Gutierrez made four trips to the winners' circle and became only the third rider to earn 800 wins at Emerald.

  The May 21 feature, an allowance/optional claiming race, was taken in good style by Coal Creek Farm's homebred filly My Untamed Heart. The four-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Value Plus-One for You, by Dayjur, who is trained by Vann Belvoir, handily won the six-panel race by 6 1/2 lengths. It was the filly's fourth win in seven career starts.  One for You's three-year-old daughter For You My Heart, by Kafwain, won her first outing, a six-furlong maiden $15,000 claimer, by eight lengths for the same connections on the Friday card.

  Through May 23, rider Leslie Mawing still tops all jockeys with 23 wins, but only one ahead of Joe Crispin and Juan Gutierrez. Deborah Hoonan-Trujillo sits in fourth place win 19 tallies and Gallyn Mitchell ranks fifth with 16 victories.

  Howard Belvoir continues to lead the trainer ranks with 16 wins. His son, Vann Belvoir, follows behind him after saddling a dozen winners. Tim McCanna is currently third in the standings with 11 wins. Fourth place Frank Lucarelli has had nine winners, one more than Doris Harwood and Robert Baze. Tom Wenzel, has the best winning percentage of the top trainers, having saddled seven winners from 20 starters for a 35 percent win ratio.

  In early April, the US Senate passed a repeal of the onerous new 1099 reporting requirement that was scheduled to kick-in in 2012.  The House had approved the same 1099 repeal bill (HR 4), introduced by Congressman Lungren (R-CA), in early March. President Obama signed the bill on April 13, 2011.

  "We are glad Congress took action to head off what would have been a large increase in tax-related paper-work for horse businesses in 2012," said AHC President Jay Hickey.

  The new 1099 paperwork mandate had been a provision of the health care bill passed in 2010 that would have imposed burdensome new tax reporting requirements on every business in the US, including those in the horse industry, beginning in 2012. Current law requires 1099s to be sent to any independent contractor that receives $600 or more from a business in a year. The new provision would have required 1099s be sent not only to independent contractors, but also to any individual or corporation from whom a business purchased a total of $600 or more in goods or services in the year.

  The bill repeals only the new broader reporting requirements. Businesses will still have to send 1099s to independent contractors who have earned $600 or more as the current law requires.

  The Washington Horse Racing Commission (WHRC) plans to send out a note with the 2011 breeders' awards and owners' bonuses, that, as in years past, if the check they receive is less than $600, they will not be receiving a 1099 form.

  2009 Washington most improved claimer Blackcomb Run returned to the races after a seven-month layoff with a victory in a six-furlong $13,000 claiming test on May 23 at Northlands Park. The eight-year-old gelded son of Mutakddim-Runaway Lulu, by Runaway Groom, was bred by Dr. Duane and Sue Hopp, who consigned him to the 2004 WTBOA Summer Yearling Sale. Blackcomb Run improved his record to 12-13-4 from 55 starts and has earned $143,063.

  Multiple British Columbia champion Wind Storm, a seven-year-old B C-bred daughter of Woodstead Farm's He's Tops out of Regal Action, by Regal Remark, added her ninth stakes placement to her tallies after she finished third to Classic Alley Kat  in the $50,000 Senate Appointee Stakes run at Hastings Racecourse on May 21. Wind Storm improved her record to 12-2-9 from 28 starts and has earned $284,084.

  Dr. George Todaro and trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, et al's homebred two-year-old City Route, a California-bred son of Globalize, took a 4 1/2-furlong maiden special weight race at Golden Gate by 5 1/2 lengths on May 19. The new winner is out of the Mud Route mare Mood Route.

  Ben's Cat, a five-year-old gelded son of Gibson Thoroughbred Farm's Parker's Storm Cat, earned his fifth stakes win came after a convincing  two-length tally in the $65,000 Jim McKay Sprint Stakes run at Pimlico on May 20. Maryland champion Ben's Cat, who is out of Twofox, by Thirty Eight Paces, has won ten races in 14 starts and earned $316,230.

  Cityrap, a three-year-old Illinois-bred daughter of Cherokee Rap, won third race in five tries after taking a mile allowance at Arlington Park on May 19. Out of stakes-placed Silent City, by Carson City, Cityrap, who has now earned $76,273, is a half-sister to graded stakes-placed Chaplinesque and Lucky Acres' stallion Kentucky Lucky.

  Three-year-old Snowfall, a War Front-sired half-sister to Oakcrest Farm and partners' four-year-old  graded stakes winner Upperline, won the $50,000 Pike creek Stakes at Delaware Park on May 21. The two fillies are daughters of Group 1-placed Snowflake (Ire), by Caerleon.

  2011 Washington Racing Hall of Fame nominee Vicky Baze finished tied for third with Rosie Napravnik, with 16 points, among the six riders competing in the four-race inaugural $30,000 Female Jockey Challenge held at Pimlico Racecourse on May 20. Baze won most of her points after riding Brogue to a 6 1/4-length win in a five-furlong allowance. Emma-Jayne Wilson, who donated all her winnings to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, won the charity event with 28 points.

  Kris's Intention, the daughter of Kris S. who is the dam of stakes winner and El Dorado Farms LLC's stallion and Grade 2 stakes winner Abraaj, as well as stakes winners Leelanou and All Trumps, produced a filly by Hard Spun on April 18 and has been bred back to Quality Road.