A barn fire at a training center in Henderson, Ky. early Friday morning left 22 horses, mostly Thoroughbreds, dead, according to an Associated Press story in The Gleaner. Fire officials estimated a $500,000 loss, but that number was expected to rise.

The fire swept through a barn at Cross International, a boarding and training facility on the backside of what used to be the Riverside Downs race track

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