While many of you from outside of the United States may have no idea who Barbaro is, this special horse and 2006 Kentucky Derby winner has been fighting for his life for over eight months. He broke his leg at the Preakness last May with a strange misstep that made everyone cringe as he suddenly started limping and his jockey jumped from his back. People rallied behind him as surgeries were performed and setbacks overcome. Just when it seemed like he might finally be going home, Barbaro experienced yet another setback. And pain that his owners could not and would not allow him to endure.
Today, Barbaro lost the war and was put down. The specialty center where he was being treated all of these months is about 20 minutes down the road from my house and I watched his story with interest. My heart sinks a little lower today with his loss, but I am glad that his owners did the right thing for him.
Rest in peace, big fella.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/01/29/barbaro.ap/index.html?eref=edition_us
I saw this on cnn.com this morning – how tragic!
I’m so glad you posted this…I just read about it too. I’ve been watching his progress since the accident. Poor thing.
I’ve been following this since last spring too. Poor boy. I’m glad he’s finally at peace.
I heard it on the news and it made me sad…but I think the right thing was done…he couldn’t do what he wanted to do, now he’s running free 🙂
I also love the bell pull and that RR …wow! I can see why you’d want to give up on that design…YIKES!
Great job and beautiful stitching! Good Luck on the ONS…I’m sending good vibes and most likely will be throwing money at you too 😉
I was really, really sad when I saw that story yesterday— and when the vet got choked up talking about the horse’s pain. Heartbreaking 🙁
It is sad, but I’m so glad he’s able to rest now. Living in pain would have been much worse.