For the last eight months, one of Dean Richardson’s first stops on his morning rounds was Barbaro’s ICU stall.
Richardson looked into the colt’s bright eyes, made sure he was comfortable and formed an emotional bond with the Kentucky
Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was euthanatized Monday (Jan. 29) after complications from his injury at the Preakness last May.
“We just reached a point where it was going to be difficult for him to go on without pain,
Barbaro’s fight for survival might have reached a critical point. The Kentucky Derby winner suffered a significant setback over the weekend, and surgery was required to insert two steel pins in a bone–one of three shattered eight months ago in
The doctor who’s treating Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro says last night was “not a great night” for the horse.
Barbaro is once again fighting for survival, and the doctor is warning that another setback could bring a decision to
A chronology of Barbaro’s life, from winning the Kentucky Derby through his Jan. 29 death.
May 6 – Wins Kentucky Derby by 6 1/2 lengths for sixth straight win.
May 20 – Injured at start
Barbaro had a custom-made cast removed and underwent a procedure on his right hind leg Saturday (Jan. 27), the same leg the Kentucky Derby winner shattered eight months ago in the Preakness.
The incident is the first time in weeks the le
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Who was that undressed man?
That’s the question startled hikers, bikers and horseback riders are asking about a jogger seen streaking through an open space preserve in Saratoga, Calif., wearing nothing but sneakers, glasses and a black tam
A zebra was found dead at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle with a broken neck.
The zoo says the animal ran into a fence in a holding area yesterday and died on impact.
The 4-year-old female was one of two zebras that arrived in Seattle
Though months away, excitement already was building for the upcoming big event as the offseason crowd took in the attractions at Churchill Downs–home of the Kentucky Derby.
There was no live horse racing, but there were fancy gowns,
Health officials are warning that a tainted form of heroin may have reached Minnesota.
Health officials suspect that a man treated at a Twin Cities hospital had used heroin cut with a veterinary drug used to treat respiratory problems in
It’s after Christmas but Oklahoma State University’s campus in Oklahoma City is getting a big gift.
Officials yesterday (Jan. 22) announced that a one million dollar gift fulfilling a pledge from John E. Kirkpatrick will go toward building
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The Minnesota Zoo said it won’t repeat its African exhibit that drew huge crowds last summer, citing the exhibit’s high costs and the unexpected deaths of two animals as factors.
Officials had hoped to bring it back, but say that won’t
All the adoration for Barbaro at the Eclipse Awards couldn’t prevent two of his rivals from winning Thoroughbred racing’s biggest honors.
Invasor overwhelmingly defeated the injured Kentucky Derby winner for Horse of the Year, and Barbaro
Barbaro has steadily improved since having surgery on his left hind hoof, although the Kentucky Derby winner has yet to return outside and will be hospital-bound for at least another month.
“He’s bright, happy, eating,” chief surgeon Dean
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