The story of the hero BARBARO

[@vickyburton2434]

There will always be tragedy as long as babies are raced. Horses should not even begin to be trained until the age of three. They are not fully mature until 4 or 5.

[@RostClan220]

Not all care about the money. Look how much the owners spent on vet care!!!could had euthanized and collected insurance.

[@kairabakker6993]

I think he could have been a triple crown winner sadly we’ll never know

[@manueltubens535]

I remember that race where Barbaro broke his hind leg, and even though they operated the leg poor Barbaro had to be put down. It was a very sad day, and a terrible loss. I was in tears watching the race on TV, and it truly broke my heart seeing that poor horse 🐴 suffering through so much. It was a good choice to put Barbaro out his misery, and pain. R. I. P. Barbaro. ( A true champion). 😢😢

[@MNTayler]

Wasn't he cared for at a vet hospital (Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center)for many months after that race? I remember sending him a card. I think he was euthanized like 8 months later. Great job all those people did caring for him. Very sad/

[@tmuas4079]

Horse ribs for dinner

[@dorindawork]

@@tmuas4079 WTH IS WRONG WITH YOU THIS HORSE MEANT MANY THINGS TO MANY PEOPLE AND YET YOU CHOOSE TO HURT OTHERS BY THIS COMMENT!!! MY GOSH WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE THESE DAYS

[@stingray6154]

Yes I’m sure he was grateful for the time trials when his bones weren’t even formed yet just to have the honor of dying doing what he was beaten to do which resembles nothing he would’ve done naturally. Fuck this bloodsport

[@christinebraeuner8275]

​@@tmuas4079Somebody should have you for dinner. Maybe a nice hungry alligator

[@gregrice1532]

He should never ran once he broke threw the gate that was it for me vet didn't do his job at preakness

[@ChrisB-vb9hh]

If you watch closely Barbaro should of been scratched after he broke through the gate!!

[@TGP109]

It's hard to say, He may have just been nervous from the crowd and hullaballo or feeling a bit of pain and trying to tell the rider. Prado said he galloped fine after leaving the gate though.

[@kazmungovan117]

Yes I think he was trying to tell them something was up…easy to say after the fact I know…it’s very sad all round..

[@kristinlawrence4703]

Kinda seems like the trainer is 100% at fault. Barbaro had been acting up the whole day and even busted through the starting gate. He should’ve been scratched.

[@may_laytrucker3127]

I remember like Barbaro today rip ❤😢😢😢😢😢

[@th3yluv_em]

rest in peace barbaro :(

[@larryb131]

Barbaro was a great horse. If not for the injury there is no telling what that horse could have achieved.

[@luxxxifer]

Long Live Barbaro!!!

[@windroseofficial4461]

I'm glad nowadays they can treat stuff like this in animals much better to where they get a full recovery in about 6 months to a year. I only wish they could've done something for not only Barbaro, but also all the other racehorses like Ruffian who had to be put down because they were deteriorating or just ended up dying from their injuries.

[@Dandelion_flight]

So true. I am sad to watch this about Barbaro and glad they did everything they could to save him, but I am even sadder about how those who are not champions are quickly removed and turned into pet food. The horse industry is a cruel one and I will never support it. If horse-racing is to continue, they should come up with rules that every single horse, whether they are champions or not, should get to enjoy a good life till the day they die.

[@tmuas4079]

Feed Dem to the dogs

[@windroseofficial4461]

@@tmuas4079 get out of here with that heartless BS please😒

[@erintubb9860]

@@Dandelion_flight horse meat hasn't been used in pet food in the us since the 1970s.

[@sireyck]

unfortunately there still aren't a lot of options for horses that injure one leg severely enough that they can't weight bear on it. horses weren't designed to carry their weight on 3 legs, and those 3 healthy legs will eventually break down if the horse continues to compensate for the one bad leg. there isn't a lot that vets can do to solve the extra load the 3 good legs have to carry.

[@christineyates2618]

He won by 6.5 lengths. Pity he couldn't double it, he'd beat our Assie best if so. The horses behaviour on the day of his last race is highly suspicious, a little chemical hurry up maybe?

[@tednoonan2480]

Its so sad to see what happens to them all they care about is the money i see on video what they do them same australi send to canda to be slaughtered no animal desevres that sort of treament 😢😢😢

[@Mcdonald-ly9jn]

Yes thankyou i agree

[@kira24ist]

These are race horses, they will run their heart out either on the pasture or on the track. If the horse doesn’t want to run, you can’t move all that massiveness. Its not a dog. The owner will either keep/sell it off as a pet if the horse doesn’t run. They want to run. When race horses retire they get depressed, so sometimes they become lead ponies. Lead ponies give comfort and calm down race horses as they walk out onto the field. The crowd for a new horse can be overwhelming or just the stepping out into the field can get a horse overly excited to race. So the lead horse helps calm them down. Besides ppl that help train, groom, ride these horses don’t make a lot of money. Most of them do it bc they love the horses. Yes they make money but they are treated very well - baths, spa time, acupuncture, they are treated better than most pets. By saying they are “slaughtered” is not appropriate. The horse is doing what is in its nature and that is to run to its heart’s content. Some horses need interaction, want to run - these horses are not meant to be stowed away in a barn, standing still or pacing waiting for you to ride when you feel like it.

[@gregrice1532]

That was so sad 😭😭😭

[@sandralogue1774]

Barbara was telling them something,I think if Prado had been able spend more time with him pre-race,he would have had them pull him.

[@oliviak2963]

Poor horse. 😢

[@tonyleos8446]

Bárbaro Was going o be a special he Was undefeafed RIP

[@nannie2846]

I followed Barbaro for most of his career. His Derby win was incredible. I was devastated by his injury in the Preakness. I followed his treatment at the New Bolton Center closely and was heartbroken when he lost his fight. RIP Barbaro, you were loved by many. We will never know what could have been...

[@karenphillips8197]

And yet the slaughter continues

[@QBAN2010]

When I visit family in Louisville I always go pay my respects to Barbaro

[@AZCanner]

Don't run your horse in the ground.

[@marysueeasteregg]

Barbaro was pretty lightly raced. The Preakness was his 7th career start. Breakdowns seem to have increased in recent decades, since the 1970's. But horses, the top ones at least, are running much less frequently than they did in the 1970's. Of the top 2-year-old colts of the 1970's, Secretariat, Affirmed, and Spectacular Bid had 9 starts at 2; Alydar had 10. Seattle Slew was the lowest, at just 3 races at age 2. Ruffian had 5 starts at 2, in a season cut short by injury. Hall of Famer Susan's Girl, who ran during the 70's, had 13 starts at 2. Barbaro had 2 at age 2.

[@RostClan220]

Stop assuming they did. Do your research.

[@volslover1504]

Damn music

[@irisfeuerstein5289]

😢Man kann ein Pferd mit einen Beinbruch leider nicht mehr helfen 😢😢💔💔😭😭 Iris Feuerstein

[@MaanSelene]

Ban horse racing. Churchill Downs should know better.

[@xballsport]

Relax..

[@nannie2846]

HIs injury didn't happen at Churchill Downs, it was at Pimlico, so what's your point?

[@MaanSelene]

@@nannie2846 Churchill Downs should know better for continuing to race. I saw this documentary a week after messages came out many horses died at Churchill Downs during this year's Stakes.

[@sheilatruax6172]

What??!!

[@Giuseppee62]

Barbaro ! ❤❤

[@tmuas4079]

A hero? Omg...watever

[@niabiilo]

He was unbeated until the accident, that horse is a hero.

[@Scorpion80477]

Who says “omg whatever” ya little schoolgirl ya cant even spell whatever right

[@farryndawson123]

He is a hero and yet still is even tho he is dead he was the best until he died

[@asturiasceltic3183]

Barbaro was an angel. A real one unlike you

[@MNTayler]

and you are? like a nobody

[@Syo-tc7kl]

Prado saved him.