“Neville was the highest-placed yankee horse at the planet Championships 2 years ago,” said Boyd Martin, the horse’s trainer. however when a fireplace broke out in Neville’s stable, the 12-year-old chestnut thoroughbred horse with a white muzzle was unrecognizable when he turned black from the smoke and ash. “The solely issue you may see was Neville's 2 very little eyes,” Martin said.
The fire happened at night last Memorial Day in a barn which housed 11 horses. “I remember driving out there and there was just this massive yellow glow in the sky," Martin told Rock Center’s Harry Smith in an interview airing Wednesday, May 9.
“I thought to myself, ‘you know, this is real bad and my life's about to change,’” said Martin, who purchased Neville after he graduated from high school in Australia.
Neville was destined for the slaughterhouse but Martin sensed he was a champion-caliber horse. The two placed 1st at the Melbourne CCI in 2006, 1st at the Fairhill CCI in 2009, and placed 4th at Kentucky CCI in 2010.
But disaster loomed at the True Prospect Farm in West Grove, PA. Martin fought his way
