Barbaro's Cast Is Off!!!

[JoDog]

A ray of sun for this horse lover on this gloomy Illinois fall day...yesterday evening, doctors at the U of Penn. New Bolton Center took off Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro's hard cast.

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=2651939

While he's far from out of the woods, this is BIG. Making it this far, he has already defied the odds. Sometimes it's not the horse who has the fastest legs, it's the one with the biggest heart that wins.

I hope chief surgeon Dr. Dean Richardson kept that cast and signed it...it belongs in the Throughbread Racing Hall of Fame

:party: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[KingFlorez]

1. That's good to hear

[Jack from Charlotte]

18. Glue futures soar. nft

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[Dinger]

2. Yay!!!

Wonderful News! Thanks for posting! :dem:

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Good to know. I've had my fingers crossed for him.

[Fierce]

4. Wow, that is cool!

Sending good thoughts to Barbaro, and kudos to Richardson!

[Imalittleteapot]

5. Great news!

Thanks for posting this. I've been wondering about the magnificent Barbaro.

[Redstone]

6. Well, all righty, then. I was wondering about him the other day. Thanks for

giving us the good news.

Redstone

[Lugnut]

7. That's great news

That horse is all heart.

[montanacowboy]

8. Fantastic!

fingers crossed for more continued recovery

[kestrel91316]

9. He's got a lot of metal in that leg, and the bone has to harden up and

get denser. But this is a very good sign. I suspect he'll be fine in the long run, and sire many great foals.

[bobbie]

10. WOW! I can't believe it. It looked so grim when he got that hoof problem

Thank you so much for posting this.

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[Pool Hall Ace]

11. Go Barbaro!

:yourock:

[bklyncowgirl]

12. That's great news.

Best wishes to Barbaro and the humans who care so much for him.

[spindrifter]

13. Here is the New Bolton Release:

http://www.vet.upenn.edu/newsandevents/news/Barbaro_Update11-6.htm

And from today's update on Tim Woolley's site:

Michael had heard from Dr. Richardson. Michael also visited Barbaro last night after racing at Delaware. He was happy with how Barbaro was handling his new legware. There was certainly an upbeat mood as we walked to the track.

http://www.timwoolleyracing.com/news/2006/11/barbaro_updates_118.php

[Horse with no Name]

14. Thanks for giving us the first good news of the day

This horse is special.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

15. I heard that today and actually made a couple of calls to share that fantastic news!

When I saw a clip of him this AM, I started to cry. Starting to now thinking about it! I really believe that all of our wishes for his recovery made a difference.

[xultar]

16. WOW! For the love of animals!

[sleepyhead]

17. Yay!

I've been thinking about him too. Hope this turns out to be a good omen for the rest of today.