Are you kidding me? These bastards are in need of some news? A couple of years ago they broke into programing for the Little League Baseball teams parade in New York.

This is getting out of control.


btw...Barbaro is the horse that broke its leg over the weekend in the Preakness.

barabaro is an exploited animal. boohoo on his leg breaking, but they didnt care that he broke it being beat into running himself to death by that hoeass jockey riding his back. america is a backwards ass country.

Gutz, or Pharaoh?

Gutz, or Pharaoh?
oh pipe down. you're not even american. you havent been to jail.:p

it was sad to hear (and see) about him breaking his leg. but really, cmon. Maybe a little news clip here and there about his status, but breaking news? Get the fuck outta here.

Are you kidding me? These bastards are in need of some news? A couple of years ago they broke into programing for the Little League Baseball teams parade in New York.

This is getting out of control.


btw...Barbaro is the horse that broke its leg over the weekend in the Preakness.

Haven't you figured Fox News out yet?

It is a station formed for the express purpose of pushing the conservative republican agenda. That is the only reason for ANY "news" they report.

If it isn't a piece aimed specifically at supporting conservatives, its:

1. A piece bashing democrats;

2. A piece that has no basis in fact and is simply aimed at dividing our country (the war on Christmas, the war on Easter, the war against chistians, and on the other hand the war against jews and Israel); or

3. A piece meant to distract us from all the negative things republicans are doing, such as their 24/7 coverage of the Natalee Holloway disappearance.

Its funny. Al Franken (yes, Gecko, Al Franken) did a Nexus/Lexus (a for pay internet search engine) search on Fox News and the scandal involving Tom Delay, Jack Abramoff, and the deplorable working conditions, indentured slavery, forced abortions, forced prostitution, etc. at the clothing factories in S. Marianis (sp?) Islands, and he came up with something like only one result - except it was a piece on something that happened on those islands in World War II - not a piece on the scandal involving republican superstar congressman Delay or republican superstar lobbyist Abramoff.

Yep, that's right. There has never been any mention of this scandal on Fox News - on any show on Fox News, at any time that Fox News is on the air, which is 24/7 - in the history since the scandal was uncovered - several YEARS ago.

On the other hand, Franken did a Nexus/Lexus search on Fox News and Natalee Holloway, and found that Fox News has done more than SIX HUNDRED separate stories on Natalee Holloway.

So, there you have it.

Faux News = the propaganda machine of conservative republican Rupert Murdoch, specifically formed to push his own conservative republican agenda.

Faux News viewers = sheep who can't think for themselves, have a lot of hatred in their hearts and simply need someone to target it for them

Typical FauxNews broadcast = You are angry because they are attacking Christmas. Yes, you are. You are feeling sleepy, very sleepy. You are forgetting that there is a war in Iraq. You are concerned about Natallee Holloway - very concerned. You don't trust democrats because they like "big government" and you love those whopping $9.00 tax cuts. Sleep now, sleep, dear, sweet republican. Don't worry, when news breaks, we'll be the first to inform you. Oh, wait. News just broke. Not about that pesky war, or Abramoff, or Delay, or Scooter Libby, or Karl Rove, or Rumsfeld. No, important news - Bo Bo the panda just gave birth, Natallee Holloway is still missing, and democrats still hate Easter. Stay tuned for Bill O'Reilly's report on how if you bash George W. Bush, he will threaten to use his interns to find out where you live (100% true story, btw).

barabaro is an exploited animal. boohoo on his leg breaking, but they didnt care that he broke it being beat into running himself to death by that hoeass jockey riding his back. america is a backwards ass country.

I haven't heard someone call something "hoe ass" in years...thanks for putting that back into my vocab.

After the Piston playoff run, we should all have a Barbaro unity sig.

Ready and waiting.

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Noooooo. I love Barbaro. :(

I haven't heard someone call something "hoe ass" in years...thanks for putting that back into my vocab.
you've been living too happy a life if you've missed out on that word. go to an everyday mcdonalds with the lowest rated service in the city to get back your grit my friend.;)

damn, so wheres giffman?

Noooooo. I love Barbaro. :(
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Better?

I think its funny as hell when they have the cute lady announcers having to say..."the reason they are fixing him is because he needs his hind legs so he can breed properly"

The look on their face is classic.

BTW: Franken did another Lexus/Nexus search on Fox News and talked about it yesterday.

They played a quote from Bill O'Reilly, calling claims that Fox News is a conservative station "garbage". He said that if you were to research it, you'd find that 50% of their stories have a democratic "bent" while 50% have a republican "bent". He also said that 50% of their anchors are democrats and 50% republicans. He concluded that the station is entirely impartial and just as much a democratic station as a republican station.

So, Franken simply took O'Reilly up on his challenge. He did a Lexus/Nexus search on Fox News and "left wing" and Fox News and "right wing". They used the term left literally 5x more than the term right (over 500 compared to over 100).

And in the few instances they used the term right, they said it in a context that did not actually attack the right, while when they used the term left, it was to the tune of O'Reilly saying "left wing whacko kook, Howard Dean, and his crazy ideologies" kinda stuff, while when he said right he would say it in the context of "those crazy liberals keep attacking the right".

Also, on one show, when O'Reilly talked about "far right" and "far left", he had a picture in the background to depict what each one stands for. This is 100% true. I'm not creative enough to make this up. For far left, there was a picture of Michael Moore. For far right, there was a picture of neo-nazi skinheads with swastikas. In other words, the "radical fringe left" is anyone who doesn't like republicans, while the "radical fringe right" are nazis. Apparently, republicans who absolutely despise democrats, like everyone on Fox News, are not "radical fringe right", they are simply "good americans" like Sean Hannity.

Also, a group called Media Matters found that Fox has pro-republican stories 40 something percent of the time, with pro-democrat stories 17% of the time, and the rest (SUPPOSEDLY) "party neutral".

Yeah, Bill, that sounds like fair and balanced to me. Its too bad people keep lying and pretending that Fox News is a republican propaganda machine. Maybe they should sue for libel... oh, wait. Truth is a defense to libel.

BTW: Franken did another Lexus/Nexus search on Fox News and talked about it yesterday.

They played a quote from Bill O'Reilly, calling claims that Fox News is a conservative station "garbage". He said that if you were to research it, you'd find that 50% of their stories have a democratic "bent" while 50% have a republican "bent". He also said that 50% of their anchors are democrats and 50% republicans. He concluded that the station is entirely impartial and just as much a democratic station as a republican station.

So, Franken simply took O'Reilly up on his challenge. He did a Lexus/Nexus search on Fox News and "left wing" and Fox News and "right wing". They used the term left literally 5x more than the term right (over 500 compared to over 100).

And in the few instances they used the term right, they said it in a context that did not actually attack the right, while when they used the term left, it was to the tune of O'Reilly saying "left wing whacko kook, Howard Dean, and his crazy ideologies" kinda stuff, while when he said right he would say it in the context of "those crazy liberals keep attacking the right".

Also, on one show, when O'Reilly talked about "far right" and "far left", he had a picture in the background to depict what each one stands for. This is 100% true. I'm not creative enough to make this up. For far left, there was a picture of Michael Moore. For far right, there was a picture of neo-nazi skinheads with swastikas. In other words, the "radical fringe left" is anyone who doesn't like republicans, while the "radical fringe right" are nazis. Apparently, republicans who absolutely despise democrats, like everyone on Fox News, are not "radical fringe right", they are simply "good americans" like Sean Hannity.

Also, a group called Media Matters found that Fox has pro-republican stories 40 something percent of the time, with pro-democrat stories 17% of the time, and the rest (SUPPOSEDLY) "party neutral".

Yeah, Bill, that sounds like fair and balanced to me. Its too bad people keep lying and pretending that Fox News is a republican propaganda machine. Maybe they should sue for libel... oh, wait. Truth is a defense to libel.

Hi TM!

I agree that Fox News is a fairly conservative, whcih is why it's probably on my screen 24/7. :)

I find that Fox News is just slighlty more conservative than CNN and NPR are liberal. The only difference is that Fox News tries to say just a little too much they are unbias while CNN and NPR don't talk about it.

No big Deal here. Something for everyone on tv when it comes to getting your news. Let it not be forgotten either that most of the universities and major media publications are decidedly left leaning.

I also found it funny that in an earlier post you said that FN needs to cover up all the wrong the repubs are doing. I have a hard time finding any party or elected official these days that isn't bought by someone or is doing the right thing.

I hope my response was in context to your posts.

BTW: Franken did another Lexus/Nexus search on Fox News and talked about it yesterday.

They played a quote from Bill O'Reilly, calling claims that Fox News is a conservative station "garbage". He said that if you were to research it, you'd find that 50% of their stories have a democratic "bent" while 50% have a republican "bent". He also said that 50% of their anchors are democrats and 50% republicans. He concluded that the station is entirely impartial and just as much a democratic station as a republican station.

So, Franken simply took O'Reilly up on his challenge. He did a Lexus/Nexus search on Fox News and "left wing" and Fox News and "right wing". They used the term left literally 5x more than the term right (over 500 compared to over 100).

And in the few instances they used the term right, they said it in a context that did not actually attack the right, while when they used the term left, it was to the tune of O'Reilly saying "left wing whacko kook, Howard Dean, and his crazy ideologies" kinda stuff, while when he said right he would say it in the context of "those crazy liberals keep attacking the right".

Also, on one show, when O'Reilly talked about "far right" and "far left", he had a picture in the background to depict what each one stands for. This is 100% true. I'm not creative enough to make this up. For far left, there was a picture of Michael Moore. For far right, there was a picture of neo-nazi skinheads with swastikas. In other words, the "radical fringe left" is anyone who doesn't like republicans, while the "radical fringe right" are nazis. Apparently, republicans who absolutely despise democrats, like everyone on Fox News, are not "radical fringe right", they are simply "good americans" like Sean Hannity.

Also, a group called Media Matters found that Fox has pro-republican stories 40 something percent of the time, with pro-democrat stories 17% of the time, and the rest (SUPPOSEDLY) "party neutral".

Yeah, Bill, that sounds like fair and balanced to me. Its too bad people keep lying and pretending that Fox News is a republican propaganda machine. Maybe they should sue for libel... oh, wait. Truth is a defense to libel.

Hi TM!

I agree that Fox News is a fairly conservative, which is why it's probably on my screen 24/7. :)

I find that Fox News is just slighlty more conservative than CNN and NPR are liberal. The only difference is that Fox News tries to say just a little too much they are unbias while CNN and NPR don't talk about it.

No big Deal here. Something for everyone on tv when it comes to getting your news. Let it not be forgotten either that most of the universities and major media publications are decidedly left leaning.

I also found it funny that in an earlier post you said that FN needs to cover up all the wrong the repubs are doing. I have a hard time finding any party or elected official these days that isn't bought by someone or is doing the right thing.

I hope my response was in context to your posts.

P.S. is Franken still on the air?

The conservative voice is hardly choked off by "most of the universities and major media publications" being leftist.

The conservative voice is hardly choked off by "most of the universities and major media publications" being leftist.

I never said "choked off" or supressed???

Anyway, let me add a few more points on FN compared to CNN and others.

While the majority of it's commentators are conservative Fox News does a great job at least presenting the "other" side of the argument. Even O'Reilly presents the left view almost nightly even though we all know that O'Reilly in the end discredits any opinion not his which in most cases is conservative. That's fine since his show is an opinion and analysis show and he'll tell you it's gonna be his opinion.

Even Hannity is only 1/2 of his show, Alan Colmes (sp?) si their to present the liberal voice, and at times makes better arguments than Hannity does for the conservatives.

Fox News does a great job at creating divides in public sentiment. They want you to side with one team. I have already acknowledged the right leaning aspect of FN so no need to rehash that. I just wanted to show that FN at least presents the idea of two ideologies where other networks don't. Good or bad I guess.

The conservative voice is hardly choked off by "most of the universities and major media publications" being leftist.
I never said "choked off" or supressed???
Of course you didn't.

I never said you did??? (Why the question marks?)

I was simply pointing out that its not like FN is a lone voice in a wilderness of liberalism as it has been portrayed (calm down tiger, I'm not saying "by you") especially at times when the comment that "other stations are liberal" is brought up.

The conservative voice is hardly choked off by "most of the universities and major media publications" being leftist.

I never said "choked off" or supressed???

Anyway, let me add a few more points on FN compared to CNN and others.

While the majority of it's commentators are conservative Fox News does a great job at least presenting the "other" side of the argument. Even O'Reilly presents the left view almost nightly even though we all know that O'Reilly in the end discredits any opinion not his which in most cases is conservative. That's fine since his show is an opinion and analysis show and he'll tell you it's gonna be his opinion.

Even Hannity is only 1/2 of his show, Alan Colmes (sp?) si their to present the liberal voice, and at times makes better arguments than Hannity does for the conservatives.

Fox News does a great job at creating divides in public sentiment. They want you to side with one team. I have already acknowledged the right leaning aspect of FN so no need to rehash that. I just wanted to show that FN at least presents the idea of two ideologies where other networks don't. Good or bad I guess.

Again, you're missing the point.

1. Fox News was fabricated by right wing conservative republicans as a tool for propaganda.

2. They could not sell propaganda by calling it propaganda.

3. So they INTENTIONALLY created a CHARADE in which liberal viewpoints are glossed over for a few seconds by weak minded individuals with stutters, and then they devote the remainder of the program to twice as many strong, eloquent, right wing republicans, who debunk all the crap that their token loser liberal brings up, and makes the liberal look unamerican, ugly, dumb, and weak.

4. That is a charade, not an attempt to be fair and balanced.

5. It does the opposite of what you contend. It does not simply show there are two viewpoints. It shows that there are two viewpoints - the american viewpoint (republican) and the unamerican viewpoint (democrat). Pretty fair and balanced, if you ask me. How is this "better" or more professional than CNN?

PS: I agree with the quote about them wanting you to take sides. I posted that in my previous post. However, there's only one side they want you to take - the side that created the entire station - the republican side.

The conservative voice is hardly choked off by "most of the universities and major media publications" being leftist.

I never said "choked off" or supressed???

Anyway, let me add a few more points on FN compared to CNN and others.

While the majority of it's commentators are conservative Fox News does a great job at least presenting the "other" side of the argument. Even O'Reilly presents the left view almost nightly even though we all know that O'Reilly in the end discredits any opinion not his which in most cases is conservative. That's fine since his show is an opinion and analysis show and he'll tell you it's gonna be his opinion.

Even Hannity is only 1/2 of his show, Alan Colmes (sp?) si their to present the liberal voice, and at times makes better arguments than Hannity does for the conservatives.

Fox News does a great job at creating divides in public sentiment. They want you to side with one team. I have already acknowledged the right leaning aspect of FN so no need to rehash that. I just wanted to show that FN at least presents the idea of two ideologies where other networks don't. Good or bad I guess.

Again, you're missing the point.

1. Fox News was fabricated by right wing conservative republicans as a tool for propaganda.

2. They could not sell propaganda by calling it propaganda.

3. So they INTENTIONALLY created a CHARADE in which liberal viewpoints are glossed over for a few seconds by weak minded individuals with stutters, and then they devote the remainder of the program to twice as many strong, eloquent, right wing republicans, who debunk all the crap that their token loser liberal brings up, and makes the liberal look unamerican, ugly, dumb, and weak.

4. That is a charade, not an attempt to be fair and balanced.

5. It does the opposite of what you contend. It does not simply show there are two viewpoints. It shows that there are two viewpoints - the american viewpoint (republican) and the unamerican viewpoint (democrat). Pretty fair and balanced, if you ask me. How is this "better" or more professional than CNN?

PS: I agree with the quote about them wanting you to take sides. I posted that in my previous post. However, there's only one side they want you to take - the side that created the entire station - the republican side.

Yeah I dunno TM, I don't see all that. It's possible that maybe your looking at it too deep. Maybe all that's possible all I can tell you is that I enjoy watching Fox News. I also tune into the middle of the road MSNBC, Chris Matthews is pretty good at calling it like it is. TM, what news channels do you watch and what buttons are programmed on your radio?

I watch Fox. Imo, CNN just got too political. I see every story they did as propaganda, prolly much like TM sees Fox.

Just wanted to say that I called Fox news bastards in the opening, when I meant to call all of them bastards, lol. MSNBC, CNN and Fox play a billion commercials and try to tell us what news is. Their news crosses into entertainment and just plain nothingness...or a bunch of screaming heads.

I went back renting movies. SAVE ME FROM COMMERCIALS!

They just took off his cast and the leg looks good.

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YES! BARBARO IS SAVED!

I love that horse. He completes me.

Just got done listening to the EXCLUSIVE LIVE COVERAGE of the vet's press conference on ESPN during my lunch break.

In summary, peace out, B. T&P to the family.

Ahhhhh Glue.

On CNN (I think it was) they broke away from coverage of the building war in Israel to advise us that, although Barbaro will most likely die, they will continue to exert all efforts to save him (as if he were the Pope).

Stop sipping the Barbaro hatorade, Taymelo.

Give me a fucking break with this horse. People in Lebanon are being killed and everyone is worried about this fucking horse.

Give me a fucking break with this horse. People in Lebanon are being killed and everyone is worried about this fucking horse.
Seriously. This fucking horse is getting more coverage than the terroist attacks on India and the bombings in Lebanon. Who gives a flying fuck.[smilie=whogivesafu:



*waits for a liberal douche fuck to post "what if you were barbaro" bull shit.*

Nah, I think we're all in agreement on this.

Can't wait til he's glue.

*waits for a liberal douche fuck to post "what if you were barbaro" bull shit.*


And this is fucking hilarious given the fact that this thread was started because FOX NEWS had an alert about this. Horse racing is a rich stick up the ass elitist Republican "sport".

Looks like Mikey's been mixing the Koolaid at the G house lately.

Stop sipping the Barbaro hatorade, Taymelo.

LMFAO.

*waits for a liberal douche fuck to post "what if you were barbaro" bull shit.*


And this is fucking hilarious given the fact that this thread was started because FOX NEWS had an alert about this. Horse racing is a rich stick up the ass elitist Republican "sport".

Looks like Mikey's been mixing the Koolaid at the G house lately.??????



I'm 13, I don't follow politics.

Then maybe you shouldn't comment on politics.

Hahahahaha. There he goes again, with the 13 shit.

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"11 year olds, Dude."

'Very good night'
Barbaro remains stable for second consecutive day
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) -- Barbaro is holding his own, for now.

Following a week in which it appeared the ailing Kentucky Derby winner might not live much longer, Barbaro had another "very good night" and remained in stable condition Saturday while being treated for a painful and often-fatal foot disease.

"His heart rate and pulse are normal, and his appetite is good," Dr. Dean Richardson said Saturday in a statement issued by the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center. "He continues to respond well, looks good and has a positive attitude."

Encouraging news, for sure. But at this tense point, there is really no way to predict what lies ahead for Barbaro. More good days and improved prospects for recovery? Or future complications that could make it too painful for the colt to be kept alive?

Barbaro has dreaded laminitis in his "good" left hind leg. On Wednesday, veterinarians performed a procedure to remove 80 percent of the hoof wall to combat the disease, usually caused by uneven weight distribution in the limbs. The disease could appear in another limb at any time, and if it does, it would likely result in the horse being humanely destroyed.

"If he were to develop it in another foot, we will not continue," Richardson said during a news conference Thursday.

The right hind leg was shattered a few yards out of the starting gate at the Preakness Stakes on May 20, and no less than three surgical procedures and four cast changes have taken place since. The titanium plate and 27 screws inserted in the leg on May 21 were replaced with new hardware last Saturday. An infection was cleaned out, and the pastern (ankle) joint vets are trying to fuse was a concern.

"We continue to monitor him very closely, and we are keeping him as comfortable as possible," Richardson said.

Barbaro, who has fiberglass casts on both hind legs, has been fitted with a sling as he stands in his stall in the intensive care unit at the George D. Widener Hospital. It prevents sudden movements and allows the colt to shift his weight off the injured limbs.

While being treated aggressively with pain medication, including epidurals, the biggest concern involves Barbaro's comfort. From the time the decision was made to try to save Barbaro after his breakdown, owners Gretchen and Roy Jackson have been adamant that they don't want him to suffer.

"Their only concern is the horse's comfort," Richardson said. "We are only going to go on in this horse as long as everyone involved is convinced that they can come in every day, look at this horse and be convinced that on that day and the next day that he is going to be acceptably comfortable."

A second straight upbeat report prompted another outpouring of sentiment from Barbaro fans. Dozens of fruit baskets and flower arrangements -- one with roses, carnations and daisies in the shape of a horseshoe -- began arriving Friday afternoon and continued Saturday.

However, Barbaro still has many months of recovery ahead.

After calling Barbaro's laminitis "as bad as it gets," Richardson said Thursday that Barbaro's chances of survival were poor. A severe case of laminitis usually causes rapid deterioration in a horse's condition, with the end result making it too painful for the animal to be kept alive.

Since Barbaro's vital signs are good and his condition has stabilized for two days, there is a glimmer of hope.

"When a horse is like this they have tendency to start going downhill very quickly," Dr. Rick Arthur, a prominent veterinarian on the California thoroughbred circuit, said. "If they level off at all, I think we always get very encouraged."

Trainer D. Wayne Lukas calls Barbaro's situation "very shaky." The Hall of Famer won the 1999 Derby and Preakness with Charismatic, who broke his left front leg near the finish of the Belmont Stakes in his Triple Crown bid. The career-ending injury was not as serious as Barbaro's, and Charismatic recovered without developing laminitis.

"Laminitis was always the issue," Lukas said from Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. "Those of us that have been there, done that, seen it, always knew. Dr. Richardson knew that's what he was ultimately going to be fighting. When that set in that was a major, major setback. Laminitis has always been the one that does most of those horses in."

Then maybe you shouldn't comment on politics.
When have I ever?

*waits for a liberal douche fuck to post "what if you were barbaro" bull shit.*

Through out the insult "liberal douche fuck" is in no way interjecting politics into this. Since you're only 13 I guess you have no idea what the defintions of liberal, douche or fuck are.

*waits for a liberal douche fuck to post "what if you were barbaro" bull shit.*
Through out the insult "liberal douche fuck" is in no way interjecting politics into this. Since you're only 13 I guess you have no idea what the defintions of liberal, douche or fuck are.


Are Douche people from that country with windmills?

*waits for a liberal douche fuck to post "what if you were barbaro" bull shit.*

Through out the insult "liberal douche fuck" is in no way interjecting politics into this. Since you're only 13 I guess you have no idea what the defintions of liberal, douche or fuck are.
A Liberal is a hippy ass democrat who loves earth and hugs trees. Examples: John Lennon, John Kerry.

Well there goes this thread.

And no, what you described is an extreme liberal. Not all liberals are like that. Can we leave it at that?

Why the fuck am I even arguing with this guy? If he has nothing better to do than argue with a 13yr old about what a liberal is, than I don't care. Have fun.

Barbaro > Lebanon, Korea and Iraq combined

*plays Hulk Hogan entrance theme in the background*

LONG LIVE THE MAJESTY THAT IS BARBARO!

HE WILL NOT BE TURNED INTO GLUE, CHINESE DISHES, DOG FOOD, OR FURNITURE!

LONG LIVE BARBARO!

Why the fuck am I even arguing with this guy? If he has nothing better to do than argue with a 13yr old about what a liberal is, than I don't care. Have fun.

LMFAO! It's the "I'm only 13 so you're a loser if you point out that I'm a stupid 13 year old."

Get rid of this worthless little shit.

Jesus you must have been beaten has a kid. You have some issues.

Why the fuck am I even arguing with this guy? If he has nothing better to do than argue with a 13yr old about what a liberal is, than I don't care. Have fun.
LMFAO! It's the "I'm only 13 so you're a loser if you point out that I'm a stupid 13 year old."

Get rid of this worthless little shit.

Seconded.[smilie=blaha.gif]

Lest we forget, Barbaro is slated to die soon.

I really don't understand any of this. Mostly because of the fact that this has gotten more hype than the almost-Triple Crown winners in recent years.

I heard that the Barbaro that we see dying on tv isn't the real Barbaro.

I heard the real Barbaro is in the witness protection program.

Chew on that for a while.

Well... that's not what the media wants you to think...


Barbaro remains stable, in 'good frame of mind'

Associated Press

KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. -- Barbaro spent another "comfortable" day in the intensive care unit at the George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals, and his veterinarian reports the Kentucky Derby winner's attitude "remains positive."

There was no indication Barbaro's condition had improved since 80 percent of his left rear hoof wall was removed Wednesday to combat the often-fatal disease laminitis. For the third straight day, though, Dr. Dean Richardson said the colt's condition remained stable.

"His vital signs are good and his attitude remains positive," Richardson in a statement released by the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center. "He is acceptably comfortable today, and his appetite remains excellent."

Barbaro had another restful night, Richardson said Sunday, and assistant trainer Peter Brette emerged after a morning visit and said the colt "is in a good frame of mind."

"He was bright," Brette said. "He sort of at least had a bit of sparkle in his eye."

Brette, who exercised the colt daily for trainer Michael Matz, has been visiting Barbaro almost every day since the colt shattered his right hind leg a few yards after the start of the Preakness Stakes on May 20.

"We're still very worried," Brette added, "but it's very good for me to go in and see him like this."

Barbaro has casts on both rear limbs. The cast on the colt's right rear leg has been changed at least four times in the last two weeks. A smaller cast is on the left rear hoof, and the bandages protecting it were changed Saturday, and are likely to be changed again in the coming days.

Barbaro has been listed in stable condition since Friday, the day after Richardson said the colt had laminitis "as bad as it gets" and termed his chance of survival poor.

While Barbaro's condition is being constantly monitored, it was a relatively quiet weekend around the New Bolton Center. Residents and interns tended to their rounds, checking on the many other animals in their care. One resident said he's treating two goats in the stall next to Barbaro's.

The weekend brought an outpouring of sentiment from Barbaro fans. Baskets filled with apples, carrots, mints and packages of sugar cubes and several flower arrangements were delivered for the third straight day after Richardson said Barbaro had laminitis.

A couple from Hershey, Pa., made a side trip to the hospital and left a get-well card at the front desk before heading to the races at nearby Delaware Park.

"So many people are rooting for Barbaro to make it -- he was going to be our Triple Crown winner," Dawn Templin said a few minutes after admiring the get-well cards, flowers and fruit baskets on display in the lobby. "We came here to leave a card, and just see the place where they're trying to save his life."

but they're just in on the conspiracy.

I that Barbaro may make a run at the White House in '08.

That Barbaro/Bill Brasky ticket would be unstoppable.

I can't be the only one that chuckled when they announced that Barbaro is in "stable" condition, can I?

I hope he dies.

For real. I'm getting sick and tired of that fuck.

I hope he dies.

For real. I'm getting sick and tired of that fuck.

I want him to sucker some reporter into getting hooved/boned in the ass covering him.

BARBARO UPDATE

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=2536511


Veterinarian: Barbaro's right hind leg healing well
Associated Press

KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. -- Barbaro's right hind bones are healing so well his cast could have been off by now, if not for the laminitis in his other hind leg.

Dr. Dean Richardson said Tuesday that the painful hoof disease the Kentucky Derby winner has is preventing the cast from being removed because the colt could not protect himself by bearing more weight on the left hind.

Barbaro suffered life-threatening injuries when he broke three bones above and below his right rear ankle at the start of the May 20 Preakness.

"If he hadn't had the founder [laminitis] on his left hind, he'd probably be out of the cast and he'd probably be in a splinted bandage on the shoe," Richardson said in a telephone interview. "That's where we'd likely be. I can't do that because his left hind is the more sore of the two legs right now."

Barbaro's left hind hoof, which was stricken with a severe case of laminitis, is improving and started to show slight signs of re-growing after 80 percent of it was removed. Barbaro needs to regrow the hoof if he is to have any shot of walking -- albeit with a hitch in his gait.

Barbaro, still in stable condition, has the bandage on his left hind foot changed daily.

"It's too early to see true hoof wall forming," Richardson said from the New Bolton Center. "But the coronary band, the part of the hoof that's the equivalent of the nail bed where the hoof is going to grow down from, that looks very good. It's too early to see a lot."

Barbaro has been in an intensive care stall at the George D. Widener Hospital since his horrific injuries in the second race of the Triple Crown series. 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 after performing surgery the pastern bone was shattered in "20-plus pieces."

Now, the right hind may be the least of Barbaro's worries in what remains a tedious, long recovery.

"Everything looks good under the cast," Richardson said. "The X-rays looked as good as they can look."

Richardson was concerned the 3-year-old colt would try to put too much weight on the rear hind if the cast was removed. Richardson said the left rear hoof has to regrow and stay healthy.

Richardson said the colt's prognosis was "poor" after it was stricken with laminitis but eased off that grim outlook Tuesday.

"I don't know. Every day that goes by, it's great," he said. "He has so long to go I don't even think about the prognosis. We just work on the horse and hope he continues to be happy."

Barbaro looks bright and happy with a voracious appetite to those who see him. Owner Gretchen Jackson usually visits twice daily to feed Barbaro fresh-cut grass from her nearby farm.

"It makes me feel better about the poor guy stuck in there," she said. "He likes it."

Jackson and her husband, Roy, said they look at Barbaro's recovery as a day-to-day process and try not to let their emotions ride too high over good news or get discouraged over changes in his condition.

"Just looking at him, he hasn't changed at all from the way he's been all along," she said. "If you had that as all you could go by, you couldn't believe he wasn't going to make it."

Again, I'd like to reidderate:


WHO GIVES A FUCK.

Again, I'd like to reidderate:


WHO GIVES A FUCK.

People who use search engines.

[smilie=reporter.gi:

Again, I'd like to reidderate:


WHO GIVES A FUCK.

I do.

Barbaro is a cultural icon.

Fresh from the pages of The Barre Montpelier Times Argus, here's your BARBARO UPDATE !!

http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060815/NEWS/608150353/1004/SPORTS


Kentucky Derby winner enjoying outdoor outings

August 15, 2006

By Dan Gelston Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — How's this for a breath of fresh air? Barbaro is enjoying daily outings outside his intensive care stall to pick his own grass, enjoy the warm weather and stretch his recovering legs.

Barbaro stepped outside his ICU stall and started daily walks on a grassy area near the unit last week for the first time since having catastrophic injuries in the Preakness nearly three months ago. The Kentucky Derby winner, also recovering from a severe case of laminitis on his left hoof, continues to show signs he's on the road to recovery.

"It's a big step just to know he feels good enough that you can take him out of the stall and walk him around like a normal horse and he eats grass like a normal horse," Dean Richardson, chief surgeon at the New Bolton Center, said Monday. "That doesn't mean he's healed. It just means things are going well right now."

The 3-year-old had made only a couple of brief walks back and forth from his stall to the surgery room at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center until last week. Now Barbaro is walked daily for about 15 to 20 minutes in a secluded area not far from the George D. Widener Hospital ICU.

"I thought he was thrilled the first time he went out," Richardson said in a telephone interview from New Bolton. "He just seemed very happy to be out. You can tell he's looking forward to it every day. It's absolutely normal. Horses love to be outside, obviously, and he's pretty excited about it."

Barbaro is shown on video released by the University of Pennsylvania grazing on grass, with Richardson walking him around. Barbaro has a cast on his right hind leg that encloses the foot and extends up to just below the hock. There's a bandage on the laminitis-stricken left hind foot, and support wraps on Barbaro's front legs.

The colt's comfort level has taken a surprising turn since Richardson said in early July the prognosis for a full recovery was "poor."

"I think we're lucky his tissues are fairly healthy," Richardson said. "I don't know why he's more comfortable than some horses with the same condition."

Barbaro had the cast on his injured right hind leg changed last Tuesday and Richardson said it might not need to be changed for about another three weeks. The left hoof, which needs to completely regrow if the colt is to have any shot of walking, remains the biggest concern.

"He's got to get this left hind foot to the point where it's a solid structure that can sustain long-term weight bearing," Richardson said. "Could there still be some major things resulting in him having to be put down? Yeah. He's absolutely not out of the woods yet." :eek:

It's time for another Barbaro update, courtesy of news.bloodhorse.com!

http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=35386


Barbaro Continues Improvement; Boot Removed from Left Hind Foot

Date Posted: 9/20/2006 7:38:24 AM
Last Updated: 9/20/2006 7:38:24 AM

The boot that had been protecting the foot of classic winner Barbaro that been impacted by laminitis has been replaced by a bandage as the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner continues to gradually improve. "He had an excellent week," said Dr. Dean Richardson, chief of surgery at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center. "We replaced the boot on his left hind foot with a bandage because the hoof is doing well."

In addition, Barbaro continues to be comfortable in the cast that has been on his right hind leg for the past three weeks. "We won't change it unless there is a reason to do so, and we will continue to monitor his comfort closely before deciding when to replace or remove this cast," said Richardson. "He is enjoying his daily excursions outside to graze, and his appetite is excellent." Barbaro remains in the intensive care unit of the University of Pennsylvania's George D. Widener Hospital, where he is recovering from injuries suffered at the Preakness on May 20.

The next update will be posted on Tuesday, Sept. 26, unless there is a significant change in Barbaro's condition.

Copyright © 2006 The Blood-Horse, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

yes he deserves to die, and i hope he burns in hell.

BARBARO UPDATE

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=2619481


Doctor pleased with Barbaro's slow, steady progress

Associated Press

KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. -- Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro's right hind leg has a new cast, a new shoe and is healing well, while his left rear hoof is "gradually" improving from laminitis.

The cast was changed for the first time in six weeks, and Dr. Dean Richardson said Tuesday he was "pleased" with the progress in the leg that was shattered when Barbaro took a horrible misstep at the start of the Preakness on May 20.

Barbaro's left hind foot, which had laminitis, continues its slow healing process.

"There is good growth along the quarters [closer to the heel] but there will need to be much more healing along the front of the hoof," Richardson said in an update issued by the University of Pennsylvania's George D. Widener Hospital. "We still have many months of healing ahead of us."

Doctors removed 80 percent of the hoof in mid-July when Barbaro developed laminitis, a painful and often fatal disease brought on by excessive weight bearing on one leg due to the injury of another leg.

Richardson, chief of surgery at the hospital, also had a chance to get a close-up look at Barbaro's right hind leg when the cast was changed Monday.

"I was pleased with the continued progression of healing and the overall condition of this leg," Richardson said. "There are no signs of infection and the primary incisions have healed surprisingly well. Because he has had a cast on for so long, there are a few cast sores, but nothing serious."

Barbaro underwent anesthesia before the cast change, and had another pool recovery before his feet were trimmed and a new shoe was applied to his right hind leg. A few hours after recovery, Barbaro was out grazing and comfortable on both hind legs, the hospital statement said.

Soon, me thinks.

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Can't wait til he's glue.


Will they double the price and sell as Barbaro memorial glue? Put a picture of that 4 legged bastard on the label with all his trophies and give it to 1st graders.

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dead.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Fuck.


-- The Associated Press reports Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was euthanized this morning, according to one of the horse's co-owners.

Should we just shut down the site?

Dog food

Arch is gonna be pissed.

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."

for more http://msn.foxsports.com/horseracing/story/6421288?MSNHPHCP&GT1=9012

Take this off, I didn't see it in the other forum

IBTLBABIG

I hereby decree and shit that by power divested in me that I decree that all WTF avatars be played at half the size and shit or something

Glenn needs to rename himself (again) Post Humous Barbaro

The use of the Brown Paint Brush Tool® in your new av is especially pleasing.

we don't need two threads devoted to this so I merged them.

we don't need two threads devoted to this so I merged them.

WTF Chris = The Merge-Happy Corporate Pig of WTFDetroit[smilie=blaha.gif]

we don't need two threads devoted to this so I merged them.

I agree, we need at least 5 threads devoted to this.



Should we just shut down the site?

I know where you are coming from, believe me, but Barbaro wouldn't want it that way, so we must continue onward, no matter how difficult the coming weeks and years will be.

Perhaps we should create a tribute of some sort? How does "The Barbaro Memorial Other/All Sports Forum" sound?

Word on the streets is that just before Barbaro was put down, he and a former nun from Teaneck, New Jersey (who is now a death row advocate) were married in a private ceremony attended by the horse's doctor, two of the horse's owners, and the nephew of former television personality Mr. Ed.
The former nun, Mary Pat Hultarski, the widow of Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy, said that her husband took the news well when doctors informed the newlyweds (who were eating what would turn out to be Barbaro's last meal at the time, some fine Kentucky Bluegrass they were both grazing on in a pasture out back of the animal hospital where Barbaro spent his last few months) that the end had come, and the lamintitis was inoperable. "He was one brave horse", Mrs. Barbaro said at the post mortem presser, "And that was what attracted me to him in the first place". When asked why she married the horse, her she replied, "Well, actually I've always been attracted to those who seem to have been misunderstood, and maybe done some bad things. But with Barbaro, it was different. People were saying he should have been put down after the injury, and right away I knew I had to meet him. It was love at first sight".

I miss the Barbaro updates.

:^(

I suspect he's in some kid's backpack by now.

If you need it, we'll get a support group started for you, Glenn. These are tough times for all of us, but you especially. Let us know if you need anything.

Sincerely,

Your WTF Family

Thanks Mo.

Maybe everyday at noon we can all chant "BAR BAR O, BAR BAR O".

Barbaro Update:
Do you prefer paste, Elmers Glue All (my favorite because when it dries it makes for a real tasty snack), or Glue Stick?

YES!!

http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/sports/16842043.htm


HBO working on a documentary about Barbaro

Daily News Wire Services

HBO is working on a documentary on Barbaro, Broadcasting & Cable reported.

The documentary on last year's Kentucky Derby winner, who was euthanized earlier this year after complications from the disastrous injuries he suffered in the Preakness, is slated for early June.

"We are going to try to explain why Barbaro became so significant and important to the American public. The entire country rallied around this horse," HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg told Broadcasting & Cable.

we need to make the phone calls to HBO, to include WTFDetroit's ever-supportive role in Barbaro's tragic death.

Are they gonna feature the crazy bitch that married him?

(UPDATE: STILL DEAD)

LOL, just noticed that.

Barbaro's ashes to rest at Churchill Downs


LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Barbaro will be buried at the site of his greatest triumph.

The 2006 Kentucky Derby champion, who was euthanized Jan. 29, 2007 from complications of a breakdown suffered at the Preakness, will have his ashes interred at Churchill Downs.

Barbaro's remains will be placed outside of an entrance gate in a large elevated space enclosed by bricks. The site will also include a bronze statue commissioned by owners Roy and Gretchen Jackson and loaned to the track as part of the official memorial site. The track will install a bronze marker at the site soon. The track plans to unveil the statue and formally dedicate the site in 2009.


Gretchen Jackson said Churchill Downs was the best place to honor the colt, who won the Derby by a dominating 6-1/2 lengths before being injured in the Preakness two weeks later.
"(The Derby) was for us the greatest race that Barbaro ran," she said. "When we think about Barbaro, we think about him running around the track out there. We'll always have that joyous memory."
The Jacksons wrestled with the decision on where to bury the colt for months. The Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky. was among several places that offered to accomodate the Jacksons.
Ultimately, they said they wanted to make sure the public would be able to visit the memorial whenever possible.
"After the Derby and then when he got injured, he really became America's horse," Roy Jackson added. "We sort of felt an obligation that his remains and statue be erected someplace where the general public could pay their respects."


As spectacular as the colt's career was, he became an icon on wtfdetroit after breaking his right hind leg a few hundred yards into the Preakness. His eight-month battle to survive captured the hearts of people across the globe. Fans set up Web sites, and well-wishers flooded the New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pa., and Churchill Downs with cards and gifts.

"His accomplishments as a racehorse are certainly rivaled by the courage and resolve he displayed after his injury," Churchill Downs president Steve Sexton said.

Pictures of the colt from both his racing career and his eight-month rehabilitation at the large animal hospital at New Bolton flashed above a stage before the Jacksons spoke. The Jacksons smiled while watching a short film featuring local schoolchildren talking about Barbaro and showing pictures they drew of the horse following his injury.

Barbaro will be the first Kentucky Derby winner to be buried on the grounds at Churchill Downs. Four previous winners - Sunny's Halo, Carry Back, Swaps and Broker's Tip - are interred at the Kentucky Derby Museum, which is adjacent to the track.

I had to read the whole article because you bolded the entire thing.

This is the first time I clicked on this 10 page thread, just to see why he's still a topic of discussion.

I had to read the whole article because you bolded the entire thing.

Fuck. Me too.

Still dead.

Let's talk about what happened to Shergar.

I lied. I posted this before because 1 thread was more than enough


we don't need two threads devoted to this so I merged them.

I had to read the whole article because you bolded the entire thing.

Because its ALL important.

No, it's not.

He wasn't kidnapped, held for ransom, and killed like Shergar was.

I'm waiting for a Sugarfoot update.

http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Set/3995/icons/ssugarfoot.jpg

Still dead.

Shergar (born 1978. Sire: Great Nephew, Dam: Sharmeen) was an acclaimed racehorse, and winner of the 1981 Epsom Derby by a record 10 lengths, the longest winning margin in the race's 226-year history. This victory earned him a spot in The Observer newspaper's 100 Most Memorable Sporting Moments of the Twentieth Century [1]. A bay colt with a distinctive white blaze, Shergar was named European Horse of the Year in 1981 and was retired from racing that September.

Two years later, on February 8, 1983, he was kidnapped by masked gunmen from the Ballymany Stud, near The Curragh in County Kildare, Ireland [2]. The generally accepted account is that Shergar was abducted by an IRA unit who killed him a few days later when negotiations for a £2 million ransom had stalled and the horse was becoming uncontrollable. His remains have never been found. The incident has been the inspiration for several books, documentaries, and a movie.

Whereabouts of Shergar

Shergar has never been found and his kidnappers have never been officially identified. It is almost certain that he is dead. How he died remains a matter of conjecture. In 2000 a horse's skull was found 100 miles from Ballymany Stud Farm. The skull had two bullet hole punctures and was buried in a sack and only loosely covered with soil. Tests were carried out - DNA analysis was possible due to the fact that Shergar had 35 direct descendants and the fact that two veterinary students plucked two hairs from the horse when he was alive. It turned out that the DNA didn't match and the horse was too young to be Shergar (judged from the teeth).

Nobody gained from the kidnapping of Shergar - the kidnappers never got their money and the insurers never paid out to the syndicate, claiming that he could still have been alive after the policy had expired. Insurer Norwich Union, which has since merged into CGNU, claimed that the policy covered only the death of the horse, not theft, and there was no proof that it had been killed.

Now that's interesting.

I laugh so hard when I read the update. Still dead.

No, it's not.

He wasn't kidnapped, held for ransom, and killed like Shergar was.

Shergar who?

Read what I posted.

Never heard of him. And Barbaro is an Icon. He's breaking news worthy. He's the Michael Jordan of horses.

Sherman is kind of a Flip Murray.

No, that chump just broke his ankle and couldn't take the pain.

And Shermar couldn't handle a lil hostage situation. Prolly cried like a baby.

No, that chump just broke his ankle and couldn't take the pain.
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At least he went out like a champ.

And Shermar couldn't handle a lil hostage situation. Prolly cried like a baby.

Well, who could? Besides me of course.

There is NOTHING special about Barbaro.

I actually had a gun pointed at me and was put to the floor for a lil while and told not to get up for 15 minutes.

So I empathize with Sherman.

I couldn't care less about Sherbert, it's just the whole Jimmy Hoffa thing he has going for him is pretty interesting.

I'll show you a stallion....

Sherwood sounds like a very tough horse.

He's no Barbaro, but that's not a big insult, he's the greatest there is and the greatest there ever was.


I'll show you a stallion....
^Thanks, man.

http://www.englishforum.ch/attachments/family-matters/98d1158920230-kindergartens-oerlikon-zurich-hijack.gif

I believe, personally, that Shergar is in hiding (like Tupac).

His new identity:
http://lilymichaud.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/unicorns_csg010.jpg

Shelgar would be old by now though...if not dead of old age.

You ruined it.

I'm in a bad mood right now anyway, so I'm going to go take five.

As you were...

This is for Shergar and for Barbaro:

http://www.eazye.info/img/eazy-2.jpg

Sorry, I look for him when I'm out and about.

Your connection to Ireland is tenuous, at best.

I have a friend who is Irish.

http://us.123rf.com/168nwm/lisafx/lisafx0702/lisafx070200011.jpg

I have a friend who is Irish.
I have a friend who's last name is Irish. But he's middle eastern. Its very confusing.

I have a friend who is Irish.

Is he from Ireland? Or is he just a Walmart Irishie of Irish descent?

So they took some DNA or some shit, from Barbaro so they can clone his ass or something?

BARBARO LIVES! maybe

So who is this Barbaro that everyone seems to be talking about? Is he in politics?

STILL DEAD?

GOD DAMMIT IT HAS BEEN AN HOUR AND 18 MINUTES SINCE I LAST HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT BARBARO SOMEONE PLEASE POST SOMETHING

Maybe the all time best thread here.

Barbaro is the glue that holds this board together.

Maybe the all time best thread here.


We agree with Fool.


Fuck you, man.

bump

just because its the greatest thread of all time

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The Barbaro mug shot emoticon doesn't get used often enough, IMO.

Just updating this incase Saturday rolls around and you are watching "Big Brown" win the Triple Crown and wonder to yourself............

Whatever happened to that Barbaro guy?

:Barbaro: I could've bolded this entire article


Barbaro statue unveiled in Louisville
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Catherine Kane never paid much attention to horse racing. It simply wasn't her thing.

Then, watching the Preakness three years ago, she cringed when Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro pulled up a couple hundred yards into the second leg of the Triple Crown.

The sight of the dazzling bay colt's shattered right hind leg hanging awkwardly as jockey Edgar Prado tried to keep him calm touched the Franciscan sister from Vineland, N.J., in a way she never expected.

Churchill Downs unveiled a 1,500-pound bronze likeness of Barbaro on Sunday, more than two years after the injury that led to his death in January 2007.
"I know this sounds weird, but I feel like he called to me while he was standing there waiting for help," Kane said. "From that minute on I have just been so bonded with him."

Kane isn't the only one.

Nearly three years after the injury that eventually led to his death in January 2007, Barbaro has become an icon to thousands, many of them non-racing fans like Kane who were moved by his valiant struggle for survival.

They've inundated owners Roy and Gretchen Jackson with cards, flowers and memorial Web sites, a wave of public support that has hardly faded with time.

Less than a week before this year's Run for the Roses they made one final journey to pay their respects to the horse they love and the people who made sure Barbaro is remembered for more than the tragedy that ended his brilliant career.

The track unveiled a 1,500-pound bronze statue of Barbaro on Sunday. The sculpture, created by Alexa King, shows Barbaro flying down the track with all four feet off the ground as he carries Prado to glory. The statue, which has Barbaro's ashes in the base, is placed outside a gate at the venerable track so the public can visit him at any time.

"I think we got it right," Gretchen Jackson said.

The unveiling is the final chapter of a story that began the second Barbaro took that fateful bad step early in the Preakness. During his eight-month battle at New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pa., the public outpouring overwhelmed the center as fans sent treats, flowers and well-wishes.

Melissa Nobles of Tallahassee, Fla., was visiting her son at Army basic training in Georgia during Barbaro's rehab but found time to monitor the horse's progress.

"He was almost like a person, he felt like family," Nobles said.

It's why Nobles decided to send the horse an e-mail -- the only one she says she's ever sent in her life -- to let him know that he was in her prayers.

"I could care less for [e-mailing] people, but I made sure he got my e-mail," she said. "He was that special."

In a way, Barbaro may be more influential in death than he ever could have been in life. His breakdown put the racing industry under the spotlight, and in the last three years it has taken unprecedented steps to address the sport's shortcomings.

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association created the Safety & Integrity Alliance last fall, designed to make sure tracks are following recommended safety guidelines. Churchill Downs became the first track in the country to be accredited by the alliance last month.

There's been just as much movement off the track. The Barbaro Memorial Fund has helped save over 2,900 horses from slaughter while raising more than $1 million for laminitis research.

"I think right now everybody is doing their best to stop injuries like this," said trainer Michael Matz. "Whether it's laminitis or breakdowns on the track, there are so many people trying to correct this situation and I do believe racing is better for it."

It's a good start, but there's still plenty of work to be done, Gretchen Jackson said. She remains a staunch opponent of trainers putting their horses on medication.

"I think it's a positive and perhaps it is safer, but I don't think you can really say it's safe when you're running horses that are on drugs," she said. "It does interfere with the truth."

The other truth, Jackson knows, is that she had a special horse with a unique ability to connect with people, even if some of the outpouring has been a little over the top.

Kane made three trips to New Bolton during Barbaro's stay in hopes of getting a glimpse. She never did, but she would bring the staff there coffee and doughnuts, thinking if the staff was in a good mood Barbaro's treatment would be even better.

Dr. Dean Richardson, who oversaw Barbaro's rehab at New Bolton, couldn't help but laugh when talking about the massive wave of support created by his most famous patient's fight.

"Some of you are flat-out crazy, and you know who you are, or maybe you don't, I don't know," Richardson told the crowd. "The fact is these are people who really feel it from the heart and have acted on their feelings. It's been remarkable to even be a part of this great story."

Many of the fans wore either green or blue Barbaro shirts, some with "FOB" on them to signify they were a member of the "Fans of Barbaro." The global fan club has become an aggressive advocate of horse safety and welfare research.

Kane -- wearing a blue and green rubber bracelet with a pair of Barbaro-inspired quotes "Live the Moment" and "Just Be A Winner" on it -- donates money to several animal welfare organizations each month and has no plans of stopping.

"I think he had some sort of spiritual or mystical presence about him," she said. "There is a lot people can learn from him. He accepted his situation and set an example human beings can follow. There's going to be a time when we're not healthy, we're not as strong as we were initially. He told us to keep on going."



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"There is a lot people can learn from him. He accepted his situation and set an example human beings can follow. There's going to be a time when we're not healthy, we're not as strong as we were initially. He told us to keep on going."

Holy shit, some peeps take things to extremes...overextrapolations.

Who's Barbaro? Was he a soccer player?

"Live the moment"


*tears*

Barbaro?

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I still love that horse. Now I live 25 minutes from his grave. *cries*

'Guest' viewing this lollz

Stiil dead.

lold

Get off your high horse, Glan!

Quit horsing around, I mean it.

There was a time back in the day, for about 6 hours, when this thread owned the internet

Love u Barbaro, will never forget u :Barbaro:

❤️

:emo kid: