barbaro latest

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

Originally Posted by ALostTexan

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

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.

[Danzig]

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."