Posted on 05/21/2006 7:03:50 PM PDT by Paul8148
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. -- Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro came out of a day-long surgery Sunday to repair three broken bones in his right rear leg and "practically jogged back to the stall," the colt's surgeon said.
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Thanks!! We had a mysterious power outage in half the town last night, so I didn't get to get on the internet. I had to wait until I got to work to find out how Barbaro was doing. This is great news! But be cautious, because he isn't out of the woods yet. I saw on tv the after x-rays. He has 23 or 24 screws in his leg. His ankle had broken into 20 peices. There are so many screws you can't even see a bone. But at least they were able to fix it. Now here is praying for no infection.
Horses, then, ought not to be raced until they are five. But since younger horses have faster times, Is it that older horses just don't like to run?
IAC, I am reminded of Little League pitchers who have thrown out their arms by the time they are fourteen, and young quarterbacks the same age who have bunged up knees. That happens a lot. A physical trainer I once knew told me that no youngster should have to do really stressful sports until he/she has completed 90% of his/.her growth. Yet such are the demands of sports mad parenents/coaches that fast developing kids are pushed to the limit and because of their success, then push themselves beyond them.
That's the plan. Their plan is to permanently fuse the ankle. It's the only way to get it stable enough. He will probably walk with a little hitch in his getalong, but hopefully it will heal quickly and strong this way.
Thank you again, you've been GREAT on all these Barbaro threads. You must have a kind heart.
I wondered what happened to you!
LOL yea :o). I looked in our paper and nothing is said about why we lost electricity. Oh well. Mabe it was a rolling brownout. Or somebody hit a pole. Half the town was black.
You're welcome :~D
Great news this morning...it was a heartbreaking race to watch. Nice to have a big silver lining. I know he's got a long ways to go before he's out of the woods, but his chances sure look a lot better than they did Saturday evening.
They really do look hopeful! ~crosses fingers~
Thank you for getting these pictures, Wolfstar. It is really nice to be able to see him AND see the smiling faces of Dr Richardson and Trainer Matz. I believe that all the prayers that this horse and the doctors got made all the difference in the world (plus the expertise of the doc doesn't hurt either LOL).
Good grief, what is wrong with you? She didn't command anything. If it wasn't for her we may not even HAVE these threads! Your post has GOT to be a joke, right? Tell me it is a joke.
Doc Richardson said this morning that Barbaro is acting feisty, biting people - just like a normal 3-year-old colt *should* act.
And best of all, he said the facility where Barbaro is being kept is full of mares - and B is "showing great interest" in them. LOL!
How fast can you run? (j/k)
If anyone tries to blame what happened on Edgar Prado or Micheal Matz, I feel like I will go ballistic. If I had race horses, these are the two guys I would want taking car of them.
Fantastic. I've been looking for an update this morning. Thanks.
No doubt. There was not even a hint of abuse or neglect. I don't know why somebody always has to be blamed. Even the vets said the breaks were all during the race and nothing else had anything to do with it.
I watched the tape over a couple of times, and Prado's superb balance and control kept Barbaro on his feet and most of his weight off that leg.
And for him to be able to do that from essentially a perch on the horse's back with no leg contact to speak of is amazing.
If anything had been wrong before the race or after the false start, a man this sensitive to what's going on would have detected it. And he's said the horse was perfectly all right until he broke down.
Solved the photo darkness problem, too - found a much lighter photo this morning here where I could see the raft and all the equipment clearly:
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/nation/14639958.htm
Here's more of a description, from that same story:
" ... As with other horses going into surgery at the New Bolton Center for Large Animals early yesterday afternoon, Barbaro was moved on a sling from intensive care, via a monorail, to the surgery table.
After the surgery, with the colt still in the sling, the monorail took him to a pool - "a fairly unique system," Richardson said.
The facility's pool recovery system allows horses to awaken from general anesthesia in a raft of sorts in the pool, still in the sling.
Richardson said he could tell he was dealing with an athlete. The horse tried to get out of the sling after being lifted from the pool, which was warmed to 97 degrees. ..."
You're welcome. :)
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