(Edited press release)

The NTRA Charities–Barbaro Memorial Fund will benefit from a painting of Barbaro created on Kentucky Derby Day in the Churchill Downs paddock by Susan Sommer-Luarca. The item is now for sale on eBay.

The artist, who allowed Derby Day patrons to watch as she recreated the colt, arranged for Barbaro’s jockey, Edgar Prado, to sign the portrait, which was donated to the NTRA to be auctioned to aid the Barbaro Memorial Fund.

The current highest bid for the 5′ by 4′ tonal acrylic on canvas, which went up for auction May 22, is $7,300 with eight days left before the listing ends. The starting bid was $5,000