RIP Barbaro

[Phannman66]

I just heard on Redskins Lunch that they put down Barbaro a little while ago...

I'm not really a horse racing guy but it is a really sad thing

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

Beat me to it. Yeah that is sad. Guess they did all they could.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/29/D8MV2U2G0.html

[Gallntfox]

It's being reported on CNN that he was euthanized. A sad ending to an inspirational story.

[Phannman66]

I expect TK to be all torn up about it on PTI tonight. He loved that little guy...

[Spaceman Spiff]

Not into the horse racing either, but RIP indeed.

[jg42]

So sad. He captured a lot of hearts. Beautiful animal.

[Thanos]

so, what its just a horse.All the procedures to save this animal was appalling.

[Phannman66]

so, what its just a horse.All the procedures to save this animal was appalling.

so if you get cancer I don't expect you to have any treatment for it, cause all those procedures to save your life would be appalling, you are just a human-being...

[stevenaa]

so if you get cancer I don't expect you to have any treatment for it, cause all those procedures to save your life would be appalling, you are just a human-being...

Don't kid yourself. The money spent on this horse wasn't out of any love of the horse. This was about being able to reap millions in stud fees. It was purely business.

[jrockster21]

This happens daily on racetracks around the world. Barbaro happened to get some press, and was worth millions of dollars, so everyone thinks its "sad and inspirational." Give me a break. It IS sad, but its sad in the fact that this happens ALL THE TIME to horses, except without all the efforts to keep them alive to begin with. Most of the time, a horse breaks its leg, they put him down automatically.

[Sarge]

Wow. That was quick. Just yesterday they were talking about him coming back from surgery

[edgun88]

so, what its just a horse.All the procedures to save this animal was appalling.

Yea I kinda agree. I mean I like horses, but if an animal is dying then let it die.

[Phannman66]

Don't kid yourself. The money spent on this horse wasn't out of any love of the horse. This was about being able to reap millions in stud fees. It was purely business.

I'm not really kidding anybody.. they don't really need him to seed a female.. artificial incimination?

[Mass_SkinsFan]

As a horse owner myself, I have very mixed feelings on this.

On one hand I am pleased to see that they're not going to continue putting Barbaro through more pain and surgery when it has become apparant that it wasn't going to lead to the horse having a happy and healthy life.

On the other hand it infuriates me that once again we see the reason that so many of us HATE the horse racing industry glossed over when something like this happens. These people are asking pre-pubescant animals (2 & 3 years olds) to push their bodies well beyond what they are physically ready to do at that age. Your general riding horse won't even have a saddle on their backs until they're 3 or 4 years old (at least), and won't truly be fully broken for a year or two beyond that. Additionally, if the horse gets hurt or fails to win, they get discarded like yesterday's newspaper. The extents of medical treatment done for Barbaro are quite unusual in that business.

Thankfully that beautiful horse is now in a better place. A place where he can run and play without pain or injury. Where he can be a horse again, instead of an 'athlete' or a commodity as he was during his time on earth.

[TheJoe1013]

This happens daily on racetracks around the world. Barbaro happened to get some press, and was worth millions of dollars, so everyone thinks its "sad and inspirational." Give me a break. It IS sad, but its sad in the fact that this happens ALL THE TIME to horses, except without all the efforts to keep them alive to begin with. Most of the time, a horse breaks its leg, they put him down automatically.

Yep...I really feel, if Barbaro hadn't been such a media darling and in the spotlight, he would've been euthanized they day of the race. That's just the way horse racing is. I think they prolonged things and spent all the money on surgery in part to save face in the media.

It is a sad thing, but not really a suprise to me. the biggest suprise to me was actually that they waited so long.