Because he continues to improve daily, Barbaro was allowed by his veterinarians to make a special televised appearance during ABC Sports’ coverage of the Belmont Stakes Saturday, June 10.


“He is just fine and he has been enjoying some homegrown carrots and sugar cubes today,” Dr. Corinne Sweeney, of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s New Bolton Center, said Monday. “We are very pleased with his progress.”


Barbaro, winner of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands, is recovering from a shattered hind leg sustained at the Preakness May 20, and remains in intensive care at the medical facility.


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