CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The barn and indoor arena at Locust Run Stables collapsed under the weight of layered ice and snow last week, leaving the longtime Oak Plains Road facility without stalls for their horses during one of the coldest stretches of winter.
The collapse happened around 1 p.m. Jan. 26 at Locust Run Stables, 1100 Oak Plains Road. Owner Rebecca said the barn suffered a “catastrophic structural failure.”
Brown said she had already taken their 10 horses out for the day, and no one was in the barn when it collapsed, so no horses or people were injured. She said this was the first time they had ever sustained this level of weather-related damage.
Caring for horses without stalls
The collapse created immediate challenges for caring for horses, including the loss of hay stored inside the barn. “Our hay is trapped under the building,” she said.
Without access to stalls, Brown said caring for the horses requires significantly more work in cold conditions. The horses are being kept on site and rotated during feeding times, blanketed and moved into outdoor shelters as needed. “They require a lot more care whenever it’s this cold,” she said…