Timberland Farm North/South
Sixth line N0B1Z0 Erin, ON, Canada

Fall is in the air or on the ground , eating our bird seed

King Charles, Thoroughbred, foaled in 1937. Grandson of Man O' War who played the horse The Pie in National Velvet. Trained as a hunter and owned by a wealthy s...ocialite, he was offered for use in the film. At the end of filming, the horse was gifted to Elizabeth Taylor, who fell in love with the horse prior to and during production and was an accomplished rider, on her birthday and remained with her the rest of his life. See more

Guillaume Macaire Racing

Only in Aiken. #thewillcox : Nick Bridges Photography

EVH-1. (equine neurological herpes) We’re in a war zone’: Stable owners fighting equine neurological herpes outbreak north of Shelburne (NEWS May 27, 2020 by A...lexandra Heck).............. A retired police officer lost his beloved companion, a young rider lost her horse, and the star of the pony club has died. It came by human contact, said Jandl-Butcher, who has not recently had any horses come or go from the site. Earlier this month Woodbine racetrack experienced an equine neurological herpes outbreak, after two horses in barn 12 fell ill. Nearly 60 horses in the barn were tested and placed under quarantine as staff at the racetrack kept vigilant against both EVH-1 in horses and the coronavirus in humans. One horse was euthanized and all 1,400 horses at the track have temperature checks twice a day Sarah Jandl-Butcher can’t say for sure how the equine neurological herpes (EVH-1) virus came to her stable, but in just over a week it killed three horses. The owner of Cedar Creek Farm in Melancthon says the virus moved quickly, infecting at least nine of the 30 horses that she owns as well as ones being boarded. We’re in a war zone," she said, explaining that every time she enters the barn now, she washes her boots in disinfectant and sanitizes the wheelbarrow after she mucks each stall. The equine neurological herpes virus attacks the respiratory system, as well as the nervous system in horses. Symptoms include nasal discharge, lethargy, a lack of co-ordination and dragging of the hind legs. Horses many also exhibit a loss of control over their tails, frequent urination and in pregnant mares miscarriage. Back in January, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs reported a stable in Simcoe County was placed under quarantine after two mares contracted the virus and had late-term abortions. The virus is easily spread between animals from contaminated trailers, feed buckets, grooming supplies and tack, as well as from human hands and clothing. Jandl-Butcher saw the first symptoms at her farm when one 14-year-old horse was walking, then suddenly stopped in the field. It was like he hit a wall, she said, describing how his co-ordination suddenly went and he started stumbling backwards. He was put on intravenous fluids but couldn’t pull through. The animal was euthanized alongside another 28-year-old horse who contracted the virus. There’s so many what-ifs, she said, It’s so easy for something to be transmitted. Five other horses were sent from her barn to the Ontario Veterinary College for treatment. I’ve worked on farms that have had strangles or MRSA this is far worse, she said, adding that with both human and animal diseases it’s easy to take safety for granted. She says anyone working in multiple barns should take biosecurity measures. Change clothing before arriving at a different site and to be careful to disinfect footwear. Protocols for containing an outbreak in a barn call for isolating horses while not introducing any to other groups, storing manure pile away from the horses and not using the same equipment to muck and feed hay. Communal water buckets are also to be avoided. Farriers, feed stores and veterinarians are also subject to dozens of safety measures. I’d like to say we’re on the road to recovery, said Jandl-Butcher.

Handsome devil... getting ready to be bad for the jog at Kentucky 2015