Oh, I know, I was kidding and being *snippy* - like "well, who do they think they are, saying our boy is ok?"
I *know* who they are! The lady is Kathy Anderson, who is his primary, isn't it? There's also Corinne Sweeney, who heads up the Center and comments on him all the time in the media. There may be other human ladies, too.
Yea, Kathy is the one who almost literally followed Matz from showjumping to horse racing. I think she got there first though, and had the job at Fair HIll before Matz got there. But when he found out she was there he wanted her attached to his barn.
LOL I know you were teasing LOL, but I figured that I probably should clarify. I forgot about Sweeny. I am not sure about Katy being "primary", but I know she looked after him at Fair Hill.
Update 173: Again, no real update this morning. Given the current situation where Barbaro appears to have been more uncomfortable lately (yesterday anyway) it is harder to get updates. This is not because people are not willing to provide them, but because I don't have the 'energy' to ask them. You can tell just passing Michael Matz's crew this morning that the same spirit of optimism is being tested. I assume there will be something coming from New Bolton concerning yesterday's events at some point, but I am sure they are overwhelmed too. We were warned that Barbaro would have good days, and not so good days. Lets hope we are just experiencing a little of the latter and things improve quickly.
This is from Alex Brown of the Tim Woolley racing site. Hopefully there will be some positive news sometime today. I can't imagine how the barn feels right now.