Pennsylvania Governor to Visit Barbaro Thursday
Gov. Ed Rendell will visit the colt around 10 a.m. Thursday.
MEDICAL UPDATE: Doctors remain pleased with Barbaro's progress.
HIS DAY: Barbaro continued his daily routine of resting, occasionally being scratched and receiving visits from doctors.
QUOTE: "He's happy to have people come to visit him. He's happy to have some attention," said Gail Luciani, spokeswoman for the University of Pennsylvania's veterinary school.
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Barbaro to be Featured in Belmont Telecast
by Esther Marr
Last Updated: 6/7/2006 3:42:19 PM
Coverage of the Belmont Stakes on ESPN networks and ABC Sports June 8-10 will include more footage than ever before of the details surrounding a horse that will not be present for the third leg of the Triple Crown.
Barbaro, winner of the May 6 Kentucky Derby, who was seriously injured during the running of the May 20 Preakness Stakes, has been a top news subject ever since.
"Barbaro is still the biggest story right now--the public is hungry to hear about that," said Dave Miller, coordinating producer of ESPN/ABC during a Belmont related conference call June 7.
The Belmont returns to ABC for the first time since 2000, and its two-hour coverage is longer than any previous Triple Crown race featured on a major network.
Details of the Barbaro's surgery, recovery updates, and medical advancements from which he has benefited will be discussed during segments of ESPN's eight-hour coverage over the three-day period. ABC will focus on the colt at the beginning of its segment, which will air from 5 to 7 p.m. on Belmont Day June 10.
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"What we've seen over the last few weeks with the interest in Barbaro shows true commitment to the sport of horse racing," said retired Hall of Famer jockey Jerry Bailey, who will serve as an analyst during the networks' coverage.
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>>>B's a rock star!
A little horse talk the past few days (posts above) ...
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Barbaro gets visitor bearing gift for New Bolton Center
Kentucky Derby hero BARBARO continued on the road to recovery Thursday, pleasing veterinarians at the George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals with his progress.
The dark bay sophomore was feeling frisky and even showing interest in some mares who were also at the hospital, his medical team reported.
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Barbaro received a special visitor on Thursday, with Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell stopping by to give the colt his well wishes.
"I visited Barbaro today, and I can tell you he is in the best hands here," Rendell said. "The New Bolton Center provides round-the-clock care and world-class facilities."
Rendell also brought a gift for the New Bolton Center's George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals. He personally presented a check for $13.5 million to Jim Riepe, president of the University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees, to be used toward the completion of new medical facilities at the Center.
"This money is an investment in Pennsylvania's ability to treat animals from across the country, and to provide top-notch educational opportunities so Pennsylvania's veterinary students will have the chance to become the best and compete in the global marketplace," Rendell explained.
The gift will help construct, among other things, a new isolation building with added biosecurity for the treatment of infectious diseases. Also, a colic barn, specializing in the treatment of horses with a variety of high-risk abdominal conditions, and a chemical digestion facility, to house new technology offering a safe and efficient means to dispose of infectious waste, will be built.
"We are so grateful for the funding of new hospital facilities because it shows the support the people of the Commonwealth have for Penn's New Bolton Center," said Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania. "The dedicated staff at New Bolton and at the Penn School of Veterinary Medicine, led by Dean Joan Hendricks, make a substantial contribution to animal welfare and the farming industry in Pennsylvania, and this generous grant will enable us to do even more."
"We offer the finest in 21st-century veterinary care to our patients," Hendricks said. "However, we are delivering those services in 20th-century facilities, which makes this generous gift most welcome."
This gift marks the first time public money has been used to improve the New Bolton Center, and the first major expansion since it was founded in 1964.
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>>>>What an outstanding "gift" Barbaro has brought to New Bolton Center. First major expansion in 42 years! It may not be the biggest news of this June 8th, but it still gives me goosebumps.