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Three horses die in barn fire near Lexington

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Three horses, all boarded show horses, and a mule died in a barn fire late Wednesday night at Grand Marina Farm in Lexington, Ky. Standardbred breeder Polly Hilliard and her brother, Bill, own the farm. Their 13 Standardbreds were in another barn on another part of the farm and were never in danger.
 
No official cause of the fire has been determined, but it is suspected to have been the result of a storm Monday night during which a tree knocked down some power lines going to the barn. According to Polly Hilliard fire officials and her insurance company are investigating the cause.
 
The horses that perished in the fire were boarded at the farm for riding at the farm's indoor-outdoor arena. They included a mule, a pleasure horse and two Hunter Jumpers. Bill Hilliard managed to save a dressage horse from the blaze.  

 

Polly Hilliard's Futurity Hill Farm is an annual consignor to the Lexington yearling sales and was the breeder of 1994 Two-Year-Old Colt Trotter of the Year Donerail. The farm owns six broodmares and will have four yearlings for sael this fall.


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