An ex-girlfriend worked in the biz as a groomer while she was in vet school. Barbaro is going to a better place. The stories she told of cruelty to even the wealthiest horses was ghastly. Steroids,blood-doping,confinement to tiny stalls or paddocks etc... Owners will literaly run a horse to death.

Barbaro was indeed a beautiful, and graceful animal who got the benefit of a second chance.