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Horses. Standardbreds. Racehorses. Athletes. Just some of the ways to describe our whole world in the harness racing industry; however, the key word that resonates with horsemen across the world is "family."

A barn fire Thursday at the Tioga Downs racetrack and casino killed at least 24 horses and injured a person trying to save them. New York State Police say the fire was an act of arson.

Horses. Standardbreds. Racehorses. Athletes. Just some of the ways to describe our whole world in the harness racing industry; however, the key word that resonates with horsemen across the world is family. Nichols, New York is a small, isolated town made up of one single gas station, one main road, and corn fields that stretch

State Police say the suspect intentionally set the fire, which killed over two-dozen horses.

A barn fire at the Tioga Downs Casino Resort complex killed more than two-dozen racehorses during the early morning hours of Nov. 9.

On Saturday, Nov. 11, Northville Downs will be honouring the horses lost and the horsemen and women who lost everything in the tragic barn fire Thursday, Nov. 9 at Tioga Downs. 

With the arrest of and charges levied aginst the arsonist who intentionally set fire to Barn F at Tioga Downs, resulting in the death of the 30 horses stabled within, the process of grieving for them and the recovery of those who cared for them begins.

One person sustained second-degree burns trying to save the trapped horses, police said.

A 32-year-old man has been arrested after intentionally setting a barn fire that resulted in the death of over two dozen racehorses at Tioga Downs, a casino…

Nichols, NY - With the arrest of and charges levied against the arsonist who intentionally set fire to Barn F at Tioga Downs resulting in the death of the 30 harness racing horses stabled within, the process of grieving for them and the recovery of those who cared for them begins. Those stables who lost horses,