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
It was, by all accounts, a peaceful ending to what had sometimes been an epic struggle to keep the horse that America held on to as its own comfortable, happy, and on track to a normal, if not celebrity, equine life.
Dean Richardson,
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,
A long-running controversy over toe grabs before the California Horse Racing Board could turn into a referendum on trainer authority.
Responding to some conditioner complaints, a majority of the CHRB voted against enforcing a regulation
(from Golden Gate Fields report)
Hall of Fame jockey Russell Baze, all-time leading rider by victories, sustained a cracked rib when he went down at Golden Gate Fields a race prior to the California Derby.
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
On the morning of Jan. 29, Dean W. Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, head of surgery at The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s New Bolton Center, made the somber announcement most everyone had been prepared to hear more than
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
A U.K. woman is mourning her horse and nursing an injured arm after a collision between her mount and a school bus on a road between Rampton and Willingham (north of Cambridge in the eastern part of the U.K.),
Riding For Reading is pleased to announce that the University of Southern California’s Trojan Equestrian Team has signed up to help Riding For Reading. The USC Equestrian Team will help the non-profit literacy organization with its book
Robert L. Evans, Churchill Downs Incorporated president and chief executive officer:
“Churchill Downs Incorporated and the entire Kentucky Derby family are deeply saddened by the passing of Barbaro. Our hearts and prayers are
When horse owners wer
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
“(Equine Week at the Zoo) has become a big promotional event for the Zoo, and a kick-start to our season opening,” says The Zoo in Forest Park education director Alison Summers. The event will celebrate its fourth anniversary April 14-22, 2007,
On Saturday, Jan. 27, Barbaro was taken back to surgery because New Bolton Center veterinarians could not keep him comfortable on his right hind foot. That foot developed a deep subsolar abscess secondary to bruising when he went through a perio
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