Despite the nine massive wildfires that have charred nearly 500,000 acres and continue to burn in Southern California, only one Thoroughbred farm was reported to have suffered any damage, and it was considered minor, according to Dawn Gerber of the California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association.

At Golden Eagle Farm in Ramona, which is closest to the state’s largest blaze, the Cedar fire in San Diego County, only an adjacent property in the western area of Ramona was ever seriously threatened and suffered only minor damage. Gerber said a Golden Eagle official communicated to her that all horses on the property were evacuated safely to the main Golden Eagle farm site and only some small buildings burned