This is the time of year when wild weather can blow in and out in a hurry. Apparently that was the situation on Sunday evening July 24, when lightning struck a broodmare barn at Three Chimneys Farm in Kentucky.
There were no fatalities--horses or humans--although the barn was destroyed. Three Chimneys president Case Clay praised two farm employees who went into the burning building to rescue two broodmares.
"Thank you to Jennifer de Laittre and Billy Kutchman for their life-risking, heroic effort in saving the two mares in the Spinster Barn and to several other grooms who rounded up the horses in a nearby pasture to keep them out of harm's way," he told Bloodhorse. "We were so lucky no lives were lost, horse or human. I can't stop thinking about Billy and Jennifer. They are heroes in my book."
One mare was taken to a veterinary clinic just for precaution and was reported to be doing well the following morning. Wonder if a lightning rod was on the roof of that barn?
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