for those of us who haven't forgotten...

[lagilman]

AP Wire: PHILADELPHIA - "How's this for a breath of fresh air? Barbaro is enjoying daily outings outside his intensive care stall to pick his own grass, enjoy the warm weather and stretch his recovering legs.

Barbaro stepped outside his ICU stall and started daily walks on a grassy area near the unit last week for the first time since having catastrophic injuries in the Preakness nearly three months ago. The Kentucky Derby winner, also recovering from a severe case of laminitis on his left hoof, continues to show signs he's on the road to recovery."


They go on to caution that he's not in the clear yet, but his prognosis is amazingly better than it was even mid-July, when the vets didn't think he was going to make it through the month.

Comments

[ginmar.livejournal.com]

Awwwww.............

[rovanda.livejournal.com]

very cool! Thanks for passing on the update :)

[karenmiller.livejournal.com]

Bloody brilliant!!!!

[jperceval.livejournal.com]

Funny, I was just thinking I hadn't heard an update in a while and was about to search philly.com for one. I'm glad to hear that no news really has been good news.

[lagilman]

a friend of mine has suggested that we breed him to a nice, sturdy Morgan mare and start a line of horses with more heart than legally allowed... and much stronger bone structure than daddy has.

[allaboutm-e.livejournal.com]

Always lovely to have a bit of cheer!