Just spoke to Peter. He had heard from Michael who visited Barbaro this afternoon and all remains well. Peter assumes Michael had him out grazing etc.
Update 611: Michael Matz visited Barbaro last evening and he said all was well. I saw him first set on the dirt track. It was a stunning sunrise this morning with a layer of mist coming up out of the ground. Just finished galloping Chappy for my second set and hoping for a nice uneventful morning.
updated thursday 7:05am
Update 610: Ray Paulick, editor-in-chief of the Bloodhorse makes end of year predictions: Locks which include this one we can all agree to:
Equine surgeon Dean Richardson and the staff at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center will win the 2006 Eclipse Award of Merit. No one is more deserving than Richardson and his team at New Bolton. The work done in the hours and days following Barbaro's devastating injury in the Preakness was remarkable from a veterinary medicine standpoint. Their decision (and that of owners Roy and Gretchen Jackson) to provide frequent updates (including photographs and video) on Barbaro's recovery, despite the very real possibility that the colt could die, allowed millions of people who might have given up on horse racing because of the injury to stay connected with the sport.
Another article from the Thoroughbred Times discusses the transparency of Barbaro's condition and its effect: Focus on fracture repair. ( Excellent Article )
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