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Date Posted: 23:45:35 01/30/07 Tue
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>捱左咁耐，都係救唔番。
>
>又或者，對百??是一種解?...
>
>Barbaro euthanized; owner calls it 'the right
>decision'
>
>By DAN GELSTON, AP Sports Writer
>January 29, 2007
>
>KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) -- Kentucky Derby winner
>Barbaro was euthanized Monday after complications from
>his gruesome breakdown at last year's Preakness,
>ending an eight-month ordeal that prompted an
>outpouring of support across the country.
>
>"We just reached a point where it was going to be
>difficult for him to go on without pain," co-owner Roy
>Jackson said. "It was the right decision, it was the
>right thing to do. We said all along if there was a
>situation where it would become more difficult for him
>then it would be time."
>
>A series of ailments, including laminitis in the left
>rear hoof and a recent abscess in the right rear hoof,
>proved too much for the gallant colt.
>
>Barbaro battled in his ICU stall for eight months. The
>4-year-old colt underwent several procedures and was
>fitted with fiberglass casts. He spent time in a sling
>to ease pressure on his legs, had pins inserted and
>was fitted at the end with an external brace. These
>were all extraordinary measures for a horse with such
>injuries.
>
>Roy and Gretchen Jackson were with Barbaro on Monday
>morning, with the owners making the decision in
>consultation with chief surgeon Dr. Dean Richardson.
>
>"I would say thank you for everything, and all your
>thoughts and prayers over the last eight months or
>so," Jackson said to Barbaro's fans.
>
>On May 20, Barbaro was rushed to the New Bolton
>Center, about 30 miles from Philadelphia in Kennett
>Square, hours after shattering his right hind leg just
>a few strides into the Preakness Stakes. The bay colt
>underwent a five-hour operation that fused two joints,
>recovering from an injury most horses never survive.
>But Barbaro never regained his natural gait.
>
>He suffered a significant setback over the weekend,
>and surgery was required to insert two steel pins in a
>bone -- one of three shattered in the Preakness but
>now healthy -- to eliminate all weight bearing on the
>ailing right rear foot.
>
>The procedure Saturday was a risky one, because it
>transferred more weight to the leg while the foot
>rests on the ground bearing no weight.
>
>The leg was on the mend until the abscess began
>causing discomfort last week. Until then, the major
>concern was Barbaro's left rear leg, which developed
>laminitis in July, and 80 percent of the hoof was
>removed.
>
>Richardson said Monday morning that Barbaro did not
>have a good night.
>
>Brilliant on the race track, Barbaro always will be
>remembered for his brave fight for survival.
>
>The story of the beloved 4-year-old bay colt's fight
>for life captured the fancy of millions.
>
>When Barbaro broke down, his right hind leg flared out
>awkwardly as jockey Edgar Prado jumped off and tried
>to steady the ailing horse. Race fans at Pimlico wept.
>Within 24 hours the entire nation seemed to be caught
>up in a "Barbaro watch," waiting for any news.
>
>Well-wishers young and old showed up at the New Bolton
>Center with cards, flowers, gifts, goodies and even
>religious medals for the champ, and thousands of
>e-mails poured into the hospital's Web site just for
>him.
>
>"I just can't explain why everyone is so caught up in
>this horse," Roy Jackson, who owned the colt with his
>wife, Gretchen, has said time and again. "Everything
>is so negative now in the world, people love animals
>and I think they just happen to latch onto him."
>
>Devoted fans even wrote Christmas carols for him, sent
>a wreath made of baby organic carrots and gave him a
>Christmas stocking.
>
>The biggest gift has been the $1.2 million raised
>since early June for the Barbaro Fund. The money is
>put toward needed equipment such as an operating room
>table, and a raft and sling for the same pool recovery
>Barbaro used after his surgeries.
>
>The Jacksons spent tens of thousands of dollars hoping
>the best horse they ever owned would recover and be
>able to live a comfortable life on the farm -- whether
>he was able to breed or not.
>
>The couple, who own about 70 racehorses, broodmares
>and yearlings, and operate the 190-acre Lael Farm,
>have been in the horse business for 30 years, and
>never had a horse like Barbaro.
>
>As the days passed, it seemed Barbaro would get his
>happy ending. As late as December, with the broken
>bones in his right hind leg nearly healed and his
>laminitis under control, Barbaro was looking good and
>relishing daily walks outside his intensive care unit.
>
>But after months of upbeat progress reports, including
>talk that he might be headed home soon, news came Jan.
>10 of a serious setback because of the laminitis.
>Richardson had to remove damaged tissue from Barbaro's
>left hind hoof, and the colt was placed back in a
>protective sling.
>
>On Jan. 13, another section of his left rear hoof was
>removed. After Barbaro developed a deep abscess in his
>right hind foot, surgery was performed Saturday to
>insert two steel pins in a bone.
>
>This after Richardson warned last December that
>Barbaro's right hind leg was getting stronger and that
>the left hind foot was a "more formidable long-term
>challenge."
>
>Even before the injury that ended his career, Barbaro
>had earned his fame for simply being a magnificent
>racehorse.
>
>Foaled and raised at Sanborn Chase at Springmint Farm
>near Nicholasville, Ky., Barbaro always stood out in
>the crowd. "He was an enormous foal," recalled breeder
>Bill Sanborn. "He was a tall and leggy horse, and when
>he grew it was like in two-inch spurts."
>
>When the Jacksons sent Barbaro to trainer Michael Matz
>over a year ago, exercise rider Peter Brette climbed
>aboard and said "I thought he was a 3-year-old."
>
>A son of Dynaformer, out of the dam Le Ville Rouge,
>Barbaro started his career on the turf, but Matz knew
>he would have to try his versatile colt on the dirt.
>He reasoned that if he had a talented 3-year-old in
>America, he'd have to find out early if his horse was
>good enough for the Triple Crown races.
>
>Barbaro was good enough, all right. He won his first
>three races on turf with authority, including the
>Laurel Futurity by eight lengths and the Tropical Park
>Derby by 3 3/4 lengths.
>
>That's when Matz drew up an unconventional plan for a
>dirt campaign that spaced out Barbaro's race to keep
>him fit for the entire Triple Crown, a grueling ordeal
>of three races in five weeks at varying distances over
>different tracks.
>
>Barbaro won the Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park on
>Feb. 4, but his dirt debut was inconclusive since it
>came over a sloppy track. After an eight-week break,
>an unusually long time between races, Barbaro came
>back and won the Florida Derby by a half-length over
>Sharp Humor despite an outside No. 10 post.
>
>The deal was sealed -- on to the Derby, but not
>without criticism that Barbaro couldn't win coming off
>a five-week layoff. After all, it had been 50 years
>since Needles won the Derby off a similar break. But
>Matz was unfazed, and stuck to his plan, saying all
>the time he was doing what was best for the horse.
>
>Not only did Barbaro win the Derby, he demolished what
>was supposed to be one of the toughest fields in
>years. The 6 1/2 -length winning margin was the
>largest since 1946, when Assault won by eight lengths
>and went on to sweep the Triple Crown.
>
>The 55-year-old Matz, meanwhile, was living a charmed
>life. Before turning to thoroughbreds eight years ago,
>he was an international show jumping star, and a
>three-time Olympian and silver medal winner who
>carried the U.S. flag at the closing ceremony at the
>1996 Atlanta Games. He also survived a plane crash in
>Iowa in 1989 and became a hero by saving three
>children from the burning wreckage. The crash killed
>112 of the 296 people on board United Flight 232.
>
>In Barbaro, Matz truly believed he was training a
>Triple Crown winner. He often said Barbaro was good
>enough to be ranked among the greats and join Seattle
>Slew as the only unbeaten Triple Crown champions.
>
>But two weeks later after the Derby Barbaro took a
>horrible misstep and one of the most extraordinary
>attempts to save a thoroughbred was under way. The
>injury was considered to be so disastrous that many
>thought the horse would be euthanized while still at
>Pimlico Race Track.
>
>Instead, Barbaro was transported that night to the New
>Bolton Center's George D. Widener Hospital for Large
>Animals and was operated on the next day by
>Richardson.
>
>The injuries were as serious as everyone feared:
>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."
>
>Barbaro, who earned $2,302,200 with his six wins in
>seven starts, endured the complicated five-hour
>surgery in which Richardson inserted a titanium plate
>and 27 screws into the broken bones. After calmly
>awakening from anesthesia, he "practically jogged back
>to his stall" looking for something to eat.
>
>At the time, Richardson stressed Barbaro still had
>many hurdles to clear, and called chances for a full
>recovery a "coin toss."
>
>Afterward, though, things went relatively smoothly.
>Each day brought more optimism: Barbaro was eyeing the
>mares, nickering, gobbling up his feed and trying to
>walk out of his stall. There was great hope Barbaro
>somehow would overcome the odds and live a life of
>leisure on the farm.
>
>But by mid-July, Richardson's greatest fear became
>reality -- laminitis struck Barbaro's left hind leg
>and 80 percent of the hoof was removed. Richardson
>recalled recently what it was like when he met with
>the Jacksons, and Matz, and his wife, D.D., to deliver
>the news.
>
>"It was terrible," Richardson said. "I wouldn't have
>blamed anyone at that point for saying they just
>couldn't face the prospects of going on."
>
>But Barbaro responded well to treatment, and his
>recovery was progressing until a final, fatal turn.
>
>AP Racing Writer Richard Rosenblatt contributed to
>this report.
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