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In this episode of 'Hitting Your Stride', Tracey Mitchell chats with Chet about preparing horses for reined cow horse competition.

The horse on a farm in Two Hills County east of Edmonton had been purchased from the Fort Assiniboine area earlier in the year.

The horse had not travelled off-property, but several horses from the same facility had attended a horse trials in the region recently.

Organizers announced that 2021 events will not take place due to pandemic-related issues relating to vendors and international clinicians.

One horse has been euthanized because of this highly-contagious disease and the other is in quarantine at a farm in the St. Lazare region.

The highly-contagious viral diseases Equine Infectious Anemia and Equine Influenza pose a great risk to horse populations.

CFIA investigations are underway and movement controls have been placed on the four infected horses and any on-premises contact animals.

Cases reported in the past week include EHV-1, EIA, EEE and West Nile Virus at facilities in Ontario and Alberta.

The Spruce Meadows Leg Up Foundation is running the fundraiser in support of Spirit North until September 19, 2021.