barbaro recovery

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I have a question that I have been asking ever since the injury but nobody has given me an answer. If the worst case scenario happens and they can't save the leg, why do they have to put him down? Why can't they try giving him a prosthetic leg? There have been horses that got prosthetic legs and did fine. There was a horse in California named Boitron and I believe he even stood at stud with a prosthetic leg. I believe it was a back leg that he had lost. Why isn't a prosthetic leg an option for Barbaro?

I don't think that option has come up because they are really just fighting an infection right now. He is around 50-50 to have a great life as a normal horse.

A prosthetic leg would be a last resort. Considering horses have been sires with a prosthetic leg it might be talked about if it came to that.

The doctor though is a pretty confident guy and I doubt he would even bring it up. He says the right things and is very cautious in the public, but I don't think there is any doubt in his mind that he will pull it off. The guy is VERY ARROGANT and CONFIDENT, and that is not a knock on him.