Barbaro... DEAD

[mendyweiss]

<img src="http://msn.foxsports.com/horseracing/story/6421288?MSNHPHCP&amp;GT1=9012" border="0" width="28" height="30" />Euthanized this Morning.

[Judge Smails]

<p>Ron and Fez just broke this story on the air.</p><p>Now you're just beating a dead horse.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>(Ouch . . . that sucked!)</p>

[Crippler]

Bummer...wonder if they got a few loads out of him before they had to put him down?&nbsp; He would have made a fortune at stud, just never made it there.

[yomudder21]

<p>I was there when that bum fell and broke his leg.&nbsp; He lost my friends and I a lot of money.&nbsp; Say hello to the Elmer's factory!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Jujubees2]

<strong>Crippler</strong> wrote:<br />Bummer...wonder if they got a few loads out of him before they had to put him down?&nbsp; He would have made a fortune at stud, just never made it there. <p><font size="2">Wouldn't work.&nbsp; Apparently in order to be a <strong>Thoroughbred</strong>, a horse has to be made the old-fashioned way.</font></p><p><font size="2"><em>Unlike most registered breeds today, a horse cannot be registered as a Thoroughbred (with the Jockey Club registry) unless it is conceived by &quot;live cover;&quot; that is, by the witnessed natural mating of a mare and a stallion. </em></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_insemination" title="Artificial insemination"><font size="2"><em>Artificial insemination</em></font></a><font size="2"><em> (AI), though legal and commonly utilized in other horse breeds, cannot be used with Thoroughbreds.</em></font></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoroughbred#Science_dilemma"><font size="2">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoroughbred#Science_dilemma</font></a></p>

[Crippler]

Nicely done...I guess the real money's still in bull semen.

[Team_Ramrod]

<p>I'm sure he made his owner(s) a shitload of studding money.</p><p>At least he won't have to deal with the whippings.</p>

[A.J.]

<p>At first I thought you said BARBARINO was dead.</p><p><img src="http://members.aol.com/Dave7373/Barbarino.JPG" border="0" width="250" height="188" /></p>

[boeman]

Mmm... horse burgers.

[HBox]

<p><img src="http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/5880/b1ns0.jpg" border="0" /></p><p>Hmm. Must be a slow news day.</p><p><img src="http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/651/b2jg1.jpg" border="0" /></p><p>Oh wait, it's anything but.</p><p><img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/wallbash.gif" border="0" /> </p>

[Crippler]

<strong>A.J.</strong> wrote:<br /><p>At first I thought you said BARBARINO was dead. </p><p><img src="http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL77/857148/1548180/226454613.jpg" border="0" width="206" height="158" /></p>

[giannidesk]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>HaHa!!!!</p><p>It's only his career that is dead.</p><strong>A.J.</strong> wrote:<br /><p>At first I thought you said BARBARINO was dead.</p><p><img src="http://members.aol.com/Dave7373/Barbarino.JPG" border="0" width="250" height="188" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Dan 'Hampton]

<strong>giannidesk</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&nbsp;</p><p>HaHa!!!!</p><p>It's only his career that is dead.</p><strong>A.J.</strong> wrote:<br /><p>At first I thought you said BARBARINO was dead.</p><p><img src="http://members.aol.com/Dave7373/Barbarino.JPG" border="0" width="250" height="188" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;To top it off he's passed over for Scientology's Christ my that bearded midget Tom Cruise.</p>

[blakjeezis]

And yet somehow the world continues to keep spinning. Fucking amazing.

[PapaBear]

<strong>Crippler</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>A.J.</strong> wrote:<br /><p>At first I thought you said BARBARINO was dead. </p><p><img src="http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL77/857148/1548180/226454613.jpg" border="0" width="206" height="158" /></p><p>Kathleen?</p>

[DonInNC]

<p>This news makes me sad...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>...dle</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by DonInNC on 1-29-07 @ 7:24 PM</span>

[TheMojoPin]

And somewhere in the distance, Joey Pants' head ends up in a bowling ball bag.

[johnniewalker]

<strong>HBox</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font color="Navy"><font size="2">Hmm. Must be a slow news day.</font></font></p><p><font color="Navy"><font size="2"><br /></font></font></p><p><font color="Navy"><font size="2">Oh wait, it's anything but.</font></font></p><p><img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/wallbash.gif" border="0" /> </p>A breathtaking editorial from yahoo, the heart this champ showed was amazing.&nbsp; Now come on.<br /><span class="yspleadstory"></span><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/rah/news;_ylt=AsVwscOutWef13w5GJ.DcYU5nYcB?slug=cnnsi-achampionuntilt&amp;prov=cnnsi&amp;type=lgns">A champion horse to the end</a> <br />

[HBox]

<strong>johnniewalker</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>HBox</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font color="Navy"><font size="2">Hmm. Must be a slow news day.</font></font></p><p><font color="Navy"><font size="2"><br /></font></font></p><p><font color="Navy"><font size="2">Oh wait, it's anything but.</font></font></p><p><img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/wallbash.gif" border="0" /> </p>A breathtaking editorial from yahoo, the heart this champ showed was amazing. Now come on.<br /><span class="yspleadstory"></span><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/rah/news;_ylt=AsVwscOutWef13w5GJ.DcYU5nYcB?slug=cnnsi-achampionuntilt&amp;prov=cnnsi&amp;type=lgns">A champion horse to the end</a> <br /><p>That man has a horse fetish. It don't make you a bad person. I'm certainly not one to judge, but it is quite obvious that guy is happiest when he is 5 inches deep in the ass of a horse.</p>

[Clutch]

He's dead ya see ..... his health doesn't allow it. <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/images/smile.gif" border="0" />

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Clutch on 1-29-07 @ 10:15 PM</span>

[samnyc]

Earl, do we have any horse back there?

[newport king]

<p>they should have shot him right there on the track. it was ridiculous to think you can piece that leg together. way to cause the horse months of pain. and i didnt read the article but he didn't show the heart of a champion, he just couldn't say &quot;please fucking kill me! my leg hurts! every step i take i want to collapse!&quot;</p><p>i mean look at this thing</p><p><img src="http://www.fund4horses.org/images/barbaro30.jpg" border="0" width="260" height="340" /></p>

[JokesaboutPants]

Poor, Poor, Horse...

[Jujubees2]

<p><font size="2">Christ, the horse won one big race.&nbsp; If people want to get upset, get upset at the owners who breed these animals.&nbsp; Or maybe get upset that over 400,000 people have been killed in Darfur.</font></p><p><font size="2">From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoroughbred</font></p><p><font size="2"><em>As a result, modern thoroughbreds are muscularly powerful but </em></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteology" title="Osteology"><font size="2"><em>osteologically</em></font></a><font size="2"><em> delicate creatures. <strong>Three out of every 2000 races result in a career-ending injury to one or more racers, typically due to broken leg bones</strong>; a </em></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratio" title="Ratio"><font size="2"><em>ratio</em></font></a><font size="2"><em> far in excess of almost all other human and animal sports. Of those injuries, more than 60% result in the horse being </em></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_euthanasia" title="Animal euthanasia"><font size="2"><em>euthanized</em></font></a><font size="2"><em>. Leg injuries, though not immediately fatal, are life-threatening because a horse's weight must be distributed evenly on all four legs to prevent </em></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circulatory_system" title="Circulatory system"><font size="2"><em>circulatory</em></font></a><font size="2"><em> problems, </em></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laminitis" title="Laminitis"><font size="2"><em>laminitis</em></font></a><font size="2"><em> and other infections. If a horse loses the use of one leg, it cannot function; its other legs will quickly break down as well, leading to a slow death.</em></font></p>

[A.J.]

<p>Watching some of the news coverage of this thing, mostly the way Barbaro was spoken of in human-like terms, made me think of one thing:</p><p>&quot;IT WAS A FUCKING HORSE!&quot;</p><p><img src="http://www.nurido.at/images/pantolianojoe1_160.jpg" border="0" width="160" height="192" /></p>

[TheMojoPin]

<strong>A.J.</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Watching some of the news coverage of this thing, mostly the way Barbaro was spoken of in human-like terms, made me think of one thing:</p><p>&quot;IT WAS A FUCKING HORSE!&quot;</p><p><img src="http://www.nurido.at/images/pantolianojoe1_160.jpg" border="0" width="160" height="192" /></p><p>Beat ya to it.</p>

[angelinad128]

<strong>A.J.</strong> wrote:<br /><p>At first I thought you said BARBARINO was dead.</p><p><img src="http://members.aol.com/Dave7373/Barbarino.JPG" border="0" width="250" height="188" /></p><p><img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/lol.gif" border="0" width="20" height="20" /></p>

[A.J.]

<strong>TheMojoPin</strong> wrote: Beat ya to it. <p>I know you did but when I saw some idiot say that we should pray for Barbaro, I literally said that out loud.</p>

[ralphbxny]

<p>Barbaro had it coming...he should have never made it off of the track in Maryland !</p>

[cougarjake13]

<strong>Jujubees2</strong> wrote:<br /><p><font size="2">Christ, the horse won one big race.&nbsp; If people want to get upset, get upset at the owners who breed these animals.&nbsp; Or maybe get upset that over 400,000 people have been killed in Darfur.</font></p><p><font size="2">From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoroughbred</font></p><p><font size="2"><em>As a result, modern thoroughbreds are muscularly powerful but </em></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteology" title="Osteology"><font size="2"><em>osteologically</em></font></a><font size="2"><em> delicate creatures. <strong>Three out of every 2000 races result in a career-ending injury to one or more racers, typically due to broken leg bones</strong>; a </em></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratio" title="Ratio"><font size="2"><em>ratio</em></font></a><font size="2"><em> far in excess of almost all other human and animal sports. Of those injuries, more than 60% result in the horse being </em></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_euthanasia" title="Animal euthanasia"><font size="2"><em>euthanized</em></font></a><font size="2"><em>. Leg injuries, though not immediately fatal, are life-threatening because a horse's weight must be distributed evenly on all four legs to prevent </em></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circulatory_system" title="Circulatory system"><font size="2"><em>circulatory</em></font></a><font size="2"><em> problems, </em></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laminitis" title="Laminitis"><font size="2"><em>laminitis</em></font></a><font size="2"><em> and other infections. If a horse loses the use of one leg, it cannot function; its other legs will quickly break down as well, leading to a slow death.</em></font></p><p>well that answered my question as to why a horse would die from a leg injury</p><p>&nbsp;</p>