One more Barbaro comment...

...before this becomes a full-blown Barbaro blog.

Apparently you can't just extract horse seed and breed a bunch of super-fast (and hopefully stronger ankled) Barbaro Jr's because they would be barred from racing. Clearly then, Barbaro's owners were trying to keep him alive to profit from the stud fees he would most like get. I therefore salute you, former owners of Barbaro - you are what capitalism is all about.


This will be the final horse-related post for the next 5 months, unless zombie Barbaro rises from his grave at Churchill Downs on Easter.

Enemies of Me, BE WARNED

Not one day ago did I wish for the death of Barbaro on this very site and lo-and-behold, he has been euthanized. Let this be a lesson to all of you would dare cross my path: I will proclaim your immediate demise on this site and you will be euthanized within a day (if you were a horse with a broken ankle who had several rounds of major surgery and failed to recover).

Also, I would like to note the complete idiocy of making this news the front page story on msnbc.com, instead the suicide bombing in Israel or the latest news from Iraq. To me that says that the editors at MSNBC think that Barbaro's death is more important than these other stories or that the American people think it's more important. Other than the horse's owner crying for a couple of days before buying a new horse for $3 million , Barbaro's passing will have NO EFFECT on any of our lives ever. Let's try to put things in perspective.

Just die already, you stupid horse

Apparently, Barbaro is still having medical problems. What I don't think his owners realize is that no amount of medical care will save him from death. That is because Barbaro invoked a gambling karma backlash against himself by getting injured in the Preakness. The collective anger of millions of people who bet on him and lost is causing his blood to circulate poorly. There is nothing more veterinary science can do, save pump him for his seed and then "put him down" (aka letting him try to walk normally). Maybe one day Barbaro Jr. will be able to succeed where his father so triumphantly failed, if he isn't killed immediately in a mafia-style payback hit commissioned by horse racing gamblers. Just make sure you don't buy any Barbaro brand glue. It will work for 2 minutes and 10 seconds before breaking its glue polymers in three places.