Barbaro

Barbaro
Barbaro (middle) walking to the track at the Fair Hill Training Center a week after winning the Kentucky Derby
Sire	Dynaformer
Grandsire	Roberto
Dam	La Ville Rouge
Damsire	Carson City
Sex	Colt
Foaled	April 29, 2003
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Lael Stables
Owner	Roy and Gretchen Jackson
Trainer	Michael R. Matz
Record	7:6-0-0
Earnings	$2,302,200
Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours
Major Racing Wins
Laurel Futurity (2005) Tropical Park Derby (2006) Holy Bull Stakes (2006) Florida Derby (2006) American Classic Race wins: Kentucky Derby (2006)
Racing Awards
NTRA "Moment of the Year" (2006)
Honours
Barbaro Stakes at Pimlico Race Course Barbaro Stakes at Delaware Park
Infobox last updated on: 07:51, Sunday May 4, 2008 (UTC).

Barbaro (April 29, 2003 – January 29, 2007) was an American thoroughbred that decisively won the 2006 Kentucky Derby but shattered his leg two weeks later, in the 2006 Preakness Stakes, ending his racing career and eventually leading to his death.

On May 20, 2006, Barbaro ran in the Preakness Stakes as a heavy favorite, but, after he false-started, he fractured three bones in and around the ankle of his right hind leg. The injury ruined any chance of a Triple Crown in 2006 and ended his racing career. The next day, he underwent surgery at the New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania for his injuries. In July he developed laminitis in his left rear leg. He had an additional five surgeries, and his prognosis varied as he remained for an extraordinarily long period of time in the equine Intensive Care Unit. While his right leg eventually healed, a final risky surgery on it proved futile because the colt soon developed further laminitis in both front legs. His veterinarians and owners then concluded that he could not be saved, and Barbaro was euthanized on January 29, 2007.^[1]

He is a third-generation descendant of Mr. Prospector, and as such Barbaro is related to many recent Triple Crown hopefuls including Funny Cide, Afleet Alex, Big Brown, Eight Belles, Smarty Jones and Fusaichi Pegasus.

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