Showing posts with label Barbaro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barbaro. Show all posts
Thursday, January 29, 2015

The Barbaro Effect: How One Horse Changed the Face of Laminitis Awareness--and Google Search Statistics--Forever

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A racehorse named Barbaro won the Kentucky Derby in 2006. He fractured his right hind leg in the Preakness, two weeks later, and suffere...
Thursday, November 15, 2012

Penn Vet Names Hankenson to Fill the Dean W. Richardson Professorship in Equine Disease Research Position; Laminitis To Be a Priority

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Received via press release: The University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) is pleased to announce that followin...
Friday, June 10, 2011

USA TODAY Laminitis Video: Penn Vet's New Bolton Center and the Legacy of Barbaro

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USA Today had a terrific article yesterday about the laminitis work being done at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinar...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

Favorite Video: Nicanor, Brother of Barbaro, Will Race for the First Time on Saturday, Two Years After Barbaro's Death

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by Fran Jurga | 29 January 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog Nicanor video courtesy of CBS Evening News with Katie Couric Two years ago ...
Friday, December 05, 2008

Belknap Laminitis Research at Ohio State Will Be Funded by Barbaro Legacy

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by Fran Jurga | 5 December 2008 | www.hoofcare.blogspot.com A new study of laminitis at the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Me...
Sunday, August 10, 2008

Laminitis News: Vermont Horse Show Fundraiser Benefits Research in Barbaro's Memory

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F rom left to right: Dr. James Orsini and Gretchen and Roy Jackson at Vermont benefit held to benefit laminitis research in honor of the Jac...
Tuesday, April 15, 2008

"The First Saturday in May" Will Be on the Third Friday in April! See you there!

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Click on the "play" icon to launch the movie trailer. Turn up the volume! Something special is coming to a theater (possibly) near...
Monday, March 26, 2007

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The April issue of Smithsonian hit the newsstands today and the good news is that you can pick up a copy and enjoy a first-class article ab...
Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Barbaro's Owners Endow Chair in Equine Medicine to Honor Dean Richardson; Foresee a "World Without Laminitis"

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(excerpted from a press release from the University of Pennsylvania) (Feb. 13, 2007--PHILADELPHIA) A $3-million gift from Roy and Gretchen J...
Sunday, January 28, 2007

What's Next for Barbaro: External Fixation for Collapsing Right Hind

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Left: Barbaro's right hind leg as it appeared on radiographs in November. This leg is now equipped with an external fixation device for ...
Thursday, January 25, 2007

Barbaro Update: Cast changes, heel abscess in right hind

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From the University of Pennsylvania today: “Barbaro was placed under anesthesia yesterday to have his left hind foot cast replaced,” said Dr...
Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Barbaro: Cast Removed at New Bolton Center

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This just in from the University of Pennsylvania: "Barbaro has had a significant setback over the last 24 hours. He became acutely more...
Saturday, January 06, 2007

Barbaro Update: Morrison Casts Foundered Foot for Stability

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Left: Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital's Scott Morrison DVM finishing tendon surgery on a laminitic horse.(Hoofcare & Lameness Journa...
Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Laminitis Makes Strange Bedfellows at New Bolton: Pacing Stallion Artsplace and Barbaro Fight Founder Side by Side

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According to the web site harnessracing.com, and as quoted on the US Trotting Association web site, leading pacing (harness racing) sire Art...
Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Barbaro Funds Will Help Laminitis Research

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This is second-hand news, so please wait for an official announcement before believing it, but... In an interview in the Philadelphia Inq...
Wednesday, September 13, 2006

All's Quiet on the Barbaro Front: Latest News from University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center

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Barbaro is improving slowly and steadily according to veterinarians at Penn’s George D. Widener Hospital . “We are pleased with his progress...
Monday, July 17, 2006

Barbaro Update, Comment on Foot Cast

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KENNETT SQUARE, PA —­ Chief of Surgery Dean Richardson reports today that Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro’s vital signs are good and that he h...
Thursday, May 25, 2006

Laminitis Prevention for Barbaro: Copper Sulfate Silicon Hoof Packing and Sigafoos Glue-On Shoe on “The Good Foot”

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Barbaro's "good" foot is shod with a glue-on double hospital-plate support device. Photo © Rob Sigafoos. Photos by Susan Ha...

Diagram of Support Shoe Package for Barbaro

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This artwork was provided by Rob Sigafoos and New Bolton Center. In order to post it here, it had to be reduced in size and resolution. I ...