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Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro survived a 7-hour-surgery Sunday fighting for his life after breaking his right rear leg in three places at the Preakness Stakes.
At this moment “he is extremely comfortable in the leg,” said Dr. Dean Richardson. The colt’s surgeon declared he’s never worked on so many catastrophic injuries to one horse.
At the front gate, well-wishers already had tacked up signs: “Thank you, Barbaro,” “Believe in Barbaro” and “We Love you Barbaro.”
Barbaro sustained “life-threatening injuries” after breaking bones above and below his right rear ankle at the start of the Preakness Stakes.
“You do not see this severe injury frequently because the fact is most horses that suffer this typically are put down on the race track,” said Richardson, the chief of surgery for the center. “This is rare.”
Unbeaten and a serious contender for the Triple Crown, Barbaro broke down Saturday only a few hundred yards into the 1 3-16-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.
Richardson outlined Barbaro’s medical problems: 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.
Horses are often euthanized after serious leg injuries because circulation problems and deadly disease can occur if they are unable to distribute weight on all fours.
“It’s an injury associated with the rigors of high performance,” she said. “They were designed as athletes and they are elite athletes, thus they incur injuries associated with performance. The frame sometimes plays a role, absolutely.”
Late Sunday afternoon, surgeons announced that Barbaro’s over seven-hour surgery was completed, and the classic winner was kept in the intensive care unit overnight at the New Bolton Center and standing.
“When we unloaded him, he was placed in intensive care and we stabilized him overnight,” Dallap said. “He was very brave and well behaved under the situation and was comfortable overnight.”
Barbaro was fitted for an inflatable cast by the attending veterinarian, Dr. Nicholas Meittinis, and the colt trained so expertly by trainer Michael Matz was taken to the Bolton Center.
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[…] The colt underwent almost seven hours of surgery. In news releases the surgeon who operated on him declared he’s never worked on so many catastrophic injuries to one horse. […]
Eira Gregard
June 9th, 2006 at 3:59 pm
Dear Sirs!
I was fortunate not to see the race where this lovely horse was so seriously injured! But I heard, that it were problems from the beginning and those things would need to be taken seriously and assessed - as to why certain things happens before a race - was the horse not feeling good or? Yes - very unfortunately the race horses are commodities!
Being a horse person it hurts my soul the way these horses are treated, it is heart breaking! - Horses likes to graze and be happy - I don’t really know one horse, who likes to run!? Do you??? - it is not in a horse nature to run for “his life” and to being pushed to out of “what is not possible” limits.!
Two of my girls are veterinarians and they would not be able to work at the race track. But - I believe that the Vets working there have to put their feelings and emotions on the “side lines” and just do their jobs.
Why would we do all this harm to these beautiful, elegant and most intelligent animals on earth? Something needs to be done in this regard and the training of these horses need to be better supervised for the sake of the horses. I have never lived in a country that is sooooo focused on money and personal interests and lacking so much passion for individuals as USA.
By the way, read about Cavalia and learn from compassion and care.
Sincerely,
Eira Gregard
sorral.star
January 30th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Sadly, he was put down on the morning of January 29th. He is- and always will be- out of danger, now. This reminds me of another great racehorse- Ruffian.
As a response to the above comment- yes, horse-racing is a form of cruelty, and that’s coming from me- a horse person that loves racing. Yet some racehorses are sometimes treated like regular, loved horses- not racehorses that are forced to stand in a box and then let out onto the track to run their hearts out.
It is the sad truth, and I wish it wasn’t like this. May Barbaro rest in peace.
Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro survived a 7-hour-surgery Sunday fighting for his life after breaking his right rear leg in three places at the Preakness Stakes.
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[…] The colt underwent almost seven hours of surgery. In news releases the surgeon who operated on him declared he’s never worked on so many catastrophic injuries to one horse. […]
Eira Gregard
June 9th, 2006 at 3:59 pm
Dear Sirs!
I was fortunate not to see the race where this lovely horse was so seriously injured! But I heard, that it were problems from the beginning and those things would need to be taken seriously and assessed - as to why certain things happens before a race - was the horse not feeling good or? Yes - very unfortunately the race horses are commodities!
Being a horse person it hurts my soul the way these horses are treated, it is heart breaking! - Horses likes to graze and be happy - I don’t really know one horse, who likes to run!? Do you??? - it is not in a horse nature to run for “his life” and to being pushed to out of “what is not possible” limits.!
Two of my girls are veterinarians and they would not be able to work at the race track. But - I believe that the Vets working there have to put their feelings and emotions on the “side lines” and just do their jobs.
Why would we do all this harm to these beautiful, elegant and most intelligent animals on earth? Something needs to be done in this regard and the training of these horses need to be better supervised for the sake of the horses. I have never lived in a country that is sooooo focused on money and personal interests and lacking so much passion for individuals as USA.
By the way, read about Cavalia and learn from compassion and care.
Sincerely,
Eira Gregard
sorral.star
January 30th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Sadly, he was put down on the morning of January 29th. He is- and always will be- out of danger, now. This reminds me of another great racehorse- Ruffian.
As a response to the above comment- yes, horse-racing is a form of cruelty, and that’s coming from me- a horse person that loves racing. Yet some racehorses are sometimes treated like regular, loved horses- not racehorses that are forced to stand in a box and then let out onto the track to run their hearts out.
It is the sad truth, and I wish it wasn’t like this. May Barbaro rest in peace.