I know of this:
There will be a radio program in honor of Barbaro on the following link at 9:00 P.M. EST, on 1-29-08. This promises some beautiful classical music, other music, as well as heartfelt words.
To actually get to the webstream, go to http://studorgs.bowdoin.edu/wbor and click on the “listen!” button.
VB, is there any way you can remind us of this broadcast? Some of us (umm, me) are too blonde to remember…
So, what do we COTH FOB’s have in mind for 1.29.08? 
I know I’ll be thinking of him- but then, I do that alot…
You can’t say that, cause I’m blonde also…
I’ll try my best to bump this up on Tuesday.
http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=43364
[B]Barbaro Legacy Strong a Year Later
[/B]The white wooden fence once tacked with homemade signs expressing prayers and appeals to “Grow, Hoof, Grow” are bare. Only students pass through the lobby that overflowed with floral arrangements, get-well cards, and baskets stuffed with carrots and apples.
The sole visual evidence at the New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pa., that the large animal hospital was ever Barbaro’s intensive care home for eight months is a portrait of the bay colt blazing toward the finish line in his stirring 6 1/2 -length victory in the 2006 Kentucky Derby.
It’s the way Barbaro should be honored.
The breathtaking stride that swiftly covered grass or dirt and those Triple Crown dreams lofted by the widest Derby margin in 60 years are what those close to Barbaro remember now.
“Sometimes,” said Gretchen Jackson, Barbaro’s co-owner, “I can still see him.”
If Barbaro’s near-flawless career made him one of racing’s greats, it was the feisty fight for his life from his horrific breakdown at the Preakness that morphed the colt into a symbol of courage, strength, and inspiration all around the world. What few might have guessed when Barbaro was rushed from Pimlico Race Course to the sprawling, 650-acre campus in Kennett Square was how he would create a legacy that perhaps not even a Triple Crown would have brought him.
So on Jan 29, one year from the day Barbaro was euthanized after complications from his gruesome breakdown, his most devoted fans will hit Internet message boards to leave notes “for Barbaro” and observe a moment of silence. Perhaps then, the Fans of Barbaro – or, FOBs – can also take solace and pride in all they’ve done in Barbaro’s name for equine awareness and horse protection. Their tireless efforts might be the greatest tribute of all.
“I think it’s just great that everything came out in a positive force with Barbaro, and it still continues,” Jackson said. “People just did their best. He had that effect on people.”
Jackson and her husband, Roy, are reminded daily how Barbaro touched everyone from the fanatical Triple Crown followers to those who paid scant attention to the sport until they heard of the colt’s plight. That’s one reason why the Jacksons are still carefully and respectfully considering where to bring the ashes of their beloved colt.
Barbaro’s ashes remain with the Jacksons, and Gretchen Jackson said they are still trying to decide the best way to honor the Derby winner. Jackson hasn’t given up the idea of a museum, but plans now likely call for his final resting place to be near a yet-to-be built statue.
[I][B]…and
[/B][/I]“I’m one of those people where the ashes mean nothing to me compared to the memory of the horse,” said Dr. Dean Richardson, chief of surgery at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center.
Outside of the Jacksons, no one was as emotionally connected with Barbaro as Richardson. Even as weeks of positive updates turned into months, it was Richardson who cautioned an optimistic public that laminitis, the often-fatal hoof disease, could cost Barbaro his life.
In the end, a series of ailments – including laminitis in the left rear hoof, an abscess in the right rear hoof, as well as new laminitis in both front feet – proved too much for Barbaro.
Now, additional help to battle the dire disease can be found at New Bolton thanks to the financial generosity of the Jacksons, the FOBs, and others simply wanting to help – just another way that shows Barbaro’s legacy stretched far beyond a convincing Kentucky Derby victory.
The Barbaro Fund at New Bolton has raised more than $1.3 million and counting, with the money put toward both needed expansion of the George D. Widener Large Animal Hospital and the purchase of equipment like a new operating table and recovery raft, not unlike the one used to calmly awake Barbaro from the anesthetic.
More than $2.7 million has been raised with a separate fund for laminitis research, and last year Dr. Hannah Galantino-Homer was appointed as lead investigator of the newly created laminitis research initiative.
The laminitis initiative will foster training programs and studies for new treatments of equine diseases.
“It isn’t so much the amount; it’s the continued interest,” Richardson said of the support.
The Jacksons also created a $3 million endowment named for Richardson at the University of Pennsylvania’s veterinary school to study equine diseases.
The FOBs, strangers stretched across the country with a common bond, have tried to pass legislation that would save horses from slaughter. The Barbaro devotees have raised more than $800,000 and saved more 1,950 horses from slaughter. On the 29th of each month, the date of Barbaro’s death, fans are encouraged to donate $29 and the money raised goes toward New Bolton’s laminitis fund.
The FOBs will present New Bolton with a check for the fund on Monday.
[I][B]…and
[/B][/I]There’s hope yet the Jacksons could still experience the same exhilaration that Barbaro brought them. The Jacksons, who have been in the business for 30-plus years, still own about 70 horses and nearly 20 are racing. Barbaro has two full brothers, a 2-year-old named Nicanor and an unnamed yearling. Nicanor trains in Florida, and the yearling is in Lexington, Ky.
Gretchen Jackson plans to visit Nicanor soon for an update on his progress.
“Nobody’s going to say he’s going to be a star, but he’s doing everything OK,” she said. “He’s certainly a great horse to look at.”
Jackson, who serves on the Penn Vet Board of Overseers, still makes the short drive from her farm down the road to visit New Bolton. Her daughter-in-law is a veterinarian there, so instead of stopping by to watch Barbaro gobble treats, she’s “dropping off clothing for granddaughters.”
Each time Jackson walks in, maybe glances at the portrait across from the check-in desk, it’s impossible not to think of the gallant colt who took so many on the ride of a lifetime.
“You can be back there pretty fast,” she said. “It’s amazing.”
For the entire article, please see the posted link above.
POOR HORSE DIDNT DESERVE TO SUFFER FOR THE VANITY OF HIS CONNECTIONS
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POOR HORSE DIDNT DESERVE TO SUFFER FOR THE VANITY OF HIS CONNECTIONS[/QUOTE]
You couldn’t be more out of line if you tried. You have said your peace many times, now drop the subject. This is not the place for such drivel.
i think i may have stated this opinion at the most 3 times. “drivel” is spending a lot of time and money on a fairytale story with no end in sight. as a racehorse owner, breeder and trainer there is nothing more heart warming than a success story. i am the FIRST to stop training them when they are sore. cant count the number of youngsters that i found good homes for as show prospects when they looked like the rigors of training were too much. one was a very expensive 2 yr old in training and her ankle was sore and the vet told me to run her anyway and i asked the long term diagnosis and he said “oh itll probably blow apart at some point” that was all i needed to hear and after she had some down time i found her a home as a show horse and the owners still have her and love her. BARBARO never had a chance with that sort of injury and NO horse with an injury like that has ever survived. HORSE SHOW DIVA DOT COM
also laurierace i am far from being out of line. just one of the few to state the truth since everyone has more fun making heroes out of people that made him suffer. HORSE SHOW DIVA DOT COM
Ok three times is enough, we get it. Move on to your next windmill.
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Ok three times is enough, we get it. Move on to your next windmill.[/QUOTE]
Oh come now, shame on you Laurie as you have to say it correctly - that’s WINDMILL (AT) HORSE SHOW DIVA DOT COM
See you have to learn to re-plug that oh so subtle advertising just right 
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Oh come now, shame on you Laurie as you have to say it correctly - that’s WINDMILL (AT) HORSE SHOW DIVA DOT COM
See you have to learn to re-plug that oh so subtle advertising just right :D[/QUOTE]
Or you could just plug it in your signature like everyone else does.
For those interested parties ~
There will be a moment of silence tomorrow at 10:30 EST in memory of Barbaro.
The Louisviille newspaper has reported that Churchill Downs has a press conference scheduled with M/M Jackson for 10 am on Tuesday 1/29/2008.
Looks like Barbaro’s going back to Kentucky!
courier-journal.com
Monday, January 28, 2008
UPDATED: 3:46 PM
Churchill plans announcement with Barbaro owners By Gregory A. Hall
ghall@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
Churchill Downs has scheduled a news conference for Tuesday, the anniversary of Barbaro’s death, that will include the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner 's owners Roy and Gretchen Jackson.
The Jacksons have have been considering locations for the Derby winner’s ashes, but Churchill officials would not discuss the topic of the announcement.
Barbaro broke a leg shortly after the start of the Preakness Stakes and was euthanized after months of treatment because of a painful hoof disease called laminitis.
Following the 10 a.m. announcement, the Jacksons will conduct a charity autograph signing in the Kentucky Derby Museum lobby from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. to benefit a laminitis research fund at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center, where Barbaro was treated.
It is fitting. :yes:
I can still see him, in my minds eye, busting down the stretch like nobody had since Secretariat…
Man, I am crying again already…
It is a good place that can handle a bunch of folks, and benefit the racing industry at the same time. Glad it’s (finally) decided.
Er, actually, Hipsdontlie …
A horse with a similar injury did actually survive, and at a time when surgical techniques were considerably less advanced than they are now. It’s an amazing story, which you can read (with an update that the mare was still doing well in 2006) at the below address. Hey, you’ve obviously got every right to your opinion, but you might want to get your facts straight.
[B]Brette recalls thrill of riding Barbaro
Perhaps no one was as intimately connected with Barbaro as exercise rider Peter Brette, who experienced the thrill of climbing on his back just about every morning from his arrival as a two-year-old until the day of his final start in the 2006 Preakness Stakes (G1). A champion jockey in Dubai—where Brette also trained for the Maktoum family—the native of Suffolk, England, spent months on the road with Barbaro in Florida, where Roy and Gretchen Jackson’s homebred Dynaformer colt prepped for the Triple Crown.
…and
Brette knows many people remember Barbaro mostly for his courageous battle to overcome catastrophic injuries suffered in the Preakness Stakes and acute laminitis in his left hind foot. Brette fully appreciates his courage and will to survive, but his fondest memories are of Barbaro while he was in training.
“He’s the best horse I’ve ever sat on and probably ever will,” Brette added. “I think the response that came from Barbaro was unbelievable, something I don’t think I’ll ever witness again. The way people sort of attached themselves to him was amazing.
“For me, as a racehorse he was brilliant. I think most people don’t associate him with being brilliant because he wasn’t around for so long. They associate him with his fight for life. For me personally, I think he was a truly brilliant racehorse, and we all got a glimpse of that in the Kentucky Derby.”
Barbaro never lost a race he finished. He won his first three starts on turf by a combined 20 1/4 lengths, including a romp in the Laurel Futurity and a visually impressive Tropical Park Derby (G3) score. Brette had his doubts about whether Barbaro’s talent would transfer to the main track, but he answered any lingering questions with victories in the Holy Bull Stakes (G3) and Florida Derby (G1) at Gulfstream Park.
…and
“Unfortunately, every other horse has to measure up to him now. In my racing life, he left a huge void. We have some very nice horses in the barn, and they all have to measure up to him. That’s probably unfair, but that’s life.”
For the entire story, see the posted link above
[QUOTE=ArtilleryHill;2970329]
A horse with a similar injury did actually survive, and at a time when surgical techniques were considerably less advanced than they are now.[/QUOTE]
Actually you can look much further back to another horse with the same injury who survived and succeeded at stud when techniques late used on Barbaro were just being developed - 1970 2-yr old of the Year - Hoist The Flag. Owned by Mr/Mrs Stephen C. Clark Jr. of my hometown and both of whom I had met a few times.
And don’t forget about Nureyev. In 1987, he broke his hind leg in a pasture accident. It was a horrible injury, but he pulled through and lived until 2001. Initially, he was given a 10% chance of surviving.
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