Barbaro ~ America's Horse

[msj]

[QUOTE=hackinaround;2663732]
I was talking horse racing with a friend. She is an old time sort. Grew up hand walking horses at the track. Rode Point to Points as a young women.
She never has alot of emotion…unless she is talking about Barbaro.

She said that in the last seveal years he was the first horse that gave Amreica something to believe in. Even before his injury.

She called him perfect having only one flaw…

He ran faster than his angles could fly. :sadsmile:[/QUOTE]

By any chance did she actually say " He ran faster than his ANGELS could fly.

If so, that is probably very true.

[VirginiaBred]

msj, you the 5001st post here.

Wow.

[msj]

[QUOTE=VirginiaBred;2664228]
msj, you the 5001st post here.

Wow.[/QUOTE]

NEAT!!! For a minute though I thought you meant that I had 5001 posts instead of the 2842 that I have. :eek:

Well, I see no reason this topic can’t make it to 10,000+.

Come on folks, get posting! And don’t forget to go light a candle as well.

[Lynnwood]

She did actually say “He ran faster than his angels could fly”

Must forgive the typos…I live on baby induced sleeplessness

[msj]

[QUOTE=hackinaround;2664500]
She did actually say “He ran faster than his angels could fly”

Must forgive the typos…I live on baby induced sleeplessness[/QUOTE]

I kinda figured it was a typo. You should see a lot of mine EVEN after I’ve proofed it… :eek:

One word I have a heck of a time with is the word ‘result’. It always comes out ‘reslut’!!!:lol:

[OldSaddleBag]

Remembering Barbaro

I go jogging every morning and carry a snack for the squirrels in the park (feeding them gets me motivated to do it – I feel guilty if they go hungry waiting for me if I am a no-show!) – and everyday I make up little rhymes in my head about Barbaro as I shuffle up and back. I still feel for all the people who were so involved in his short life – such a special horse gone much too soon.

[Glimmerglass]

[QUOTE=OldSaddleBag;2682870]
I go jogging every morning and carry a snack for the squirrels in the park (feeding them gets me motivated to do it – I feel guilty if they go hungry waiting for me if I am a no-show!) – and everyday I make up little rhymes in my head about Barbaro as I shuffle up and back. I still feel for all the people who were so involved in his short life – such a special horse gone much too soon.[/QUOTE]

I think I’ve lost all train of thought after reading that …

[holmes]

I heard word on where they are going to burry him today - is it common knowledge, or should I keep my mouth shut. Just need to know.

[VirginiaBred]

It’s safe to post, I believe.

[ASB_Stars]

Oh, my…

Tears again…

Where did they decide to bury him? I know so many of us will want to pay our respects…

[Glimmerglass]

[QUOTE=HungLikeAStallion;2701094]
I heard word on where they are going to burry him today - is it common knowledge, or should I keep my mouth shut. Just need to know.[/QUOTE]

Hmm, lets see. Considering almost every scrap of news has been posted in this thread from the most pertinent to the trivial yet nothing related to his would-be burial site … what do you think? I’ll take an uneducated guess: it isn’t common knowledge. Or its disclosure has not been made public to the media yet intentially or otherwise.

Seriously I have to ask: do people like to bait others with tid bits of insiders news?

I could be way off the mark but I seriously doubt the Jacksons want the true burial site to be known or accessable to the public.

Making it a modern day shrine for those emotionally lost like Jim Morrison’s grave is today in Paris just seems out of character. One would suspect a monument to him may be put in a public place but that is far different to the actual grave site. The late Mrs. duPont has a beautiful grave for Kelso on her vast private estate which is not readily accessable to the public - despite being a beloved horse by the masses.

[holmes]

Not baiting - I have not really followed the recent Barbaro news, so I was unaware if it has been announced. The current plan (which might not have been finalized, hence not announcing it) is lovely!

[canyonoak]

So it will be like Seabiscuit? A private place for those who certainly deserve to have such a place…and a public place, perhaps associated with donations to a favorite charity.

Either way, over The Bridge, at least they will all look and feel the hearts that reach out to honor one of the brightest.

It doesn’t really matter to me. I can pay my respects, feel what I feel, say a little hello, with or with out a physical location.

[Xctrygirl]

Hmm let’s see…

Alex knows a lot, and knows Mrs. Jackson and he hasn’t said a peep. Its a rare thing for Alex to keep something under his cap. So I am guessing he hasn’t been cleared to say anything.

I really think we should just wait until the Jacksons either make a release or something is said “officially.” Most other folks arranging burial plans have the respect of those around them to give them space to complete all the details. I think it would be unfair to start going “Gimme gimme information, location, directions!! I wanna go there now!”
This should still be a time to respect those with the task of fulfilling his enternment or whatever.

PS: You all know that La Ville Rouge (B’s dam) is not in foal for next year right? I haven’t read all 5,000 posts but I do know that.

~Emily

[ravenclaw]

@Xctrygirl;2702320

I really think we should just wait until the Jacksons either make a release or something is said “officially.” Most other folks arranging burial plans have the respect of those around them to give them space to complete all the details. I think it would be unfair to start going “Gimme gimme information, location, directions!! I wanna go there now!”

Agreed. There hasn’t been any word about where they are going to bury him since he died in January. So we can wait a few more weeks or months or however long the Jacksons need.

[OldSaddleBag]

Any plans?

Would anyone know if Dr Richardson has any plans to put his experiences in a book?

[OldSaddleBag]

Thanksgiving 2007

I sadly remember in the Vanity Fair article printed earlier this year that Gretchen Jackson recalled how Michael Matz came up to see Barbaro at Thanksgiving time in 2006, and she felt that he would not be coming to offer care for him again – a wistful reflection this holiday.

[msj]

I’m in the process of re-reading the Vanity Fair article right now-just starting. I’d read it when the link to it was posted here and a friend just dropped it off to me about a wk ago. I’m quite sure I’ll have many a tear to dry as I do read it again. :sadsmile:

[CSSporthorses]

Wow, I’m glad to see this thread is still active. Such a champion. We’ve all been right here together waiting for any piece of information since his injury, I’m sure the information will be available when the Jacksons’ are ready to produce it. I hope that Bobby’s true resting place is kept a secret, a place where those closest to him can continue to enjoy their time with him. I’m sure that whatever is done for the public and where-ever it is decided to be will be more than magnificant to memorialize this wonderful creature. God-Speed Bobby !!!

[OldSaddleBag]

Remembering…

I have just been viewing the Barbaro tributes on YouTube. It’s comforting to know how people care and how they have been moved by his story.