missy8605
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Just thought I'd add in response to the articel in H&H, that four horses were killed by lightning in a field in Surrey on Nov 30th, that my pony was killed by lightning while she was out in her field on Nov 17th, in Bittaford near Ivybridge in Devon. She had 'bilateral scorch marks radiating from the front legs diagonally across the thorax' as the vet wrote. Otherwise there were no marks on her, and her rug was not marked either. It is believed that lightning struck the ground close to where she was stood grazing, and travelled up her front legs. She didn't know anything about it. The vet also said he had seen 'very few, perhaps 6 or 7' cases like this in his career of over 25 years. 'Freedom' was 16 years old, and a fun loving family pony in perfect health. She was on loan to a young girl as a confidence giver at the time of her death. The word used was 'tragic'.