Finger Lakes EHV-1 Update

Barn 4, housing horses trained by Chris Englehart and John Tebbutt,  at Finger Lakes Race track is under quarantine following a confirmed case of EHV-1 in an Englehart horse . On November 17, a horse from Engleharts's home farm tested positive for EHV-1, a necropsy was performed at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.


The stricken horse was last on Finger Lakes' property for a published work on November 8. After the work, she returned to Englehart's farm, where she showed clinical signs of EHV-1 on November 17 and was shipped to Cornell.


On Saturday, November 20 a state veterinarian was on site at Finger Lakes. Later that day a general meeting was held to notify all trainers of the situation. 


Currently, only Barn 4 at Finger Lakes is under the 21 day quarantine.  Englehart's farm is under a 21 day quarantine also. Trainer John Tebbutt's shares space in Barn 4 with Englehart, so his horses are also under quarantine. None of Tebbutt's horses are implicated in the outbreak.

Neurologic EHV-1 Quarantine at Finger Lakes Race Track

One of the perennial leading trainers at Finger Lakes Race Track, Farmington NY, has had his barn at the track and home farm quarantined due to a confirmed case of neurologic EHV-1 (herpesvirus) in one of his horses. Chris Englehart's barn and farm are under quarantine until further notice.