Really bizarre.

 

Before the race Derby winner Barbaro charged through the gate, they had to reset the gate.

 

Then as they broke from the gate he appeared to be injured and pulled up. Taken off the track in a cart and they say the injury may be career threatening or possibly life threatening for the horse.

 

Anyone else see this?

Yep....that was just awful. I've never seen a race where no one cared about the winner more than this. He'll be lucky if he survives this.

Edited May 20, 200619 yr by fathom

Yep....that was just awful. I've never seen a race where no one cared about the winner more than this. He'll be lucky if he survives this.

I was just shocked he ran through the gate like that.

 

The horse goes from super horse to possibly put to rest in just minutes.

Yeah, I tuned over right after the Sox highlights on SC. That really blew.

Serious fractures for the horse, but it doesn't sound good for him. If his blood supply is damaged, they're going to have to put him to sleep.

I want a horse to win the triple crown just so they stop talking about it. Every year they blow up the horse that wins the Kentucky Derby and make it out to be the greatest horse since Secretariat, and every year it's just a fluff job to get people to pay attention.

I want a horse to win the triple crown just so they stop talking about it. Every year they blow up the horse that wins the Kentucky Derby and make it out to be the greatest horse since Secretariat, and every year it's just a fluff job to get people to pay attention.

 

That is true. I don't think there will be another Secretariat, the closest I've ever seen in the short time I've watched it was Charismatic, a decendent of Secretariat (who isn't anymore) and he broke his ankle or something too.

JUST GOT HOME.....f*** YEAH!!!! I hit the exacta and had money across the board on 7 and 8....BIG BUCKS!!

 

Suck about barbaro he was a world class horse, would of had a great chance for the triple crown.

I think Barbaro would have done it. The pace was very slow. We will never know now though. Just hope they can save him that would be awful to go from Triple Crown contender to being put to rest in just minutes.

Barbaro standing after surgery. If he gets through this it will be amazing. It's sad that we'll never know if he was triple crown material or not, but he'll always be remembered.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/tri...tory?id=2452946

 

"You do not see this severe injury frequently because the fact is most horses that suffer this typically are put down on the race track."

Dr. Dean Richardson

 

A very tough horse but most importantly he has caring rich owners who are willing to put the money up for this surgery. I assume they're rich anyways.

Edited May 22, 200619 yr by WilliamTell

 

Wow.

As long as the horse can hump, they will keep it alive. Its like 1 million bucks a screw.

As long as the horse can hump, they will keep it alive. Its like 1 million bucks a screw.

 

 

And to think I only get 5,000 bucks.....