Day to day, for six straight days now, the reports on Barbaro have been good.
Good vitals, good attitude, stable.


Dean Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, Chief of Surgery, is looking way beyond those daily updates, however.


“His condition is not likely to change really fast any time soon,” said Richardson, the chief surgeon attending the Kentucky Derby winner at the New Bolton Center. “We’re in a marathon at this point.


“The issue is months, not days,” he said Wednesday. “He has a long, long way to go

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