Equine Strangles

Equine health officials stateside have reported cases of equine herpes virus and equine strangles in Pennsylvania and Florida.

Due to the current strangles outbreak in Prince Edward Island, Truro Raceway will not be accepting horses from that area onto its property.

The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has been informed that three additional horses tested positive for Strangles this week in the affected barn at Shamrock Training Centre.

Trot Insider has learned that cases of equine herpes myeloencephalopathy (EHM) and equine strangles have recently surfaced in Ontario.

In early December 2020, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) was informed a Standardbred horse that had travelled from P.E.I. had tested positive for strangles.

On December 4 2020, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) was informed a Standardbred horse that had travelled from P.E.I. with three other horses has tested positive for strangles.

On Wednesday (Nov. 25) the Atlantic Provinces Harness Racing Commission announced that three new clinical cases of strangles have been verified and are in the same stable as the initial case.

Red Shores will be hosting a “Strangles 101 Info Session” on Thursday, November 19 with Dr. Kathleen MacMillan as the guest speaker.

On Thursday (Nov. 12) Atlantic Provinces Harness Racing Commission (APHRC) issued an update regarding a case of equine strangles in Prince Edward Island.

Leading Maritime horseman Marc Campbell recently took to social media to comment on a yearling in his operation that has tested positive for strangles (Streptococcus equi) and has led to scratches fro...

On November 6, 2020, the Atlantic Provinces Harness Racing Commission (APHRC) was informed mid-afternoon of a confirmed case of strangles in a yearling Standardbred on Prince Edward Island.

On Monday, August 24, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario issued an update in regard to the strangles situation which has been affecting racing at Leamington Raceway.