At 12:30 a.m. today, a barn fire of unknown cause destroyed eventer Boyd Martin’s barn at True Prospect Farm in Pennsylvania.
Eleven horses were in the barn at the time. Lillian Heard, Caitlin Silliman and Ryan Wood were able to evacuate five horses. Four are currently in treatment at The University of Pennsylvania-New Bolten Center; they are: Neville Bardos, Otis Barbotiere, Catch a Star and Ambassador’s Rose.
Heard, Silliman and Wood were treated and released from Jennersville Hospital.
Tragically, six horses perished in the fire. Condolences to all those connected to Call Me Ollie, Charla, Ariel, Phantom Pursuit, Cagney Herself and Summer Breeze. All other horses have been relocated to area barns.
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