Horse Wounded In Lexington

A horse suffered a nearly shattered jaw bone when it was struck by a bullet near the Jessamine-Fayette County border off Tates Creek Road in Lexington, WKYT, the CBS television affiliate in the city reported.

A surgeon caring for the horse told the station that the shooting happened in the early morning hours of Feb. 3 when she was informed there was a horse with blood around its face.

“If the bullet had been, say, four inches higher she would not be alive at this time,” Dr. Liz Barrett told WKYT. “So it basically entered through the front of her nose and came out the back just behind her jaw.”

The horse is now under the care of Barrett and other equine veterinarians at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute.

The shooting is the second in the same area, as another horse was shot and killed at Springhouse Farm in 2018.

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