Barbaro In Surgery

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

[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.

[romanesq]

That's exactly what we need to hear right now.

[HairOfTheDog]

Update here, and picture downthread of the hardware that went into this horse's leg.

Barbaro Standing After Day Long Surgery (ESPN)

[livius]

Thank you for the info. I think a lot of it is going to depend on how much heart he has, and it sounds like he has a goodly amount.

[Razz Barry]

Thoroughbreds cannot recuperate well from a leg break. They will smash the casts or, if anesthetized, will not do well when forced to lay down (bad for their internal organs). All in all, it would be unusal for this great horse champion to make it through this. I hope he does...

I guess being so high spirited makes them poor candidates for prosthesis.