Re: Bad news for Barbaro (557 Views)
Posted by:
Chuckles_the_Clown2 (IP Logged)
Date: July 13, 2006 04:07PM
richiebee Wrote:
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> I had quoted this passage in a different context a
> few months ago. It comes from a book which Jimmy
> Breslin calls the second most important document
> in the world(the first most important being the
> payroll):
>
> "Do you give the horse its might?
> Do you clothe its neck with mane?
>
> Do you make it leap like the locust?
> Its majestic snorting is terrible.
>
> It paws violently, exults mightily;
> it goes out to meet the weapons.
>
> It laughs at fear, and is not dismayed;
> it does not turn back from the sword.
>
> Upon rattle the quiver,
> the flashing spear and the javelin.
>
> With fierceness and rage it swallows the
> ground;
> it can not stand still at the sound of the
> trumpet.
>
> When the trumpet sounds it says "Aha!"
> From a distance it smells the battle,
> the thunder of the captains, and the shouting"
>
> Job 39.
>
> "For a living dog is better than a dead lion"
>
> Ecclesiastes.
>
> "They give their lives for our enjoyment"
>
> Ron McInally.
>
> Ironic but not surprising. Laminitis was the
> biggest threat to this colt from the start.
> Complex surgical procedures involving bone grafts
> and screws and plates made of advanced metals, all
> of the manners in which this colt was monitored,
> the high tech recovery techniques which were
> utilized, and Barbaro will most likely succumb to
> laminitis.
>
> Ironic because despite the best care and
> technology available, people who live with horses,
> and the vets who treat these horses, really are no
> closer to understanding laminitis than they were
> 25 or 50 years ago.
>
> Laminitis was the greatest fear of Barbaro's
> veterinary team from the onset, because they were
> aware that their patient was at high risk of
> foundering, and the survival rates of even healthy
> animals who founder is infinitesimal. And even
> though the veterinary team treating Barbaro knew
> that laminitis was the greatest threat to the
> colt, they were in the end apparently unable to
> prevent it.
>
>
The Jackson woman has said from the inception: "We want little Barbaro's running around the track." Why did she not say, We want to see Barbaro frolicking in our pasture? You have to wonder with her eye towards monetary return whether she'll consider a malpractice suit against Doc Richardson. He did play musical casts with Barbaro for many days when the root of the problem was something more.
The only thing that went Barbaro's way was the lack of a compound fracture. Many times you see the limb nearly sheared off as was in the case of Go for Wand. Barbaro himself did a remarkable job of getting his weight off the injury and only this athleticism prevented the injury from being compound. He was moving with the majority of his weight on three legs during most of the pull up.
Barbaro had three supportive structures fractured. One in 27 pieces. The initial infection apparently developed in either the fetlock or cannon bone, though that is not clear from the accounts. Once the infection was in his bloodstream it made the probabilities increase regarding founder. The abscess on the uninjured rear hoof was a harbinger of the feared laminitis. Now its apparently set in with a vengeance. They are administering large amounts of pain killers to Barbaro is how the press release must be interpreted. The horse himself is apparently nickering to his attendants. He's trying to tell them something. He's been a very brave animal. Hopefully they will listen to his nickers.
eventually the day draws to an end
and climbs into its evening bed
pulling the cover of dusk mist
upon itself in restful bliss
and highlit there in sunset clouds
array his lineage long and proud
roberto named for pirate kind
his majesty...ribot sublime
regret not the things not done
theres greatness in the races won
ctc
Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 07/13/2006 06:39PM by Chuckles_the_Clown2.