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Barbaro: Importance of Hind Leg in Breeding Explained

Dean W. Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, chief of surgery at the University of

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Dean W. Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, chief of surgery at the University of Pennsylvania‘s New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pa., reported Thursday that Barbaro was in excellent condition. “He looks great and everything is fine,” Richardson said of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner.


 


Barbaro remains in intensive care. He continues to improve daily as he recovers from a shattered hind leg sustained at the Preakness Stakes (gr. I) on May 20.


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