Five Months!!!
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Five months of (usually) boring "another comfortable day/night!
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Bring on the next five. I vote for even MORE boring reports.
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Update 879: Another comfortable night last night for Barbaro (saturday night). I just spoke to Peter, who had heard from Michael, who had heard from Dr. Richardson.
update sunday, october 22, 11:00 am - Thanks Tim & Alex.
FIVE MONTHS; GO BARBARO!!!
I am so excited because I will be getting the opportunity to meet Dr. Richardson on Wednesday. He is doing a lecture for us on advances in equine surgery. I can’t wait to hear what he has to say about Barbaro. I will let you know all of the details of course.
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FIVE MONTHS; GO BARBARO!!!
I am so excited because I will be getting the opportunity to meet Dr. Richardson on Wednesday. He is doing a lecture for us on advances in equine surgery. I can’t wait to hear what he has to say about Barbaro. I will let you know all of the details of course.[/QUOTE]
LUCKY, LUCKY, LUCKY YOU!!!
Please let him know that he and Barbaro have a wonderful fan club here on COTH, with all the credit going to Virginia Bred!
Tell him about the candles we all light for Bobby and I’ve seen several for a Dr. R, which I’d bet on a stack of bibles stood for Dr. Dean Richardson. :yes:
Let’s hope the next 5 months brings ALL ‘comfortable’ days and nights for the big guy, a big spurt growth in his left hind hoof wall, a big growth to his tail (or would someone buy him a false tail :yes:), all of his other minor sores (cast and from the sling etc)healed, and a wonderful right hind fusion. 
OK, I’m off to light some more candles. They were looking pretty good earlier. I hope they’ve, at least, stayed the same.
OH, I forgot to mention - NBC (National Broadcasting Co) is having a peice on Barbaro this week so tune in. I’m not sure if it’s during their National Nightly news (6:30 EDST) or later. I don’t normaly watch NBC but am taping it so I can zoom thru it later.
Update 881: No update for Barbaro this evening. I just spoke to Peter who had no further information since this morning. It is likely that as we approach the Breeders’ Cup updates will likely be once a day now that Michael is in Keeneland.Thanks, Alex
Thanks for the continued updates VirginiaBred. I, for one, had awaited each and every one!!!
Hey so I understand there was a Update this morning on the Today Show ?
Did anyone see it or know of it . Come on Va.Bred. I know you have the review… LOL… you are the best at keeping us updated…
I saw it. Barbaro looks good considering. It was a very upbeat piece.
Monday Morning~
Update 884: Barbaro “mania” continues as Barbaro is on the Today Show, the front page of the Wilmington News Journal (update 883) and Channel 4 news in New York (I think from an e-mail I received). Five months!
A lovely morning at Fair Hill, and certainly crisp. For me work has quietened down considerably (phew). First set I galloped a 2yo in company a mile and a quarter. Both went very nice and evenly. This was after a day off after their first “work”, so it could have been anything but relaxing. For the second set I just shedrowed a horse. She will do this for a couple of days before going to the track. The third set, well I could not wait for this. He was going to the gate. The gate crew are big Eagles fans. I wear my Brett Favre shirt with pride everyday day from fall to spring. Well all I can say is after yesterday’s football the banter at Fair Hill this morning is quite fun! (and the horse was good in the gate, then worked a half).
As I was behind the gate I got to talking to Fen, who gallops for Graham Motion (and gallops Film Maker). Film Maker and Better Talk Now both worked yesterday on the turf (steeplechase track) and went well. They are due to ship to Keeneland tomorrow (fly) and will likely have one more work this weekend as they prepare for the respective Breeders’ Cup races.
No Barbaro update yet, will know more about when that will happen when I get back from Fair Hill after my last set.
Update 883: A nice article on Barbaro and New Bolton Center in general: Kentucky Derby winner’s spirit wins over medical staff. The following is an excerpt:
“He definitely has a personality,” said Kasey McCafferty, the charge nurse in the intensive care unit and natal intensive care unit at the hospital. "He has bit me and kicked me. He can be feisty. He’s not nasty and he’s not trying to hurt anybody, but he’s a stinker. He can get full of himself.
“Every time you see him, you have to pay attention because he’s always messing with you. He makes you prove that you know what you’re doing. Once you do that, he’s fine.”
McCafferty was laughing when she said that, as she looks forward to seeing him every day.
She watches him bend his ears back and scrunch up his face like a kid trying to avoid eating spinach when he doesn’t like something. She said he breaks out in a sort of smile when he decides he wants to have some fun with the staff.
A quick reminder that today’s update will be later today now that Michael is in Keeneland preparing Round Pond for the Breeders’ Cup.
Update 885: Another comfortable night last night for Barbaro (sunday night). I caught up with Peter after the last set, he had heard from Michael.
update 10:20 am, monday october 23Many thanks, Tim.
Update 886: Here is the Today Show clip: Barbaro is beating the odds. The New Bolton footage was filmed October 12.
VC, you’re the greatest!:yes: :yes: :yes: :yes:
Update 890: Jeannine Edwards just called (4:45 pm). She was leaving New Bolton after interviewing Dr. Richardson for the “Outside the Lines” piece ESPN is putting together. While she did not visit Barbaro she noted Barbaro remains comfortable (thus our latest update).
Excellent! Thank you Alex!
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VC, you’re the greatest!:yes: :yes: :yes: :yes:[/QUOTE]
Yep, that’s for certain!!! Thanks for bringing us all the updates, the video clip from NBC and everything else you do! Words can’t express how much we all appreciate it! Now, off to light some candles.
Actually that should be VB, not VC! :eek:
Candles are low again…
Update 892: Peter Brette just called. He visited Barbaro today, took him outside and gave him a good grooming. A positive report.
Update 891: Rachel from Kennett Florist left this comment (timestamp: 9:16 pm):
We had a nice trip to NBC today. A wonderful FOB came for a visit and supplied lunch and dessert to the very grateful (and hungry) staff at New Bolton. They were treated to pizza, salad, cake and various chocolates. Needless to say they were thrilled… they always are when food is involved!!
Big Boss was of course not left out of the festivities. Lots of green tops and stud muffins for him to enjoy… he’s always thrilled with his treats as well.
It’s turning cold here again, as we get ready for our annual Halloween parade in town… Kennett goes over the top for Halloween, all the area businesses put up scarecrows to decorate main street. Then they close the streets and have a big parade with all the bands in costume, of course. After which all the stores in town stay open and the kids get to go trick-or-trating. So instead of just having a scarecrow, we created a venus fly trap EATING a scarecrow… come on we are a flower shop, not just Barbaro’s cafe!!
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Tuesday Morning~
Update 893: Much like yesterday, and for the near future, the Barbaro update will be later this morning at the earliest. There is of course also a New Bolton update for Barbaro scheduled today.
The Today Show piece was really good I thought. My daughter TiVo’d it for me and after my tears cleared from watching it several times, I watched it several more times in slo-mo…boy have they done a great job on his legs and feet! He barely has a hitch in his giddy-up. This ordeal is totally incredible in how much Barbaro has been able to teach the medical team on how to deal with injuries and the dreaded laminitis.
BUT, everyone keeps speaking of the blistered left shoulder. In all the videos and photos of Barbaro after surgery I’ve never seen his left side showing a blister on his shoulder. What are they talking about and how big is the blister? I would have thought a simple blister would have healed by now but I’m sure this must be something I’ve never heard of or seen before.
I also noticed some cream/ointment at the base of his tail. What was that for? Just curious to see if they are treating him for things my horses might actually have too and I can learn from their treatment!
Thanks VB & Company!!
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I spit coffee all over my monitor when I read that!!! I was beginning to wonder if they had any business OTHER THAN Barbaro!!!
Thanks, Tim/Alex:
Update 894: No Barbaro update yet. I saw Peter on my third set, he had not yet heard from Michael. This morning not only was it dark, it was cold! I have galloped a couple and shedrowed one. I am now getting ready to breeze one “over the road” on the turf track. It will be his first time breezing on the turf, and the trainer really hopes he likes it! We shall see.
