Kentucky Trailer Accident Kills Three Thoroughbreds

[Wandering Eyes]

An overnight trailer crash on the Bluegrass Parkway in Nelson County, Kentucky hospitalized the driver and killed three horses who were being transported from Oaklawn Park to Keeneland. According to a Facebook post from the Bardstown Fire Department, the accident occured shortly before 5 a.m. Monday.

“When units arrived on scene they found a tractor trailer on an embankment,” the post read. “The trailer, carrying Thoroughbreds, became dislodged from the king pin and ripped the cab of the truck from the frame. Crews extricated the driver from the vehicle in about 30 minutes. The driver was flown to University of Louisville Hospital. Anderson County large animal rescue was dispatched to assist with the removal of the Thoroughbreds from the trailer. Removal of the Thoroughbreds took approximately four hours.”

Four horses survived the accident and were transported to an equine hospital.

Responding to the fire department's post, Kelly Wheeler, assistant to trainer Eddie Kenneally, wrote that the horses were trained by Kenneally and under her care.

“I can't thank everyone enough for doing what they could to save the horses,” Wheeler wrote. “Losing three of them is an unbelievable tragedy. But because of everyone's hard work there are four at an equine hospital and hopefully on their way to recovery.”

Via a Monday afternoon tweet from Cassandra Orpen's Double O Racing account, one of the dead horses was listed as recent Fair Grounds allowance winner Darkroom (Enticed).

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