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After hearing the ED and EMD reports, Commissioner Davis commented, “We have really turned the corner…with everyone going in the right direction.”
More than 200 veterinarians have added their support to efforts to permanently end horse slaughter in the United States.
Illegal match races and funding for HISA – currently in legal limbo – were discussed at the monthly meeting of the California Horse Racing Board.
Wakanaka has been scratched from Sunday's Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes at Del Mar out of "an abundance of caution" after shipping to California from Churchill Downs, which has had an outbreak of the highly contagious equine herpesvirus.
The horses were tested for EHV-1 at UC Davis and all horses were negative for EHV-1 in blood, said Dr. Jeff Blea, equine medical director for the CHRB.