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RE: [RC] Barbaro - Kristen A Fisher

The leg was a mess - like a bag of crushed ice in some views. I downloaded
some of the x-rays and can send you one if you want [it's 1MB].

There was some speculation in something that I read that his heel may have
been clipped by another horse but I don't know where they went with that. If
you look at the x-rays you can see it looks like a spiral fracture [from
stepping down and twisting] so my guess is, it was really a bad step that
torqued the wrong way, and the associated load bearing caused the multiple
fractures.

Kristen, world renowned amateur radiologist

-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Diane Trefethen
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 10:59 AM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] Barbaro

http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=34464

This article says, "Richardson, who has treated Barbaro since 
the colt shattered his right hind leg a few yards after the 
start of the Preakness Stakes on May 20, said..."

"Shattered" gives the impression of a virtual explosion of 
the leg.  Did the leg fail that totally or did it sustain 
just a single fracture or were there multiple fractures and 
"shattered" was just hyperbole?

Regardless of the degree of failure, does anyone here have 
thoughts on the cause of such a breakdown?  Genetically 
deficient?  Insufficient conditioning?  Diet deficient in the 
nutrients to build "strong teeth and strong bones"?


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