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Barbaro Standing After Day Long Surgery (ESPN)
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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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KEYWORDS: barbaro; horse; horseracing; kentuckyderby; poorthing
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To: Wolfstar

This is good to know, too:

" ... Richardson estimated the medical costs would run into the tens of thousands of dollars. The Jacksons, who live just down the road from the front entrance to the clinic, have been major donors to New Bolton.

Gretchen Jackson is on the board of overseers of Penn's school of veterinary medicine. The Scott Equine Sports Medicine Clinic was dedicated June 29, 2002. It is named for Almira and Hardie Scott, Roy Jackson's mother and stepfather.

New Bolton, in the midst of a $60 million expansion and refurbishment, considers its seven-day-a-week, 24-hour critical care service the first of its kind in the nation. There are four hospital wards for 150 horses, with an isolation facility for infectious cases and a climate-controlled neonatal intensive care unit for sick foals. ..."


201 posted on 05/22/2006 7:51:30 AM PDT by Rte66
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To: AnAmericanMother

That's the truth. There wasn't any more that he could have done. It is very hard to stop a horse at the beginning of a race like that. This shows the tremendous strength of the jockeys.


202 posted on 05/22/2006 7:55:36 AM PDT by Lemondropkid31 (Barbaro, please get better!!!!!)
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To: Rte66

New Bolton is a great facility with a long, well-deserved reputation as one of the finest facilities of its kind in the world.


203 posted on 05/22/2006 8:03:19 AM PDT by Wolfstar (So tired of the straight line, and everywhere you turn, There's vultures and thieves at your back...)
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To: RobbyS

I didn't see a reply to your post, so I thought I'd chime in. In theory you are correct about racing older horses. Unfortunately this is a high dollar sport and so the owners, trainers, breeders, etc are looking for a turnaround on their investment ASAP. I only occasionally watch racing now because of how the human greed factor pushes these young athletes.

I own arabian horses, which are more slow to physically mature and do seem to live longer on the average. My last youngster was put under saddle at age 2 years 6 months. He was too mentally and physically active and I was afraid one of us was going to kill the other in frustration. All he learned to do at that point was walk, trot and canter carrying a rider. At that same age most thoroughbreds been under saddle for a year. They're hard at racing and only the strong survive.


204 posted on 05/22/2006 8:10:26 AM PDT by cjshapi
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To: pseudonymforme

Pretty ironic to read a post like ~that~ accusing me of arrogance and condescension. You're a troll.


207 posted on 05/22/2006 8:37:37 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: pseudonymforme; HairOfTheDog
pseudonymforme,

Last night before I posted to you, I took a look at your posting history. It appears all you have ever contributed to this forum is divisiveness. You interject your opinion of a member's post and berate them. It's the reason you've been called a troll before.

If it quacks like a duck, walks like a duck and looks like a duck...it just might be a duck.

209 posted on 05/22/2006 8:42:59 AM PDT by Sally'sConcerns (Please pray for my sister who has a strong chance at having to deal with ovarian cancer.)
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To: pseudonymforme
Knock off the personal attacks!
210 posted on 05/22/2006 8:43:49 AM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: Rte66
Acck! Being where you are, you're lucky you didn't have this guy for a surgeon - remember the doc who used a screwdriver shaft?

I remember that one well!

(shudder)

211 posted on 05/22/2006 8:47:18 AM PDT by Sally'sConcerns (Please pray for my sister who has a strong chance at having to deal with ovarian cancer.)
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To: pseudonymforme
You might want to pay attention.
 
 
To: pseudonymforme
Knock off the personal attacks!
210 posted on 05/22/2006 10:43:49 AM CDT by Admin Moderator

214 posted on 05/22/2006 8:52:45 AM PDT by Sally'sConcerns (Please pray for my sister who has a strong chance at having to deal with ovarian cancer.)
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To: pseudonymforme
A "troll" in the internet world is anyone who someone else takes exception to. It's used so often, under so many circumstances that it has little real meaning anymore.

Actually, we don't use it here at FR unless we're reasonably certain of what we're dealing with.
 
Thank you for bringing that to my attention. I'd have never noticed it otherwise.
 
You forgot your sarcasm tag.

217 posted on 05/22/2006 9:00:47 AM PDT by Sally'sConcerns (Please pray for my sister who has a strong chance at having to deal with ovarian cancer.)
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To: Sally'sConcerns; All
OKAY then... :~D

Recopying this onto a few of the threads so people can see it.

Interesting before and after shots where you can really see it was smashed to pieces, particularly on the front view, [bottom]. The report that follows continues to be hopeful.

AP
Barbaro Shows Progress After Surgery

By RICHARD ROSENBLATT, AP Racing Writer Mon May 22, 9:06 AM ET

KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. - Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro is making progress from surgery on his broken leg, even showing an interest in mares, but the colt still faces a long and perilous road to recovery, his surgeon said Monday.

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Dr. Dean Richardson, who performed the intricate five-hour operation, was satisfied with the result, but blunt about the future for a horse who put together an unbeaten record until he broke down in the Preakness Stakes.

Richardson, who operated on Barbaro at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center for Large Animals on Sunday, said the horse's chances for survival were still 50-50. He said Barbaro was showing positive signs and "acting much more like a 3-year-old colt should act."

Barbaro was trying to bite in his stall and even showing interest in a group of mares who stopped by to visit.

"There's some mares there, and he's extremely interested in the mares," Richardson told ABC's "Good Morning America."

Nevertheless, he emphasized that the horse had a long road ahead, and would never race again.

"Realistically, it's going to be months before we know if he's going to make it," Richardson told CBS' "The Early Show." "We're salvaging him as a breeding animal."

Barbaro's surgery to repair three bones shattered in his right rear leg at the Preakness went about as well as Richardson and trainer Michael Matz hoped. It wasn't long after surgery when Barbaro began to show signs he might make it after all.

After a dip into a large swimming pool before he was awakened — part of New Bolton's renowned recovery system that minimizes injury risk — Barbaro was brought back to his stall, where he should have been calmly rested on all four legs.

Barbaro had other ideas.

"He decided to jump up and down a few times," Richardson said, smiling. "But he didn't hurt anything. That's the only thing that really matters. It had Michael worried."

That's not much to worry about after the agony of the previous 24 hours. Barbaro sustained "life-threatening injuries" Saturday when he broke bones above and below his right rear ankle at the start of the Preakness Stakes.

His surgery began around 1 p.m., but it wasn't until about eight hours later that Richardson and Matz emerged for a news briefing.

"I feel much more relieved after I saw him walk to the stall then when I was loading him in the ambulance to come up here, that's for darn sure," Matz said. "Nobody knew. It was an unknown area going in. I feel much more confident now. At least I feel he has a chance. Last night, I didn't know what was going to go on."

Unbeaten and a serious Triple Crown threat, Barbaro broke down Saturday only a few hundred yards into the 1 3-16th-mile Preakness. The record crowd of 118,402 watched in shock as Barbaro veered sideways, his right leg flaring out grotesquely. Jockey Edgar Prado pulled the powerful colt to a halt, jumped off and awaited medical assistance.

Barbaro sustained a broken cannon bone above the ankle, a broken sesamoid bone behind the ankle and a broken long pastern bone below the ankle. The fetlock joint — the ankle — was dislocated.

Richardson said the pastern bone was shattered in "20-plus pieces."

The bones were put in place to fuse the joint by inserting a plate and 23 screws to repair damage so severe that most horses would not be able to survive it.

Horses are often euthanized after serious leg injuries because circulation problems and deadly disease can arise if they are unable to distribute weight on all fours.

Richardson said he expects Barbaro to remain at the center for several weeks, but "it wouldn't surprise me if he's here much longer than that."

Tucked away on a sprawling, lush 650-acre campus in Chester County, the New Bolton Center is widely considered the top hospital for horses in the mid-Atlantic region. The center is renowned for its specialized care, especially on animals needing complicated surgery on bone injuries.

Roses, other assorted flowers and cards from fans and admirers expressing well wishes were delivered to the center and displayed in the lobby. One sign said "Be Well Barbaro." Two apples and five carrots, some of a horse's favorite snacks, lay next to the flowers.

"I feel at least better that we've made every effort to save his life," Matz said. "At least he has the chance now to have a career as a stallion."

Barbaro's injury came a year after Afleet Alex's brush with catastrophe at the Preakness. Turning for home, the horse was bumped by another and nearly knocked to his knees before gathering himself and going on to win.

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AP Sports Writer Dan Gelston contributed to this report.

Source: Barbaro Shows Progress After Surgery - Yahoo! News


218 posted on 05/22/2006 9:23:07 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: beyond the sea

Not 100% on this but I suspect some screws may be removed and a few may remain.. I know a couple folks who have had them left in after surgery, a lot of it may depend on their palcement and potential to re-aggravate the affected area.

His galloping days are over, but ya never know, he is young yet and may heal well enough that he may be able to lope around. He and the jockey did a good job of stopping when the injury occurred, this could have been worse were a rupture of skin or vessel to have happened..


219 posted on 05/22/2006 9:45:02 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - "The Road to Peace in the Middle East runs thru Damascus.")
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