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brentspeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:06 AM
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Doctors 'Optimistic' About Happy Life for Barbaro (injured Kentucky Derby-winning horse)
Edited on Mon Jan-08-07 11:07 AM by brentspeak
(A change from the usual stuff that we argue about)

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2765815
Jan. 2, 2007 — Doctors expressed optimism that Barbaro, who became the toast of the horse racing community with his stunning victory last year in the Kentucky Derby, will heal well enough from the potentially fatal injury he suffered in the Preakness Stakes to lead a comfortable life.

Dr. Dean W. Richardson, the chief of surgery at the intensive care unit of the George D. Widener Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania New Bolton Center, where Barbaro is being treated, made the announcement today in a statement posted on the hospital's Web site.

Barbaro, who shattered three bones in his right hind leg a few yards into the Preakness on May 20, has made enough progress that doctors now believe it will be possible for him to "live happily," the statement said...
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Missy M Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:08 AM
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1. Nice to read good news for once...
what a beautiful creature he is.
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:12 AM
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2. He'll never race again, but he'll always be a champion.
:toast:
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oldtime dfl_er Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:17 AM
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5. Hey I was just about to say that
Honestly, those exact words...what a beautiful creature he is.
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:22 AM
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6. I'm pretty fast for an old lady.
:evilgrin:
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oldtime dfl_er Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 01:34 PM
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8. bet Im older than you
:)
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 02:48 PM
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9. You're on, sonny!
64 this Friday.:wow:
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oldtime dfl_er Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 09:57 PM
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12. you win....by a decade
do I have to take the "old timer" out of my name? :)
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 06:47 AM
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14. No, keep it. It's all relative.
You're an old timer; I'm an ancient of days.
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Corgigal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:14 AM
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3. good news
A video of Barbaro from December. That left back leg still looks so fragile but the big guy looks like he can live with it. Good enough for me.

http://forums.delphiforums.com/timwoolley/messages?msg=3457.1
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a kennedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 08:33 AM
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15. Wow, just wow, it's almost painful to watch
but the alternative is worse. Good for him, and good for the medical team. What a fantastic horse.
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:17 AM
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4. That's excellent news ... he's strong and beautiful - Enjoy Retirement Barbaro. n/t
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:29 AM
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7. Yea Bobby!!!
Thanks for posting this, I've been following Barbaro since last May, my mom lives about 20 mins. from New Bolton Center. This is terrific news for a beautiful creature who was so close to death after his horrific accident.

Something to smile about today. :) :loveya:
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Lurking Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 03:51 PM
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10. Could there be 2 sweeter words for a horse to hear than "stud farm"?
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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 03:55 PM
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11. Good, he's such a beautiful horse
Too bad for him that science has trumped fun in animal husbandry.
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piedmont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:38 PM
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13. Thoroughbreds have to be conceived naturally to be registered.
So they can't breed racehorses from him if he can't do it on his own. I'm rooting for him!
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