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Woooooow!! thanks for posting Barbaro's Memory Photos here, they're soooooooo beautiful!!!!!!!!! crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying crying

With Barbaro it's nobody's fault, but a lot of other euthanizations could have been prevented.
I hate the horseracing inndustry.

Nobody that owns a big name horse would want them to get injured, and they try their best to keep these things from happening.
Horses like Barbaro are very well taken care of.

But for a lot of the racehorses that don't make money, it is often preventable.
I'm at Philadelphia Park all the time. My friend works there. It's a horrible place. On one of my first visits, three horses broke down.
A lot of the times it's the owners fault because they just don't know or care about the horse and want money. Owners that actually care about their horses are rare, especially with unsuccessful ones. I'm sure some trainers mislead owners, too.
The trainer my friend works with has a horse (we call her Keenan, I don't know her actual race name) with a shattered knee. Her owner doesn't understand why she can't be raced still, and refuses to sell her.
Neglect and ignorance kill these Thoroughbreds. So many deaths could have been prevented. It's very sad.

Thats good and poor Barbaro, we all miss him and I loved him so much too, I'm just glad he's in a better place now.

She's still alive. They're refusing to care for her, put her down or sell her. My friend's mom loves her, and would buy her at the drop of a hat, so if they ever change her mind she'll be there for Keenan. 3nodding Even if it means lots of vet bills. xd

The don't want to care for her because it costs money. They don't want to sell her because they're hoping they can still use her to make money. So nobody else is able to buy her at the moment.
A month or two for now, they may figure out that it's not worth it to keep her. They can't race her anymore and she's just costing them. They'll let her go eventually. 3nodding

when i hear he died i was soo upset. cuz i was watching the kuntucky derby and when i wen tto school the next day i was soo happy barbaro won and when the next race came and he broke his leg i got upset and to make it worse some boys said"my dad daid they r going to put barbaro down... oh barbaro is going to die" i did not belive them. now that he died im sad, but i relized its a good thing to he was in pain its not right for a creture to be in so much pain even though u love it


RIP barbaro