Re: 6 Minutes prior to post in the Preakness... (695 Views)
Posted by:
Michael D. (IP Logged)
Date: May 23, 2006 01:09PM
alm Wrote:
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> Nobody connected with Barbaro will want to admit
> they knew about his problem, but almost all of us
> would have done the same thing they did. This was
> a very fast horse capable of winning at the
> highest level and the Triple Crown only comes once
> in a horse's life.
>
> He was medicated to avoid the pain and showed no
> gimpiness in his stride as a result. He was raced
> lightly to keep the damage to a minimum, but it
> was getting worse all the time and I suppose it
> eventually got so bad that Prado could feel it in
> the warmup.
alm,
you are stating as fact that:
1) the connections of barbaro knew about an existing injury to the leg
2) barbaro had been treated for the injury with medication
3) the injury had been getting worse and worse
where did you get this info?