Five days after undergoing surgery, Barbaro was in excellent condition, according to a report from the George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center.

“He looks good, everything is fine, and his appetite is particularly good today,” said chief of surgery Dean W. Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, in a statement issued at 11 a.m. (EDT) Friday.

Barbaro fractured his right hind leg above and below the ankle during the May 20 running of the Preakness Stakes (gr. I). The injuries to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands winner were both career-ending and life-threatening.

The latest report about Barbaro’s condition included information about a special three-part, glue-on horseshoe, designed and patented by the Farrier Service at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine, that was applied to the hoof on Barbaro’s injured leg