Associated Press
Horse Racing News Wire
A quick look at Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro and how he's progressing from lifesaving surgery at the New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pa.:
MEDICAL UPDATE: Dr. Dean Richardson said Tuesday that Barbaro's cast on his right hind leg is causing no problems, and it could be weeks before it is changed. However, Richardson said the decision remains day to day: "All his vital signs are normal, his blood work is good, he could not at this moment look better in terms of his medical condition."
HIS DAY: Jockey Edgar Prado saw Barbaro for the first time since he pulled up the injured colt at the start of the Preakness on May 20. Also stopping by were owners Roy and Gretchen Jackson, along with their daughter, Lucy, and her husband, Tom Zungailia.
WHAT'S NEXT: Richardson will decide each morning whether to change the fiberglass cast that runs from Barbaro's right hock to hoof.
QUOTE: "He will never be able to do a dressage test. He won't be able to gallop, he won't be able to jump. He will have, at the very best, a hitch in his giddyup. He will not be quite right, but there's lots and lots of horses that can walk, trot, canter, gallop, spin around and somewhat importantly, mount a mare ... all those things that you use your hind legs for. That's their hope, that he can do all those things." - Richardson on what Barbaro can do if he fully recovers.
1 comment:
so happy that he is doing good.
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