Thanks for this info.

sad
 

this is very sad news:( lets keep our prayers with him , bless you champ

Sad, sad, sad. I just hope he makes it....

"Barbaro became acutely uncomfortable on the foot Tuesday night, prompting veterinarians there to remove his cast. After discovering a new separation of the inside portion of the hoof, they removed damaged tissue. The center referred to the setback as significant."


it's a longshot folks.

Hope for the best but expect the worst
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http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=37013

here's the entire article. yes, a setback, but not insurmountable. he's no quitter, we all know that by now.

I can only hope for 1 thing, and that is my hope that this horse is comfortable. This animal cannot tell vets just how painful his hoof is, so I hope that the best monitoring can at least keep the horse pain-free.

If he is in agony, 100 of the best bred horses in the future are not worth it...

ALostTexan

We can only hope not...

ALostTexan

Thanks! We try hard and it's an ongoing and uncertain thing. Not like something you can give an antibiotic for or some other treatment that will "fix" it. There's so little information on this setback for Barbaro, but I hope his problem is along the lines of an abscess. Abscesses come with the laminitis territory and they are nasty and painful. The resect they did on his left back can be wrought with problems as the hoof grows back out. It is a delicate balancing act with the right back already being compromised. What a horse, though!

he is comfortable. absolutely that has been THE number one thing all along from the jacksons, that he not be in pain. it's why when they found the laminitis they chose to continue to treat him, rather than give up. barbaro has never given up, never been in pain, never been anything but bright, alert and happy. dr richardson assured them that he felt he could control the pain, and that has been the case.
they've said from the get go that they just want him to live, in comfort. breeding him would be the icing on the cake, but they just want the cake!

they had a huge policy on him--maybe more than one. there are mortality policies for racers, and they probably took out one for breeding purposes in case he turned out to be like cigar. hell, they paid out some 16mill for war emblem because he was reluctant-so just think the payout for barbaro. it's not about the money, never has been.

Courage Barbaro! Keep fighting big guy!
I posted about you in my "lessons learned from chickens" thread.
You're in my thoughts and prayers.
DTS

But, he has made it through setbacks before...just another hurdle
Something tells me...he'll make it through.

Not to be negative
 

but I have a feeling that we will be saying good bye soon. Fact is for him to go from almost leaving TO back in his sling, I get the idea this is one of those things where they are going to try and let the public down easy, not shock them. I hope not, but it is called public relations.

i disagree. dr richardson has been up front from the get-go. when barbaro developed the laminitis back last summer, he was very clear on the odds barbaro faced at the time.
they have to be absolutely sure that barbaro maintains even weight on all four limbs. this is crucial. any stress on his other leg could cause laminitis in that limb as well-that would be imo a mortal blow. they have to keep his weight even. that's why they went to the sling.

I share the same feelings as you. Unfortunately, founder is an extremely painful disease, but I'm sure that they are doing everything in their power to keep him comfortable. However, I'd be lying if I said that I thought that he was completely pain-free because I have seen first hand what this disease does to horses.

this from another article, from espn:


Dr. Scott Morrison, who applied the cast on Jan. 3, called the latest development "a bump in the road" and said Barbaro "can possibly overcome it.

"When a horse tries to grow back an entire hoof capsule like Barbaro is, complications are expected along the way," added Morrison, the head of podiatry service at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Ky. "While the foot is growing back, there is some wall structure and tissue that becomes compromised along the way and has to be removed."

Though Morrison wasn't present at New Bolton when Richardson removed the loose tissue, he believes Barbaro's condition has not regressed or gone "back to square one."
"But I wouldn't say the prognosis is good for the foot," he cautioned. "It's still grim. He still has to grow a hoof wall for his prognosis to improve. There's still a long road ahead."

No doubt they're aware of the intense public scrutiny and are cautious about how and when they release information, but I agree that they seem to be up front. This whole thing seems to have placed a big burden on both the owners and the vets -- sort of like they have an obligation not just to the horse but also to the racing community to see it through. But I think they're handling it with dignity.

It's ironic, but I went to my first Kentucky Derby to see Barbaro run, and now he ends up just a few miles from my house.

You are dead on when you said that they feel as if they have an obligation to the racing community to see it through. Dead on.

Another article:

http://www.drf.com/news/article/81784.html

Just my opinion with no real knowledge about the subject, but it seems obvious that the new foot cast applied last week stressed the hoof and caused this newest problem.

yep, i agree with that. they said something about trying to rotate his coffin bone. i doubt this was a surprise to them really, they had to know there could be a problem.