alonewiththemoon | (no subject)

Bernardini was my second choice, but that's not a whole lot of comfort right now. :-(

updated to add: Barbaro broke his leg just above and just below the ankle; it's a serious break, but the real prognosis won't be known until the vets can determine how much damage he might have done to the blood supply in his leg. The breaks alone are serious but not life-threatening, but if the blood vessels were severely damaged, they'll have to put him down. I don't know whether his being all pumped up to race would stand in his favor or not. I'm guessing probably not.

edited once again to add: if he survives, Edgar Prado deserves a tremendous amount of credit for reacting so quickly and getting him slowed down and stopped.

This is one of those moments where I wonder if it really is a horse-loving thing to do, to love horse racing, but I remind myself that this is truly a freak occurance, and something the trainers and everybody who cares for these horses, especially at this level of racing, does their best to prevent.