Deadly Horse Virus

six, i’m e hit hard by a deadly herpes virus….shares his story with abc- seven. this comes just hours after today’s news three more horses tested positive for equine herpesvirus. it’s new information from abc-seven’s darren hunt. rick and estela, there is new concern tonight that this virus has spread from sunland, across state lines, into arizona … meanwhile, of the seven horses that have now been euthanized at sunland park, three of them were trained by the same man. “this is a very contagiou disease, a lot more than most people originally thought it was.” borderland trainer brent swopes has perhaps been hit hardest by the virus at sunland park … leaving him euthanizing 3 of his 8 horses this week. “it was my choice to put thes horses down, for the simple reason that they can become carriers and there is a chance that they will spread it to other tracks six months to a year later.” “brent that’s a tough decisio … was that hard for you to do?” “of course it’s hard for me t do … the horse i put down today was my favorite horse.” “fifteen-hundred horses here in the backstretch at sunland park remain under quarantine, with no in-and-out privileges … the same situation now for 1,700 horses at turf paradise in phoenix … vince francia, the general manager at turf paradise, told me three horses were sent from sunland park to turf paradise last thursday, the day before sunland park was shut down.” “the trainers involved in the shipment actually came forward to us and informed us they had shipped those horses off property … we immediately contacted turf paradise management and turf paradise knew to put those horses into isolation.” horses that run at sunland park also travel to tracks throughout the southwest and the country. “i think it’s a good exampl that every racetrack across the country needs to be prepared for an outbreak like this … and if they’re not this is exactly what happens.” borderland breeder shae cox, who you saw there, said the next question is, did any horses leave turf paradise? and if so, where did they go? new info just in this last hour, turf paradise will continue to run, but is now under a 21-day quarantine. rick/estela. earlier in