Your dog wants Barbaro. Literally.

I would love to see an itemized bill for the treatment of him.

Kudos, submitter

More like sticky like the floor of the subway. Or the stairs to the subway.

I say they serve barbaro steaks at the next kentucky derby.

They had better freeze some of his little swimmers before they put him down. Liquid gold, I'm sure.

Texan The thing is they can use artificial insemination to breed racehorses.

Some Texan

They had better freeze some of his little swimmers before they put him down. Liquid gold, I'm sure.

Can you charge stud fees for that?

Or sticky like horse glue.

And why is this even in the news?

/Damn Barbarians

trying... to... care...


/gave up.

Sorry that should be CANT

What about the rest of the Sweat Hogs?

that headline is f-ed up. funny, but f-ed up.

I just wish they would quit showing the broken leg...that shiat just hurts my heart

Yeah, I wonder if they are gonna get insurance money or stud fees.

Which would be more?

Why can't they put his back two legs on a little cart, like they do with dogs, and let him race again!

I care. I watched that poor horse break his leg. It was gut wrenching.

I bet Barbaro will be boxed up and shipped to France before the week is out......

I wonder how many hundreds of thousands of dollars they've spent on vets and treatments so far?

up your nose with a rubber hose

On an unrelated note, horse meat is delicious.

He won't be pulling the Chuck Wagon anytime soon!

Brap

I'm sure they're filling up ice cube trays as we speak.

Great. Now I'm going to have that mental image all day.

I'm with you, Pucca.

I knew something was going to go wrong when he broke out of the gate before the race began.

That was really hard to watch. I hope he makes it, and spends the next few years siring Triple Crown winners.

I hate FOX News. They suck. Laminitis isn't "often" a result of serious injuries. In Barbaro's cause it was, but in most cases, it isn't. *sigh*

And NoleFarker, Barbaro's owners CAN charge a fee for his semen, but as Cloptimus pointed out, it will be unusable for breeding racehorses because of strict Jockey Club guidelines regarding Thoroughbred breeding. However, sporthorse breeders might be interested in it.

/happy owner of a Thoroughbred

"I wonder how many hundreds of thousands of dollars they've spent on vets and treatments so far?"

Not as many as they'd make breeding him. Think about how big an investment championship horse racing is.

There's a really good reason they call it the "Sport of Kings"

Bastards! Put him out of his misery! Laminitis is the WORST thing a horse can get and they are never the same again.
That story made me tear up a little...damn my sympathy for ponies.

why the hell is everyone caring so much about this damn horse? I mean he's no seabiscuit or anything. I think we should just let the poor bastard die, you know thats what he's hoping for. He's like, "jesus christ (cause horses are christian too) why can't you let me die! I am trying to let go and you asshats keep pullin me back from that damn light. Let me reach it already."
Then the trainer is like "Shut up you stupid horse, you are a national icon and if you die kids would cry. And in this 21st century we don't let kids cry, we want kids to be happy go lucky all throughout life and never understand what pain really is"
The barbaro's all like "That's stupid." then he passes out from exhaustion.

/wait what?

Nunito: Laminitis isn't "often" a result of serious injuries. In Barbaro's cause it was, but in most cases, it isn't.

Because the horse typically gets put down before the laminitis develops, right?

/Right?

anyone ever see that king of the hill where Hank starts dancing with his dog Ladybird and enters contests?

Meh, his leg will eventually heal, he'll have a shagtastic time when the time comes.

madcat033 I say they serve barbaro steaks at the next kentucky derby.

With fava beans and a nice chianti

Yesterday this Dr. was pretty sure the horse was toast. Today not so much...wonder who put the pressure on him to stfu.

MAEsser

Laminitis has a variety of causes:

1. Dietary complications. It's most often caused by a sudden ingestion of an excessive amount of soluable carbohydrates and overweight or obese horses are at highest risk. E.g.: A fat pony breaks down the feedroom door and eats thirty pounds of oats in one sitting or gorges itself on new spring grass.

2. Excessive work on a hard surface. Think of carriage horses in the 19th century.

3. Toxic conditons in the bloodstream. E.g.: A mare retains the placenta after birth.

4. Hormonal disorders. E.g.: Older horses with Cushing's disease may precipitate laminitis.

You're right in that most horses with severe injuries are put down before laminitis develops as a cause of sustained weight on one limb. However, it's far more common for horses to get laminitis due to dietary complications than it is for them to develop it as a result of a severe injury.

/Don't believe me? Check out the United States Pony Club's literature on it in their C and B, A, and H-A Manuals or The Concise Guide to Laminitis in the Horse.
//Or go here (pops)

"The Jockey Club doesn't allow artificial insemination, so "frozen swimmers" would be all but worthless. The resulting offspring couldn't be raced in sanctioned races."


I'm sure there are a number of rich folk out there who would pay a premium for a horse sired by Barbaro, just to ride, and to show off to their rich friends. So, the horse's frozen cum would probably be worth something. As much as the cost of having to hire someone to jerk him off, who knows (J.K), but something.

Thanks to the submitter for giving me my first gut-laugh of the day. You sick motherfarker. ;)

Kibbles 30k Seems low to me. I would guess that its in the six figs territory but that is just a WAG.

This is why we love our horses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-px_xbnewA

So while I'm only guessing, $30k or more for Barbaro's bills would not surprise me in the least.

Having spent $2,400 on our late lamented cat Ollie, I'm guessing Barbaro's in the $100,000 to $200,000 range now, or heading there.

/ didn't Barbaro have an all-day surgery this week?
// just a wild guess too

Nunito: I think we're constructing the sentence differently, leading to this non-verbal argument. I read the sentence as:

"In cases of severe injuries, lamanitis is often the result."

You seem to have read it as:

"In cases of lamantitis, severe injuries are often the cause."

Who's right? Dunno.
Who's wrong? Fox News for poor drafting.

Now that I look like an idiot, let me clarify by saying...

/Didn't RTFA closely.
//Nunito is right.
///Mods, would you delete my previous post?
////Didn't think so.