Five Thoroughbred fillies scheduled to be sold at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale were killed Aug. 7 when a fire believed caused by lightning destroyed a barn at Oscar Penn Jr.’s Penn Farm near Lexington, Ky.

Farm manager Sam Penn said the fillies were not insured and had total value of between $150,000-$175,000. Two of the fillies were sired by The Deputy, one by Wolf Power, one by Unaccounted For and one by Down the Aisle. He said the Wolf Power filly was a half-sister to a recent grade III winner in Japan and was the most prominent of the five. He said all of the fillies were either owned by the farm or were part of foal-share arrangements with other breeders, who had been notified of the fire