17 horses have so far died from the EHV-1 virus.

A virus that has been confirmed in eight countries linked to Valencia.

But now the situation is going in the right direction.

"At present, no horses on the competition site need to be medicated due to EHV-1," Carl Walter Fox, who has been appointed as the riders' representative in contact with the International Equestrian Federation, told Hippson.

"Will be happy to come home"

Horses that have never become ill or shown symptoms may now leave the competition site.

And on Tuesday, the first Swedish horses had to leave Spain for the journey home.

- It's really nice.

They will be happy to come home again, says rider Erica Swartz, whose two horses had to start the journey home yesterday, to SVT Sport.

However, Swartz himself remains in Spain.

She and her partner Thomas Ryan together have 13 horses left in Valencia.

But when she and the rest of the horses will start to go home, she does not know yet.

- The authorities have not really made a decision but I would think in about two weeks.

"Hope no one needs to experience this"

On February 14, Swartz and her samo arrived in Valencia.

She says that it has been a tough period.

- To be constantly worried about the horses, it is awful to see them sick, she says and continues:

- If you have not experienced it, it is probably difficult to get acquainted with it.

This is something I hope no one else will have to experience.

CLIP: Peder Fredricson visited Carina Bergfeldt: "Very tragic" (March 11, 2021)

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