"The horse's tremendous athletic ability, to pull up," he said. "Look at that tape, and the horse literally galloped on three legs for a few strides. He didn't drive his bad leg into the ground hard. That saved his life."
Many thanks for this post.
The jockey did a masterful job pulling up on Barbaro. And then Barbaro literally saved his own life by stopping on three legs. Amazing. What a team!
Since that time the surgeons, et al., at Bolton Center have given him the best shot possible. Read somewhere that Barbaro appears to have a good understanding of what's going on. Which has made him a really good patient.
The dear boy just might make it. I hope so for many reasons. Not the least of which is that other horses might easily end up benefitting from what they've learned treating Barbaro. I certainly hope so.
Wish we had more of them.
Thank you very, very much for this article.
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