Jockey Jose Santos will be sidelined indefinitely because of injuries from a three-horse spill at Aqueduct.
Santos sustained spinal injuries, broken ribs and possibly a broken nose in Thursday’s accident. “It was bad, and Jose knew it was
A black and white, 3-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse mare was shot and killed near Helena, Miss., on Jan. 30 in the middle of the afternoon, reported Brad Crocker on gulflive.com (
Barbaro’s death might lead one to think that despite the best veterinary care available, horses with severe leg injuries and/or laminitis are unrecoverable and should be immediately destroyed. But one equine veterinarian says that couldn’t be further
Barbaro’s owners will take their time before determining the final resting place for Kentucky Derby winner who was euthanatized Monday.
It could be the Kentucky Derby Museum, just a few hundred yards from the scene of his greatest triumph i
Greg Burchell doesn’t know if it’ll be days or weeks. For now, he just can’t bear leading any of the 26 horses on his farm into a certain stall inside barn No. 4.
The stall is different from the others because a diamond-shaped opening allow
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced today (Feb. 1) that it will lead a national fundraising program, the NTRA Charities Barbaro Memorial Fund, to raise awareness and money for equine health and safety research in the name of
Barbaro did the Derby walk like he did every other walk, in his own world, nothing bothering him, just strolling to do a job, ready for what lay ahead. This is how he handled everything in his career. Turf, slop, dirt? No problem. Kentucky Derby; 150,000 fans; mile and a quarter? Let me at it.
During a Jan. 30 appearance on “Larry King Live,” owner Roy Jackson said a decision has not been reached concerning Barbaro’s burial.
“We just wanted to give some thought as to where the most appropriate place would be,” he said. “We
“There have been an awful lot of positives,” co-owner Roy Jackson said at a news conference Monday (Jan. 29), just hours after Barbaro was euthanatized after a series of ailments, including laminitis in three feet.
“Veterinary medicine
A team of veterinarians exhumed the body of a horse that died on the set of the Bollywood (term for the Indian film industry, based in Bombay) film “Drona,” The
Barbaro prepared for the biggest races of his career at the Fair Hill Training Center in Elkton, Md., munching on buttercups and frolicking in plush fields under the watchful eye of trainer Michael Matz.
So when news of his death Monday
A Florida track is honoring Barbaro by establishing a scholarship in his name.
Officials say the award will be worth at least $20,000 and will go to high school students planning to study veterinary medicine at the University of Florida.
Officials of the Kentucky Derby Museum at Churchill Downs say they’d be honored if Barbaro were buried in a garden along with four other Derby winners.
The horse’s final resting place could be just a few hundred yards from the scene of
A world apart from New Bolton Center in Pennsylvania sits a group of equine practitioners for a continuing education meeting in Baja, Mexico. Even here, several time zones and hundreds of miles away, Barbaro has been on everyone’s minds. Then
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
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
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