Four Thoroughbred racehorses were killed by lightning in Jasper, Ga., Monday, July 26.

Two geldings and two pregnant mares were found dead in their field located on the 66-acre farm owned by James and Irma Green. The horses were valued at more than $100,000 the Greens told WSBTV Channel 2, but the Greens did not have insurance.

It is believed that the lightning hit a drainage pipe in the pond, which runs underneath the dam where the horses were standing.

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