Two horses die in Hughes stable fire
A hay barn was gutted in the blaze on Saturday lunchtime and more than 40 horses had to be evacuated and were turned into a field but two Billy The Snake and an unnamed gelding by Broken Hearted were injured in the panic and had to be put down.
"The staff did a great job to try and contain the outbreak", said Hughes
"There was a high wind which fanned the flames and they had to evacuate all the horses into a field but unfortunately two of them were injured and had to be put down."
"It could have been a disaster but in the circumstances we were probably lucky that we just lost two."
The fire raged for about three hours before it was finally extinguished.
