Posted on 06/20/2007 4:41:11 PM PDT by RDTF
SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. - A barn fire at an award-winning American Saddlebred farm in south-central Kentucky killed 24 horses, the owner said Wednesday.
Seven colts and 17 mares were in the barn at 3-T Farm in Allen County when the fire broke out Tuesday morning, said Paige Tabor, one of the owners. All but one of the horses were American Saddlebreds, she said.
"When you lose a barn full, it's overwhelming, but you just pick yourself up and find a way to go on," Tabor said. The farm has about 300 horses, she said.
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Tabor's husband, Randy Tabor, and his father won the American Saddlebred Horse Association's Breeders Award in 2002. Randy Tabor died in an explosion while working on an oil tank at the farm last year.
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Of course we will hear PETA come out and say this is the kind of thing you have with private ownership of animals.
Yep.... just a shame. Such fine animals...
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Just damn!
I hope you’re wrong. And this poor woman just lost her husband last year..
Oh my:(
Becky
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Sorry to hear this.
You started it!
First, having been around lots of horses, I suspected insurance fire as soon as I saw the thread headline.
If fraud is the case, I hope that the punishment more than fits the crime.
Second, beloved Sen. Mitch McConnell, RINO KY, is “wavering” on his support of the immigration bill. If you want to laugh (or cry) check it out on DRUDGE. As we vote for and elect our representatives we ought to add a criterium for qualifications: A man ought to be a man and women ought to demand it.
Explosion? Heating oil? I have to wonder what happened there.
Sometimes it's best to leave some jobs to professionals.
Girl loses her feet at a Six Flags park and this.
But slaughtering for money... tsk tsk tsk,.... how pathetic that would be!!!
Are you kidding?!?!?
Do you have any idea what two dozen American Saddlebreds would be worth compared to some insurance check less deductible?
Anyone with stables large enough for 300 horses could not bring themselves to kill 17 mares with 7 of their colts. Those animals are their lives. Especially as these are horse-loving females. Horse-loving females love their animals more than their men...
Sheesh!
Reagan80
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