Monday, January 29, 2007

REST IN PEACE



"Brilliant on the race track, Barbaro always will be remembered for his brave fight for survival."

7 comments:

JoJo said...

I was absolutely broken hearted about this.....I cried yesterday. Poor Barbaro. I hope he's running happily in that pasture in the sky.

I do give his owners a ton of credit for spending vast amounts of money to try to save him, instead of putting him down last spring.

Thank you for doing this post. Oh here I go, tearing up again.

Claire said...

jojo- yeah, me too.
val- Barbaro would have been quite valuable as a stud horse (no AI allowed in thoroughbred racing), however I kept up with story and it really sounded like the owners and the vet agreed that without one good leg to stand on he was just in too much pain.It seemed as if they had his best interests at heart.
Sometimes bad things happen to good horses.

ann said...

what a magnificent beast... at least now he is free from further suffering

fezzi said...

this is so sad. i'm glad you honored him with this. poor baby, and poor owners:(

robkroese said...

I heard that his son was speechless.

But then, he's a little horse.

robkroese said...

I know, I shouldn't have said that. But I make that joke whenever I have the slightest opportunity.

Sorry.

Claire said...

Diesel- Oy! We can't take you anywhere!