How did Barbaro recover from his broken leg?
After tumbling to the dirt at the Preakness, Barbaro was transported to the New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania’s rural Kennett Square campus, where Dr. Dean Richardson performed surgery. Although Barbaro’s broken leg healed, he developed laminitis, a painful and often crippling hoof condition, in his left hind leg.
When did Barbaro break his leg in the Preakness?
The passage of time has trickled ever so slowly for trainer Michael Matz since Barbaro’s final gallop at the Preakness. A decade ago, Matz saddled the frisky Kentucky Derby winner with designs of pulling off an encore at Pimlico Race Course. Soon after emerging from the starting gate, Barbaro stumbled and broke his right hind leg.
How did Barbaro get hurt in the Kentucky Derby?
As of today, it’s been a decade since Barbaro, the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner, answered the starting bell at the Preakness Stakes, moments before jockey Edgar Prado pulled him up with a broken hind leg. Eight months later, he would die of the complications from that injury.
What kind of hoof condition does Barbaro have?
Although Barbaro’s broken leg healed, he developed laminitis, a painful and often crippling hoof condition, in his left hind leg. Following several more procedures, Barbaro was found to have laminitis in both front legs.
After tumbling to the dirt at the Preakness, Barbaro was transported to the New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania’s rural Kennett Square campus, where Dr. Dean Richardson performed surgery. Although Barbaro’s broken leg healed, he developed laminitis, a painful and often crippling hoof condition, in his left hind leg.
The passage of time has trickled ever so slowly for trainer Michael Matz since Barbaro’s final gallop at the Preakness. A decade ago, Matz saddled the frisky Kentucky Derby winner with designs of pulling off an encore at Pimlico Race Course. Soon after emerging from the starting gate, Barbaro stumbled and broke his right hind leg.
As of today, it’s been a decade since Barbaro, the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner, answered the starting bell at the Preakness Stakes, moments before jockey Edgar Prado pulled him up with a broken hind leg. Eight months later, he would die of the complications from that injury.
Who are the owners of Barbaro the horse?
Roy and Gretchen Jackson, Barbaro’s owners, reflect on his fatal injury in the 2006 Preakness. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun video) Ten years later, it remains the most haunting image in Preakness history — that titan of a horse tentatively jabbing his right hind leg at the dirt, realizing the shattered limb would not bear his weight.
