Absolutely horrible - fire at Boyd Martin's yard

[teapot]

Taken from Evening Nation/USEF:

At 12:30am on Tuesday May 31, 2011, a fire destroyed the barn Boyd Martin rented from Phillip Dutton Eventing at True Prospect Farm. There were 11 horses in the barn at the time of the fire, Lillian Heard, Caitlin Silliman and Ryan Wood evacuated five horses, four of those are at The University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center undergoing treatment. These horses are: Boyd's mount from the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Neville Bardos, Otis Barbotiere, Catch a Star and Ambassador's Rose. Heard, Silliman and Wood were treated and released from the hospital. Sadly, Martin lost six horses from his program: Faye Woolf's Call Me Ollie, Henley House Stables' Charla, Lillian Heard's Ariel, Kimberly Golden's Phantom Pursuit, Bonnie Stedt's Cagney Herself, and Anne Hennessey's Summer Breeze W. The USEF extends thoughts and sympathies to Martin and his team during these tragic events. More information will be posted as it becomes available.


This is why I loathe indoor barns Thoughts go out to Boyd, his team and all the connections

 

[moodymare1987]

I have just seen this its awful, rip the poor horses and hope the others make a full recovery.

 

[PorkChop]

Just terrible My thoughts are with those affected x

 

[WellyBaggins]

That is so sad thoughts to all involved

 

[Chloe_GHE]

saw this on twitter, so sad

 

[lannerch]

Omg how horrific and what a tragic waiste sympathies to all those concerned

 

[MrsMozart]

So very sorry to hear this.

 

[Foxford]

Sadly, it's not just indoor barns that can cause a problem...

A very sad day for a lot of people.

 

[NR99]

Just awful. Poor Boyd

 

[Thistle]

How sad

 

[LaurenM]

So sorry to hear this

 

[yeeharider]

OMG your worst nightmare RIP horses and condolences to all concerned

 

[ArcticFox]

so sad, condolences to all concerned

 

[doratheexplorer]

How dreadfully sad. Thoughts to all involved, and I hope the injured horses make a swift recovery, and dont suffer too badly.

 

[TarrSteps]

It's a horseman's nightmare. Sympathies to all involved and wishes for a quick recovery to the casualties.

Re the "danger" of an American barn - not much of an option in that part of the world, I'm afraid. And I know of at least one occurrence where horses couldn't be rescued from shedrow stabling because the low roof was on fire. Let's face it, ANY barn burning is a disaster.

 

[j1ffy]

How awful - words fail me. Thoughts are with Boyd, the owners, grooms and all involved.

 

[woodlandswow]

what a tragic awful thing to happen

 

[Festive_Felicitations]

How horrible.

RIP everyone who lost their lives. My thoughts go to Boyd and His connections.

 

[squirrelc17]

Just horrible. Worst nightmare of any horse owner.
RIP to the 6 horses and wishing a speedy recovery to the 4 in hospital.
And wow to the bravery of the grooms.
Thoughts go to everyone involved.