The connections of Barbaro, the deceased winner of last year’s Kentucky Derby, were honored Feb. 5 in a resolution adopted by the Pennsylvania state Senate.


The resolution, introduced by four senators, recapitulated the horse’s career and the efforts of Pennsylvania owners Roy and Gretchen Jackson and the veterinary team at New Bolton Center headed by chief of surgery Dean Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, to keep the classic winner alive.


A son of Dynaformer who also won the Florida Derby in addition to three other stakes for trainer Michael Matz, Barbaro was euthanized Jan. 29 as a result of injuries he sustained in last year’s Preakness Stakes and a subsequent bout of laminitis

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