Re: [RC] Fwd: UAE & Spanish horses - Elizabeth Walker
Kind of strange ...
I understand that Kentucky Horse Park would want to be very careful, but I don't quite understand why the horses couldn't stand for best condition.
I'm assuming it had something to do with the requirement of Last In/First Out. Still, given that this is an STD, some of it seems a bit overboard. The escorting makes sense, as does the quarantine quarters, but I don't get the reasoning for the Last In / First Out. The horses are going to be mingling with other horses during the race, and they are going to be walking over the grounds and the course. I suppose it could be to keep the exposure time to a minimum, but I can't see that it would be particularly effective.
Steph, could you ask Mary if she knows? I'm just curious.
On Oct 20, 2009, at 6:52 PM, stephanie teeter wrote:
fyi - on early departure of UAE transported horses:
Mary was a volunteer guarding the UAE quarantine barn. there were extra precautions taken because the mares were "CEM suspect" (CEM is a STD)
Yes, they came over on the same plane so they were all quarantined together and intentionally the last allowed on the grounds and the first to leave. They had to be escorted for any activity outside of the stabling area by a vet or vet-tech and were not allowed out into the common areas. As CEM is a STD there really wasn't much risk, but that was how the USDF & USEF wanted to handle it. They all had to be off of the property immediately after the ride, thus the reason they didn't stand for BC.
Living in the area, Kentucky and especially the Horse Park take any risk very seriously. I've actually been pulled over and inspected just driving through the state.
They were subject to all drug testing at the finish as well, I escorted one of them down for testing.
