Barbaro, The Heart In the Winner's Circle
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Nine years ago, I had a thoroughbred mare who came down with colic in the night, and was too far gone to save by the time she was found at 6 a.m. After she was euthanized, I remember staring at her body, which was stretched out in the grass, running my hands over her. Her coat was shining. Her haunch was rounded and firm. Her feet and legs were perfect. Only that one thing had been wrong, that twist in her gut, but it was enough, and it killed her. So it is with all horses....
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The racing industry reacted quickly to the death of Barbaro with the creation of the Barbaro Memorial Fund on Thursday, an initiative to raise money for research into laminitis and other equine health and safety issues.
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Photos: A look at the whiskered winners who stood out in last week's annual beard and mustache competition
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He's looking good, feeling good and eating well these days, yet Barbaro is still a long way from leaving the hospital.
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Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro is being closely monitored after developing complications this week requiring more surgery and treatment of an abscess.
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By Ellen Gedalius, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Feb. 6--TAMPA -- From working for the city to marketing for Dupont to joining the carnival circuit to opening a popular Italian restaurant, Rick Barcena has struggled at times to find just the right career path.
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By LEE GRAVES  John Crews wouldn't mind finishing his fishing tournament the way Stephen Carr was supposed to start his.  With hoopla befitting a hero.
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Weeks of good news about Barbaro have suddenly taken an alarming tone.
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Barbaro&#039;s vital signs, appetite and &quot;attitude&quot; remained good, though there was no indication the Kentucky Derby winner&#039;s condition has improved since a grim prognosis by his veterinarian.
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Barbaro will return to the site of his greatest victory after Churchill Downs was selected on Tuesday as the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner's final resting place.
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Barbaro was given a walk in the intensive care unit by his veterinarian, perhaps a sign the ailing Kentucky Derby winner was responding well to treatment for an often fatal condition in his left hind leg.
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Barbaro trainer Michael Matz was encouraged Tuesday by the colt&#039;s recent stability in his health, though he noted the Kentucky Derby winner&#039;s condition could still turn any time.
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HAVEN, Wis. - It was a victory only the victor could love...
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Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro went into surgery Sunday to determine the extent of &quot;life-threatening injuries&quot; after the colt broke three bones above and below his right rear ankle at the start of the Preakness Stakes.
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It may soon be up to the courts to determine just who owns Curlin, the horse that bested Street Sense to win the Preakness Stakes.
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The latest champion, and possibly the most convincing.
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Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was &quot;bright and appropriately frisky&quot; Monday after surgery to repair his broken hind leg, even showing an interest in mares, but the colt still faces a long and perilous road to recovery.