

“It was a living nightmare,” an emotional Miller told reporters at Santa Anita. Like many of the horses let loose, Belvoir Bay was still unaccounted for days after fleeing the flames. Joe Scarnici/Getty Images North America/Getty Images Javier Castellano riding Belvoir Bay across the finish line at Santa Anita Park. READ: World’s richest horse races – the top seven prize pots in racing Out of the 450 horses that were evacuated or released, 46 died. It was mayhem,” the horse’s trainer Peter Miller told BBC World Service at the time. There were hundreds of them and the fires were wild. “That was their only chance of surviving the fire. One of those who set off through the blaze was Belvoir Bay.
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The only option was to set them free to run for their lives. In December 2017, the Lilac wildfire in southern California tore towards the San Luis Rey Training Center, a facility that holds and trains some of the best racehorses in the US.įanned by the wind, the fire spread rapidly and there wasn’t time to evacuate all of the horses. However, her ashes-to-riches story could have been very different. To cap it all, she’s just sold for $1.5 million at auction. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.They say there is a story behind every champion, but not many narratives can compare to the incredible journey taken by this one special horse.įrom escaping the flames and furnace of a wildfire to breaking records at the recent Breeders’ Cup world championships at Santa Anita, Belvoir Bay’s “emotional” tale is the stuff of the movies. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here.

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