Triple Crown hopeful Barbaro loses... Seriously injured during race

http://www.preakness.com/ ^

[HairOfTheDog]

Post Position	Silks	Horse Name	Trainer	Jockey	Morning Line
1	(NA)	LIKE NOW (Picture NA)	Kiaran McLaughlin	Garrett Gomez	19-1
2		PLATINUM COUPLE	Joseph Lostritto	Jose Espinoza	28-1
3		HEMINGWAY'S KEY	Nick Zito	Jeremy Rose	30-1
4		GREELEY'S LEGACY	George Weaver	Richard Migliore	38-1
5		BROTHER DEREK	Dan Hendricks	Alex Solis	7-2
6		BARBARO	Michael Matz	Edgar Prado	1-2
7		SWEETNORTHERNSAINT	Michael Trombetta	Kent Desormeaux	6-1
8		BERNARDINI	Thomas Albertrani	Javier Castellano	17-1
9		DIABOLICAL	Steve Klesaris	Ramon Dominguez	24-1

[marajade]

I saw Dreamer the movie with Kurt Russell last night. I really do pray the horse is okay.

[AnAmericanMother]

I remember a year at the Atlanta Steeplechase when they had THREE horses euthanized in a day. Right there on the course.

If you think T'bred flat racing is bad for injuries, steeplechasing will make your blood run cold.

[grellis]

Still on the market, still looking at Ovid/Elsie. Still getting calls/email from the Shinkle even though I resigned, what...three stinking months ago??!

Was that a tragic race or what? I hope Barbaro makes it, but I don't think he will. Just damn.

[Lemondropkid31]

Really? I didn't know that. It must not have been too bad because he raced in other races after the Belmont, including the famous match with Seabuscuit.

[Lemondropkid31]

I saw that movie. It was awsome! I will buy it eventually.

[apackof2]

It made me sick, I hope he makes it too but it certainly doesn't look good at this point

So just praying that he does

[AnAmericanMother]

It wasn't a career-ending injury, but IIRC he missed most or all of the racing season after the Belmont and was only brought back as a 4 year old.

My mare has War Admiral in her pedigree (the speed didn't come down to her though. She is S-L-O-W. I wouldn't enter her in a race with snails.)

[pies]

I googled Bolten Center, where they're treating the horse....they have a web site with an interesting publication about equine fractures and treatment.

[HairOfTheDog]

Steeplechase is too 'extreme sport' for me... I can't watch the carnage on a normal day.

[jaime1959]

Great movie; watched it with my two girls. Hope Barbaro has such a happy ending.

[devane617]

I mentioned in an earlier post that I had tears when I saw him break. What a beautiful animal doing what he loves.

[Lemondropkid31]

LOL well, I guess even having the best pedigree in the world doesnt always help, either.

[carton253]

That was Lendl's excuse.

I just want more Triple Crown winners. This once every thirty years is unsatisfying... :)

[Fairview]

To some extent it's true that the horse who is worth a lot of money is more likely to be saved than a horse that isn't--a gelding, for instance. It's worth the investment of many, many thousands of dollars of vet care and subsequent post-op care.

[HairOfTheDog]

I'm merely observing that if safety were paramount, the horse would have been scratched.

Maybe you're right. I'm not sure this injury came from that. But maybe it somehow did. If safety were paramount none of them would ever run, but we share the goal of making it as safe as possible and still be sport.

[carton253]

That's okay... it's hard to tell the tone of anything from a typed sentence. And the way it sounded in my head was obviously not the way it came off on the thread.

[Lemondropkid31]

Very good horses have a better chance of getting saved than bad horses. It doesn't even matter whether the owner has a lot of money or not. a low level claimer is definitely NOT going to get the same treatment as a stakes horse. When I lived in New York, my rommate picked up a horse from a trainer that was going to euthanize it. All it had was a low bow, and it wasn't all that bad. But the horse was not going to be making money so the owner wanted it put down. The trainer just gave him to us.

[IrishRainy]

Don't those leftist priests just bug the heck out of you? It's all I can do not to walk out when they start with their "love the terrorists" mantra. Grrrr...

[AnAmericanMother]

Too early to tell. He may surprise us all. If they can keep him calm coming out of the anesthesia, that's half the battle. Rehab's the other half.

Just keep praying, that's the best thing we can do at this point. Especially for relatively unimpaired circulation in the lower leg.

St. Martin of Tours, St. Anthony of Padua, will you please pray for this colt?

[carton253]

Good thing that horse had you. My cats were strays and abandoned. I chose them because no one wanted them. Don't regret those choices at all. And soon, they will be moving to Tel Aviv while I attend Grad School. From the shelters to Israel... they live quite the life.

Good for you for rescuing your horse. I admire you!