[rockfan4]

An aggressive strain of Equine Herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) — including neurological cases classified as equine herpes myeloencephalopathy (EHM) — has been confirmed by multiple equine veterinary clinics in Texas. Several cases have been traced to horses attending major events in early November, including the WPRA World Finals and Elite Barrel Race held Nov. 5–9, 2025, in Waco.

As far as I can tell, there have been no cases reported in Wisconsin, but that's not stopping my wife from freaking out. She was supposed to have a horse chiropractor come next week, and a saddle fitter the week after, but she is postponing both appointments for now. I was supposed to haul a friend's horse to a trainer tomorrow, but that is being postponed. Another friend who is a horse trainer in IL was going to do a session with our horse Cash in early December, but she has cancelled that for now. We weren't taking him to IL, her parents live near here and she was going to do some training while she was visiting.

I doxxed one of the horses that shares a pasture with Cash. I thought he was a Thoroughbred or Appendix, because he's so big. Easily over 16 hands. But I looked up his registered name and he's a Quarter Horse. His sire was 17.1 hands. Typically a Quarter horse is 14 - 16 hands, with most of them closer to 14.