SUNLAND PARK, NM—JANUARY 3, 2017—Sunland Park management was informed by Dr. Tim Hanosh, DMV, Division Director of the New Mexico Department of Agriculture’s Veterinary Diagnostics Services that the horse which was removed from the Sunland Park racetrack grounds on December 29, 2017 after being reported with a fever, has been cleared to leave its isolation barn following a negative test for EHV.

The Sunland Park Racetrack barn where the horse was previously housed, is now cleared to resume its normal training and racing regimen.

Live racing resumes on Friday at 12:30 p.m. with a nine-race card.