I'm actually grateful I missed it. Did a search, not much new to report, found an article from the online version of "The Horse"... http://www.thehorse.com/viewarticle.aspx?ID=6966
Here's the article ("Barbaro Taken to New Bolton Center"):
Barbaro, who suffered multiple fractures soon after the start of the Preakness Stakes (gr. I), has been taken to the George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals at the New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Penn. He is expected to undergo surgery.
His injury is career-ending and life-threatening.
The transport from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore to Pennsylvania was shown live on WBAL-TV.
The Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner stumbled and dropped behind the nine-horse Preakness field before being pulled up by jockey Edgar Prado in front of the clubhouse. Barbaro had broken through the gate before the race officially started.
According to Dr. Larry Bramlage, a prominent equine surgeon with the American Association of Equine Practitioners, Barbaro suffered a condylar fracture of the right hind leg. Below the ankle is a comminuted fracture (meaning it is in pieces) of the first phalax and there is a piece off the sesamoid.
At New Bolton, Dr. Dean Richardson will be in charge, according to Bramlage.
Bramlage added that a major factor in the prognosis will be how much the colt's blood supply has been compromised by the injury.
"When he went to the gate, he was feeling super and I felt like he was in the best condition for this race," Prado said. "He actually tried to buck me off a couple of times. He was feeling that good. He just touched the front of the doors of the gate and went right through it.
"During the race, he took a bad step and I can't really tell you what happened. I heard a noise about 100 yards into the race and pulled him right up."
Gretchen Jackson, who bred and campaigned the colt with her husband Roy Jackson under the Lael Stable banner, said she was still in shock. "We didn't expect this. You can expect being beaten," she said. "It looked like a bad fracture. We're hoping that they'll operate on him tomorrow. That's as much as we know."
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How very sad.
agnes!
Here's the article ("Barbaro Taken to New Bolton Center"):
Barbaro, who suffered multiple fractures soon after the start of the Preakness Stakes (gr. I), has been taken to the George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals at the New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Penn. He is expected to undergo surgery.
His injury is career-ending and life-threatening.
The transport from Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore to Pennsylvania was shown live on WBAL-TV.
The Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner stumbled and dropped behind the nine-horse Preakness field before being pulled up by jockey Edgar Prado in front of the clubhouse. Barbaro had broken through the gate before the race officially started.
According to Dr. Larry Bramlage, a prominent equine surgeon with the American Association of Equine Practitioners, Barbaro suffered a condylar fracture of the right hind leg. Below the ankle is a comminuted fracture (meaning it is in pieces) of the first phalax and there is a piece off the sesamoid.
At New Bolton, Dr. Dean Richardson will be in charge, according to Bramlage.
Bramlage added that a major factor in the prognosis will be how much the colt's blood supply has been compromised by the injury.
"When he went to the gate, he was feeling super and I felt like he was in the best condition for this race," Prado said. "He actually tried to buck me off a couple of times. He was feeling that good. He just touched the front of the doors of the gate and went right through it.
"During the race, he took a bad step and I can't really tell you what happened. I heard a noise about 100 yards into the race and pulled him right up."
Gretchen Jackson, who bred and campaigned the colt with her husband Roy Jackson under the Lael Stable banner, said she was still in shock. "We didn't expect this. You can expect being beaten," she said. "It looked like a bad fracture. We're hoping that they'll operate on him tomorrow. That's as much as we know."
*****
How very sad.
agnes!