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Barbaro In Surgery
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12903163/ ^ | 05/21/2006 | WCAU TV

Posted on 05/21/2006 1:23:17 PM PDT by SHOOT THE MOON bat

Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was in surgery Sunday fighting for his life a day after breaking his ankle at the Preakness, and the colt's surgeon said he's never worked on so many catastrophic injuries to one horse. Dr. Dean Richardson was operating at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center for Large Animals and said the procedure could take several hours.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: barbaro; horseracing; preakness
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To: HairOfTheDog

I agree. And if it wasn't working out, they would have stopped it, I think. It must, at least for now, be working.


21 posted on 05/21/2006 4:19:54 PM PDT by Lemondropkid31 (Barbaro, please get better!!!!!)
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To: squarebarb
There's quite a few photos here...

Yahoo! News Search Results for barbaro
And on the right hand side there are video links that may show the race and the injury. It was truly painful to watch him trying to run on three legs, and occasionally being forced to step on a leg that was breaking.

Probably the most ~shudder~ inducing photo is this one I saw on a horse shoeing forum.
The Farrier & Hoofcare Resource Center Forums (formerly the Bulletin Boards) - Preakness

22 posted on 05/21/2006 4:29:00 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Lemondropkid31

I really do pray that horse makes it okay.


23 posted on 05/21/2006 5:20:22 PM PDT by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: HairOfTheDog

Dear Lord....

Beyond the suffering of the horse, I'm sure the jockey is beside himself as well....


24 posted on 05/21/2006 5:21:56 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq - Woohoo!! I'm on A List!!! yay!!!!)
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To: MikefromOhio

Everyone says Prado did a great job under terrible circumstances. If there is any hope in the time ahead, he will have played a role in it.

Now I'm trying to hope.


26 posted on 05/21/2006 5:30:30 PM PDT by romanesq (.)
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To: romanesq

yeah....me too...

I had the video up and my wife couldn't watch it....


27 posted on 05/21/2006 5:31:15 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq - Woohoo!! I'm on A List!!! yay!!!!)
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To: Arkham Asylum

You think there are considerations outside of the owner. A dominant Kentucky Derby winner who goes down this way shouldn't be given this consideration if the owner wants to try?

Who is the "they" here?


28 posted on 05/21/2006 5:32:46 PM PDT by romanesq (.)
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To: MikefromOhio

He was... did you see the pictures of him? There's a picture of him bent over... saddle thrown on the ground in a heap. Broke my heart.


29 posted on 05/21/2006 5:35:32 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Arkham Asylum

No horse is more loved than mine, but I couldn't afford these efforts for my own horse either. This surgery will cost into the tens of thousands. It's a consideration. Not sure what your point is.


30 posted on 05/21/2006 5:37:13 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

I hadn't yet.

I mean, my stomach went into a knot watching it and I've never met the horse.....


31 posted on 05/21/2006 5:37:23 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq - Woohoo!! I'm on A List!!! yay!!!!)
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To: MikefromOhio

This isn't exactly the same moment I saw where he was bent over... but it's poignant.


32 posted on 05/21/2006 5:59:38 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

yeah....

ouch....


33 posted on 05/21/2006 6:00:42 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq - Woohoo!! I'm on A List!!! yay!!!!)
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To: HairOfTheDog; MikefromOhio


34 posted on 05/21/2006 6:05:47 PM PDT by ecurbh (Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: SHOOT THE MOON bat

 

This is one magnificent horse. Funny how you don't hear from PETA...

35 posted on 05/21/2006 6:56:50 PM PDT by Fintan (I thought I wasted bandwidth...then "The DaVinci Code" was released.)
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To: SHOOT THE MOON bat
YIPPPEEEEE!!!!

36 posted on 05/21/2006 7:11:51 PM PDT by Rte66
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To: All
"Surgeon: Colt 'practically jogged back to the stall'"

37 posted on 05/21/2006 7:13:28 PM PDT by Rte66
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To: Rte66

You've got to be kidding me? There's room for hope.
Thank you for posting this information!


38 posted on 05/21/2006 7:23:48 PM PDT by romanesq (.)
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To: Richard Kimball

I cry every time they show the tape. That poor thing...I sure hope he makes it. I'm praying for him. I'm not that much into horse racing as a sport, but I've had a love of horses my entire life. They are the most beautiful, graceful and majestic of God's creations.


39 posted on 05/21/2006 7:23:57 PM PDT by leospets807
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To: ecurbh; HairOfTheDog

Very tragic. When I saw Barbaro crow hopping along, I just felt sick. But I have a horse who suffered a really horrible leg injury, should have been put down, but rallied at the last moment (without extraordinary measures), and is now getting fat and sassy on good Florida bahia grass...I hope Barbaro makes it.


40 posted on 05/21/2006 7:27:39 PM PDT by livius
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