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R.I.P. Barbaro
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ArpeggioAngel
Around Here Somewhere....
I just read about it as well. I have been a huge horse racing fan since I was a child. I have been following the articles about his progress ever since the Preakness last year. I was watching it live when it happened and was quite surprised they didn't euthanize him immediately.
They really did an amazing job trying to help him recover. I am really sorry that it didn't work out for him, but I am sure he is happily galloping over the rainbow bridge right now. He was an amazing horse with a huge heart and will be remembered by racing fans everywhere.
They really did an amazing job trying to help him recover. I am really sorry that it didn't work out for him, but I am sure he is happily galloping over the rainbow bridge right now. He was an amazing horse with a huge heart and will be remembered by racing fans everywhere.
PnyKlr
World's Tallest Midget
I didn't know he had died! I just heard on the news this morning that he had pins in his leg, but wasn't putting any weight on it. This could result in the other leg bones breaking. I wonder if I missed the rest of it by leaving the news. Was he euthanized before 6:00 central this morning?
Weebonilass
New member
I haven't been a big fan of racing since I watched Ruffian break her leg in that match race with Foolish Pleasure. I didn't see him break his leg in the Preakness, but watching it on the nightly news brought rushing back all those feelings I had when she had her accident.
I've been pulling for him, I'm so sorry after all the time and effort, it just wasn't to be. My hat's off to his owners for giving him his chance and accepting that it just wasn't going to happen.
Life will be much easier for him now that he can once again be racing across those greener pastures.
I've been pulling for him, I'm so sorry after all the time and effort, it just wasn't to be. My hat's off to his owners for giving him his chance and accepting that it just wasn't going to happen.
Life will be much easier for him now that he can once again be racing across those greener pastures.
Nanci
Alien Lover
http://tinyurl.com/36a2p2
Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was euthanized Monday after complications from his gruesome breakdown at last year's Preakness, ending an eight-month ordeal that prompted an outpouring of support across the country.
"We just reached a point where it was going to be difficult for him to go on without pain," co-owner Roy Jackson said. "It was the right decision, it was the right thing to do. We said all along if there was a situation where it would become more difficult for him then it would be time."
A series of ailments, including laminitis in the left rear hoof and a recent abscess in the right rear hoof, proved too much for the gallant colt.
Barbaro battled in his ICU stall for eight months. The 4-year-old colt underwent several procedures and was fitted with fiberglass casts. He spent time in a sling to ease pressure on his legs, had pins inserted and was fitted at the end with an external brace. These were all extraordinary measures for a horse with such injuries.
Roy and Gretchen Jackson were with Barbaro on Monday morning, with the owners making the decision in consultation with chief surgeon Dr. Dean Richardson.
"I would say thank you for everything, and all your thoughts and prayers over the last eight months or so," Jackson said to Barbaro's fans.
On May 20, Barbaro was rushed to the New Bolton Center, about 30 miles from Philadelphia in Kennett Square, hours after shattering his right hind leg just a few strides into the Preakness Stakes. The bay colt underwent a five-hour operation that fused two joints, recovering from an injury most horses never survive. But Barbaro never regained his natural gait.
He suffered a significant setback over the weekend, and surgery was required to insert two steel pins in a bone - one of three shattered in the Preakness but now healthy - to eliminate all weight bearing on the ailing right rear foot.
The procedure Saturday was a risky one, because it transferred more weight to the leg while the foot rests on the ground bearing no weight.
Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was euthanized Monday after complications from his gruesome breakdown at last year's Preakness, ending an eight-month ordeal that prompted an outpouring of support across the country.
"We just reached a point where it was going to be difficult for him to go on without pain," co-owner Roy Jackson said. "It was the right decision, it was the right thing to do. We said all along if there was a situation where it would become more difficult for him then it would be time."
A series of ailments, including laminitis in the left rear hoof and a recent abscess in the right rear hoof, proved too much for the gallant colt.
Barbaro battled in his ICU stall for eight months. The 4-year-old colt underwent several procedures and was fitted with fiberglass casts. He spent time in a sling to ease pressure on his legs, had pins inserted and was fitted at the end with an external brace. These were all extraordinary measures for a horse with such injuries.
Roy and Gretchen Jackson were with Barbaro on Monday morning, with the owners making the decision in consultation with chief surgeon Dr. Dean Richardson.
"I would say thank you for everything, and all your thoughts and prayers over the last eight months or so," Jackson said to Barbaro's fans.
On May 20, Barbaro was rushed to the New Bolton Center, about 30 miles from Philadelphia in Kennett Square, hours after shattering his right hind leg just a few strides into the Preakness Stakes. The bay colt underwent a five-hour operation that fused two joints, recovering from an injury most horses never survive. But Barbaro never regained his natural gait.
He suffered a significant setback over the weekend, and surgery was required to insert two steel pins in a bone - one of three shattered in the Preakness but now healthy - to eliminate all weight bearing on the ailing right rear foot.
The procedure Saturday was a risky one, because it transferred more weight to the leg while the foot rests on the ground bearing no weight.
Weebonilass
New member
Nanci said:
Not necessarily, Nanci. Recovering from a broken bone is not uncommon now days, and so the hoof issues that followed are not uncommon. I've known several to survive quite well when they had near the care he had. But have to say it always seemed that the good news for him was always followed by even more bad news
Nanci
Alien Lover
Did you see him, though, in the last days, when things were looking up? He was _never_ going to be able to just be turned out again. He'd have to be hand-walked forever. It was sad. I think even had they been able to keep him on his feet, what kind of life could he have had, really?
Nanci
Nanci
snakemom1961
Spring is here!
Have followed his recovery from the day he broke his leg, and had just read yesterday about the external brace.
Is a sad day for the horse world. He seemed like such a trooper this whole time.
RIP Barbaro!
Is a sad day for the horse world. He seemed like such a trooper this whole time.
RIP Barbaro!
Nanci said:
I think my answer to that is going to be colored by the fact that I grew up with very aged breeding horses, and some horses which were crippled by accidents.
One stallion slipped on the ice at the age of 23, breaking his jaw. He had to be hand fed gruel three times a day and could not be turned out for two months due to ice since we were afraid he would fall again. (He was hand walked daily after that. If you didn't hand walk him, even years later, he would refuse to eat.)
Another stallion had emergency colic surgery (which was later determined to have been unnecessary) at 21 and because of the stitches going from stem to stern, needed to be hand walked on green grass every day. They were trained stallions, more used to being around people than they were around other horses.
Two other horses we bred broke their legs. One was a yearling who fractured her stifle in a pasture accident. She never walked on four legs again, but hopped her way around the farm. She was later donated to the local Veterinary Hospital to serve as a teaching aide for vet students who had never handled horses. She lived on three legs for I think 12 years before she was euthanized. (Laminitis started her downward spiral.) The other horse with a fractured leg chipped the tip of his front elbow off. After the osteopathic surgeon had a chance to attend the necropsy of the first mare, he modified his surgical techniques. That stallion, although stunted in growth, is still producing foals and has many state championships to his name. (Lest it sound like the farm was populated with cripples, this was over a period of twenty five years. There must have been over two hundred horses which passed through or lived at the farm.)
It is absolutely true that this type of a life is NOT appropriate for the majority of horses. But can I imagine a horse living out his days this way, being cared for moment by moment by dedicated owners and never being turned out? Yes. Do I think that Barbaro showed the requisite calm and accepting temperament to live out a life like this? Yes. Would I take care of one of my horses in this way? No. Because I have neither the time nor the resources.
As I said, my response is probably colored by my somewhat odd experiences.
Still sad to be talking about a hypothetical quality of life.
SaulsMom
Nanci
Alien Lover
He would have had a lot of years to live out like that, 20 or more, not like an elderly horse.
But what can I say, I have a 12 year old pigeon with one paralyzed leg (the other is gone) who no longer flies who will probably live another ten years, I hope and pray every night!! This means I can never go on vacation without him, can never leave him to be babysat longer than one or two nights, can never leave the country, because I can't take him with, and he is still worth every second of his remaining life, to me.
Nanci
But what can I say, I have a 12 year old pigeon with one paralyzed leg (the other is gone) who no longer flies who will probably live another ten years, I hope and pray every night!! This means I can never go on vacation without him, can never leave him to be babysat longer than one or two nights, can never leave the country, because I can't take him with, and he is still worth every second of his remaining life, to me.
Nanci
Mrs InsaneOne
I See Snakes...
Such a tragic loss. Barbaro was a spectacular animal. I recall clearly the day I read about his accident and the subsequent surgeries and that, but I didn't follow the story all that closely. It's sad that he suffered so much, seemed to be recovering and then took a bad turn like that. The owners did what they could for him, I'm sure.
He'll definately not be forgotten.
Jenn
He'll definately not be forgotten.
Jenn