Why Barbaro?

Question

Why couldn't they save Barbaro? It makes me so upset. Was it something that was in his hooves? I just wish he could have made it! It breaks my heart. =( I know he broke his leg, but I though that he could have made it.

Answer 1

The two previous are right. Laminitis is what brought him down. This is a painful rotation of the coffin bone that comes with many injuries to the leg.(i.e Barbaros broken leg)Because horses will shift the weight of the injured leg to a good leg(he broke his right leg i think and developed laminitis in his left leg. It is VERY painful for the animal and many horses will be put out of their pain. But they tried to help him this is why they removed part of his hoof(remember?) I think Barbaro was given a chance that most racehorses do not get and until we find a cure for laminitis we will lose more horses. I think horse racing is cruel though because it is not natural for 2 and 3 year olds to be running on undeveloped bones for that long of a time.

jb9355 you are so right

Answer 2

why not barbaro?

think about that cheap claimer who races 75 times

in his career, at the lowest level, and when he falls

and gets put down, nobody cares!!!!!

the cheap horses run every 14 days.....

the barbaro of the sport, you are lucky to see them

1 a month, but for the love of the sport, you can see them

run 3 times in 5 weeks for the triple crown!!!! and

then few come back too race at the age of 4 because

they are so broke down from that triple crown trail!!!!

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triple crown winners, only happen when all the horses run

in all 3 legs of the crown.....should have a new rule....

can't run in the derby, you can't run in the other 2 legs

of the triple crown......rags to riches ran in 1 leg of the

triple crown, curlin all 3..he was tired, she won, but could

not come back and bet her same s*x next time out!!!!!

Answer 3

Think of Ruffian The only filly to defeat a derby winner and the only Filly to run against the boys

It hard to heal broken legs on horses and stallions have a away of giving up

he will be remembered by  all of us

Don't be sad help by supporting research on that

Answer 4

the break is not what eventually took His life.  The laminitis in both his hooves caused it to be too painful for him to stand. As sad as it was, it was the best thing for him at that time.  Nobody wanted Barbaro to suffer as he was apparently starting to do. He will be missed.

Answer 5

I'm with you. And he kept going and going! NEVER GIVE UP!

Answer 6

Rhonda is right.They fixed his broken leg,but the laminitis was causing him pain and they could no longer control his pain.If an animal is suffering,it is more humane to let them go.No one wanted him to lose his fight.We were all praying for him.

Answer 7

Barbaro!!!! a great horse...but like have others have said it was laminitis and excrutiating pain to stand that eventually brought him down

I have grown up around horses and love them.

Thoroughbred/standrard bred racing is a business where people often don't treat horses like living, loving  animals...expensive business...and if the horse isn't making money...like get rid of it or if injured dope it up enough to do the job...sad...these people should own race cars or something

Sore spot with me...worked at many throughbred stables and kept moving on thinking I would find one that actually cared about their horses...never found one

I sometimes think racing horses should be illegal....