Polo clubs and nearby Indio ranches under quarantine after horse found with equine herpes virus

INDIO - Two Indio polo clubs and nearby ranches were under quarantine today after a horse at one club was found to have the equine herpes virus.

The polo horse, a gelding at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, showed symptoms of the disease over the weekend and was euthanized Monday, veterinarian Mike Manno wrote in a statement posted on polo website polozone.com late Wednesday. The horse tested positive for the virus, known as EHV-1, at a University of California, Davis lab, Manno wrote.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture placed a 21-day quarantine on the Empire and Eldorado polo cl...