That has set into Barbaro`s left rear leg. It is the very acute case of Laminitis as the Laminae have gone between the coffin bone and hoof. He could be put down in the next 24 hours. They will try one more operation on the wall of his hoof and if it dosen`t work they will give up on him.
Secretariat died of laminitis but he was 19 years old at the time he was put down. It is a very sad ending for so magnificient a horse. People won`t stop horse racing because there is too much money involved in it but the sad cruel truth of it is magnified by Barbaro`s injuries.
The indusrty breeds many more horses than it needs and they are forced to run at 40 miles per hour on ankles thinner than human ankels. That can not support 1200 pounds of horse running at 40 miles an hour thus so many break downs and deaths. I think it SUCKS big time.
