Four Thoroughbreds died in a horse trailer fire on Bluegrass Parkway on Monday morning, according to a Facebook report posted by the Bardstown Fire Department. Four other Thoroughbreds were able to be rescued from the trailer by hauling company employees.
Multiple sources confirmed that the trailer was from the fleet of KC Horse Transport.
On Tuesday, the Thoroughbred Daily News confirmed that one of the horses lost was Respect the Code, third in the listed Clocker's Corner Stakes at Santa Anita Park earlier this year. The 4-year-old son of Honor Code was en route to be sold at the Fasig-Tipton Horses of Racing Age Sale on July 10.
According to the post, both the Bardstown Fire Department and Nelson County Fire and Rescue (NCRF) responded to a report of a horse trailer on fire near mile marker 20 on Bluegrass Parkway. No incident was found at that location, and crews were redirected to mile mark 29.
“When crews arrived on scene they found a horse trailer with heavy fire involvement,” the report reads. “Crews shut down the Bluegrass Parkway to commence fire attack. The employees of the hauling company was able to get four out of the eight Thoroughbreds out of the trailer prior to FD arrival. Four Thoroughbreds perished in the fire with an estimated value to be about $750,000 and another $250,000 loss for the trailer. The Bluegrass Parkway was shut down for about an hour. The fire is being investigated by Captain Landram with NCFR.”
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