I live in the area and remember this day well. Barbaro got a police escort and traffic was cleared along I-95 so he could get medical attention. I was touched at how people from all over the country sent Barbaro get well cards and apples. It was so touching and kind. RIP Barbaro!

In a morbid way this is arguably Durkins most impressive call. He was seeing and telling us what happened and he managed to not lose track of the field and was able to jump back into the race action after processing Barbaro's injury.

@23000tc

2 жыл бұрын

Tom durkin is masterful...how he navigated this race call.

@asturiasceltic3183

Жыл бұрын

You can almost hear it in his voice at the end that he wants to cry talking about it being "bittersweet"

@DanielSong39

Жыл бұрын

No he actually made several mistakes in his call after the injury, Dave Rodman for example handled it better But I'll given him a free pass for this one considering the circumstances

His owners threw countless money to help him. He was an outstanding horse! Bless this horse and family!

Not enough credit was given to Edgar Prado for being able to manage Barbaro despite the end result. Just the way he pulled Barbaro up and stayed mounted the entire time and dismounted to lift the weight off of the leg was beyond great stewardship. The doctors and everyone did a fantastic rehabilitating him. Laminitis in the left leg and abscess in the right proved to be too much for Barbaro to endure and that is what finally took him down and not the injury itself. That's speaks volumes for the surgical team.

@paulvece3714

2 жыл бұрын

really? I feel like everyone who knows anything about the sport knows that Edgar was basically the only reason he had a chance at living. How his little pulled up that horse so perfectly is still unreal.

@richardcoreno

Жыл бұрын

Edgar later stated that he thought the New York fans (he was based at the NYRA tracks at the time) who wagered on Barbaro would be rough on him -- believing that he had something to do with the injury......but they treated him with the utmost respect. Yep, even some of the most jaded railbirds in the USA understood.

@DanielSong39

Жыл бұрын

He pulled a Chris Antley (aboard Charismatic)

RIP Barbaro :( I remember this day very well. I don't know much about racing, but my mom does, and when he broke out of the gate before the race she was pacing in front of the TV going, "Something's not right. Something's going to happen." I wish she'd been wrong :(

@camvieira1139

5 жыл бұрын

largeposterior08 every time I watch I just hope he keeps going. I keep rooting for everything to change and him to be OK. 13 years since this Preakness, and 12 years since he left us and this whole story still makes me tear up. I know a guy who's college roommate works with Michael Matz and he has said that Michael kills himself to this day for not pulling him out when he broke through the barrier. He knew then something was wrong but swallowed it and thought to himself everything will be fine he just got excited. Every time I hear thunder I think he's racing Ruffian and Eight Bells. So sad

@spaz5138

3 жыл бұрын

RIP barbaro he was a great racehorse he deserved to live happily i didn't know it was going to happen

@michelehendershot4889

2 жыл бұрын

They should have scratched him that day

@paulvece3714

2 жыл бұрын

My friends and I were on the infield that day. Over all the noise, you could hear that poor horse's leg snap like bubblewrap and then Edgar yelling to him "BUDDY! BUDDY! Stop hurting yourself". That shit was horrible. Still the best horse I've ever seen race.

He would of destroyed all other horses in this race and the Belmont. He had no competition.. He will always be the triple crown winner in my heart. What a horrific tragedy. Forever Barbaro 💙😢

@shane.from.newzealand5353

Жыл бұрын

Although it is probable Barbaro would have won the race, Bernadini ran well and Barbaro would have had to expend that bit of extra energy, heading into the Belmont Stakes. This cohort of 3yos ran prior to the change in the qualification system. As you probably recall there was a very long period of time without a triple crown winner. Once the KD qualification system changed, there were suddenly two triple crown winners. I personally think Jazil would have given Barbaro a very good run for his money, given that he skipped the Preakness and was a late closer crying out for longer races. Barbaro was a beautiful athletic talented horse whose narrative was magnified by winning the KD in a very impressive fashion and then suffering a tragic injury on national TV. This,to a certain extent, exaggerated his status and I reckon its only 60/40 Barbaro beats Jazil in a hypothetical Belmont.

@jerryeyler4181

Жыл бұрын

It takes 4 legs genius 🐴💩

@RostClan220

11 ай бұрын

Edgar Prado had ridden Bernardino earlier in his career. Said he had breathing problems.

emotional race call, tom durkin kept his composure, but he was emotional at the end

@tmuas4079

2 жыл бұрын

What a pissy

I will never forget the shock and sadness as the ambulance drove away with Barbaro.

There are three parts to this story I'll never forget: I was sitting there with my whole family when the race started. I was so devastated, just saying over and over: "Please don't let his leg be broken." When I saw the accident, when I read his injury list and told my dad, we cried together. I actually had hoped a few days before the decision was made that he would make it. The vet taking care of him said there was very little to no chance he'd not survive, and that next year he'd be a stud. I was getting ready for class three days later when my mom called and told me. It was a punch to the gut, I just on saying: "But they said he was better." I didn't want to believe it, my mom didn't want to. A book I read recently said the stands were absolute chaos during the accident. They even put a screen up. (privacy in the case in worst case scenario a horse has to be euthanized on the track.) People were screaming, one woman screamed she would buy the horse for a dollar so he wouldn't be euthanized. There was just complete chaos and panic.

@johnrobinson1762

2 жыл бұрын

cool it. man. think

RIP WORLD CHAMPION BARBARO !!!

Awww, it makes me cry when the horse kept on lifting his leg and stretching it cause it hurts ;(

@anaalina5964

3 жыл бұрын

And it was all because a human wanted to win a stupid trophy.

@maddycerise

3 жыл бұрын

This happens all way too often. It’s been going on for YEARS. The public makes such an outcry when it’s a big name racehorse that gets injured. This industry makes it look like they care when they say “it’s nauseating to see this” when this happens every week, everywhere, every year to all horses. Big name horse, big trainer, no-name horse, little name trainer! It’s all for money. If it was that “nauseating” to the commentators and the apologetic supporters of this industry, it would be long dead like the circus.

@boborris1317

3 жыл бұрын

@@maddycerise yeah that’s the messed up part about horse racing

@ipsyche8506

2 жыл бұрын

@@maddycerise tbh when u check the facts, this mainly happens to the better horses.

@maddycerise

2 жыл бұрын

@@ipsyche8506 it can happen to any of them

RIP Barbaro :( I remember this day. The local NBC affiliate WBAL did extensive coverage of this and showed live video as people were stopping their cars and gathering on the bridges as the ambulance was making it's way up the Jones Falls expessway.

It sills takes my bteath away & brings tears to my eyes.

Barbaro was loved by so many. I remember the news back then even though, i was a little kid. It's a tragedy he died so young. He was a great race horse

The horse knew that something wasn't right all day.

@klane.equine9189

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@Katt30

5 жыл бұрын

Yup, he was telling them all day he didn't quite feel right. But they did it cause it was the preakness.

3 жыл бұрын

Really? This makes me sick. : ( I had no idea. I thought Barbaro was just excited to run so that's why he was out of the gate early and had to be put back in.

@12oyal

3 жыл бұрын

@ He was excited. He had no idea he was about to be hurt. Hes not going to know how to purposefully scratch himself.

@ronaldcox8551

3 жыл бұрын

@ Don't listen to them. That's straight up bullshit. Horse racing is extremely expensive, a decent thoroughbred alone can cost up to 300,000 dollars. Any good business man knows when to take their chances and when to not. I know from experience that these horses have a better life than nearly half the people in the world.

One of those day you remember where you were and what you were doing. Remember it like yesterday, especially him jumping the gate.

As drunk as hell my friends and I all were on the infield that day, when this happened, we just knew somethind badddd happened. It was like the f'in world stopped. Prado tried so hard to help that awesome horse from making it any worse.

I remembered the newspaper headlines in the Philadelphia Inquirer the following day. The Sixers lost the NBA Finals in 2001, and the Eagles lost the Super Bowl in 2005. After Smarty Jones, Barbaro was our Philadelphia hope, our Rocky. A thoroughbred was raised in the Philadelphia area and owned and bred by a couple from West Grove, outside Philadelphia. My father and I couldn't believe it.

0:38-0:48 - That call definitely changed everything in the sport of horse racing

I remember when this happen it was like it happened yesterday. I cried waiting to hear how Barbaro was doing and when he died my heart broke.

You can hear people crying out his name when he was waiting for the horse ambulance. So sad

@SaraNightfire1

3 жыл бұрын

They were also freaking out because of the green screen. When a horse is beyond healing and it’s most humane to euthanize them on the track. They put a large truck between the horse and the grandstand. Mostly to give the horse and vet privacy. That’s why the official yelled at the cameraman. They don’t want a media circus or panic in the stands when they are making the decision or giving a horse his last moment on earth. A lot of people seeing the screen knew what that meant and panicked. People were screaming no, and one woman screamed to not put him down, she’d buy him for a dollar.

The second Edgar pulled him up I knew he was as good as dead. So sad

@SaraNightfire1

3 жыл бұрын

He was euthanized two years later. Three days before they euthanized him the vet actually said he would make it and be at stud next year. I was thrilled, then my mom called three days later and told me he was euthanized.

@RostClan220

Жыл бұрын

@@SaraNightfire1 He would had never been able to be at stud. Not on those rear legs

That was a dreadful day back in 2006 and I remember watching it on TV and I was shocked to see that happen to the horse and things weren’t right with him that day ❤️🙏

They never should have let him run after he crashed through the gate.

This breaks my heart.

This one broke my heart I really fell in love with barbaro after his win at the Kentucky Derby he was a beautiful horse

He actually heeled after the accident but was put down later on due to laminitis

@spaz5138

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah.. sad time.....

@spaz5138

3 жыл бұрын

He heeled for 8 months

@judysevor8519

2 жыл бұрын

The owner and veterinarians tried so had for the noble Barbaro. ♡

Barbaro broke through the gate and had a hair line injury once they put him back into the gate. A horse can not tell you this as in a minute or less. It requires a lot of force to push trough a starting gate door like he did and injure his hind legs while doing so. It is extremely rare to see a horse being pulled up right after leaving the starting gate. It was the track veterinarian fault for not delaying the race to check on Barbaros condition. If I am wrong ? Please let me know if I don’t know what I’m talking about? Thank You.

@Tatiana-yp2bk

Жыл бұрын

Makes lot of sense. His trainer mentioned that it was a bad sign him breaking through the gate. I guess with all the adrenaline rush people didn’t think through. To check him out would delay the race and horses would not as explosive. They should’ve scratch him right there. And he would live. But they missed their chance.

What was this like for the other jockeys? When you're going that fast do you have time to notice that one of the horses has pulled back, or did they cross the finish line and then discover what had happened?

If they knew that barbaro was injured why did he race? It seems that they didn’t care at all about his well being at all.😮

I was 6 when this happened, I remember the Monday after this happened my teacher telling us about this. I saw the coverage of it on the news at my grandmas. I was so sad for him. RIP Barbaro, see you in the after life.

greatest horse of my lifetime.............was so horrible to watch this happen to this amazing horse.

Showed this to my wife today explaining a broken leg is a death sentence for a horse. Damn shame but he had to try and make triple crown history. To all the folks calling for horse racing bans, they freaking love to run. They're incredibly competitive and amazing athletes. #LetThemRun

@SaraNightfire1

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not a total death sentence. He lived for eight months battling laminitis. The vet said three days before they euthanized him that he was going to make it and be a stud next year. My mom called me three days later when I was getting ready for a college class and told me he died.

You would have needed to be there to see how the race meant nothing to the fans in attendance. Longtime horse racing columnist Bob "Railbird" Roberts said he saw the vet at Thistledown (northeast Ohio) give a better look at a $5,000 claimer that broke through the gate than what was done with Barbaro.

@asturiasceltic3183

11 ай бұрын

"You would have needed to be there to see how the race meant nothing to the fans in attendance." What do you mean by that sentence. Do you mean that after Barbaro brokedown no one cared about the rest of the race?

forever heartbreaking

Does anyone even remember who won the 2006 Preakness? I just remember it for Barbaro being pulled up. RIP Barbaro.

When he broke out of that gate i think that force from breaching that gate was the reason why , for me..

Broke my heart. Still have a beautiful portrait of Barbaro in my office

I still remember the tears watching this. He had the hopes of a nation on his back. You're flying fast with the angels now boy.

I cried all day at work for a week. Broke my heart, as I’m sure it did to his owner and family.

As someone who's spent most of my life around horse tracks I've never seen a horse who broke prematurely from the gate the way Barbaro did not get scratched-for Barbaro's connections to race him anyway was cruel and borders on animal abuse. Ok I know it was the Preakness stakes but the horse's health must come 1st trainer Micheal Matz knows better but let Bob & Beverly Lewis (Barbaro's) owners make the call of racing him after a premature start this is was a big no no. Had he been scratched like he should've been at least he still be alive into stud service.

@DanielSong39

Жыл бұрын

Seattle Slew in the 1978 Jockey Club Gold Cup

@asturiasceltic3183

11 ай бұрын

Barbaro's owners are Gretchen and Roy Jackson.. Roy is actually a grandson of Rockefeller but he does not like to talk about that since he made his own fortune in baseball teams.

@howl_with_the_wolves

11 ай бұрын

@@asturiasceltic3183 thank you for the correction on barbaro's owners don't know why I thought the Lewis's owned him.Matz was his trainer though and Mike,one of the best horseman in the world should of overruled everyone and scratched him I'm convinced of this had this been a cheap claiming race or a regular allowance race that's exactly what would've been done.

@asturiasceltic3183

11 ай бұрын

@@howl_with_the_wolves You are welcome.

So sad. I loved watching Barbaro in the Kentucky Derby. He was a true athlete.

This was terrible. Such a magnificent horse, and so heartbreaking that he had to die so young.

I do feel sorry for Bernardini being overshadowed by tragedy. He is a fine horse. But we can't help but speculate that Barbaro might have been the drought breaker.

There was no bad step, he was running cleanly. Until his bone gave way, of course.

@AvisRavenChild

9 жыл бұрын

Rimfaxe96 Are you demented! He took a bad step! ANYONE with half a brain can see that!

@Rimfaxe96

9 жыл бұрын

Royalstar2010 Oh really? Then tell me at what moment excatly in the video smartass. I also hope you are aware that Barbaro had unseated his rider right before the race - and mind you, horses are able to feel pain in their legs, it only gets blurred while racing due to adrenaline.

@AvisRavenChild

9 жыл бұрын

Rimfaxe96 YOU CAN FUCKING SEE WHEN HE MISS STEPS!! AND FYI SMARTASS I WAS AT THAT RACE!! SO GO BASH ON ANOTHER VIDEO BECAUSE YOU'LL FAIL HERE!

@Rimfaxe96

9 жыл бұрын

Royalstar2010 And you're just a kiddo whose jimmies got rustled. :P Yeah, because you can see a wrong step when a horse is in the middle of the field, sure. He's likely had a weakened bone already and that came crashing down once it was pressured that much again (which is normal, the hooves and fetlocks have to endure immense pressure when a horse gallops). Go get your ritalin and back into school.

@AvisRavenChild

9 жыл бұрын

Rimfaxe96 4:07 he takes the miss step ya ducking loser. You know NOTHING about that horse as my family knows more about him then you EVER will and kiddo? Really, I happen to be 26 jerkface which goes to show how much you assume to know things when you don't and middle of the field, ahhh dumbasss there's CAMERAS all around said track that see EVERYTHING which is how they determine if the horses hurt each other by bumping into each other or if it's another jockey's error (jockeys are no longer allowed to touch another rider's horse) so yeah go bash on anther video and leave my aunt's horse alone. He's dead and all you're doing now is disrespecting him and his memory.

still crying seeing this

RIP Barbaro. True warrior horse

RIP Barbaro...and now RIP Bernardini... 😔

I was watching this race with my parents. My mother was shocked when Barbaro got injured. I feel bad for whoever bet on Barbaro that day

Sweet angel - so sad 😢

I love Barbaro so much, and hate this evil sport who took this angel away from us. I can't believe that someone posted on here that they saw Barbaro that day and they could tell something was wrong with him way before the race.

@RostClan220

11 ай бұрын

From this tragedy they have been able to figure out other ways to treat laminitis. Countless other horses have been saved at New Bolton.

@asturiasceltic3183

11 ай бұрын

@@RostClan220 Yes, many horses have been saved because of Barbaro. But there is only one Barbaro.. I miss him and he will always be a part of me.

“Barbaro has been pulled up, the saddle has been removed” ☹️

Ruffain was like this Edit (7/15/21): Good god, this comment is old. I forgot I even commented on this video. :’)

@SaraNightfire1

3 жыл бұрын

Ruffian was much worse, she actually blew both of her ankle bones out of her legs. An injury that happens one in a million chance. Only pure adrenaline was keeping her on her feet and in the van. Her leg and hoof literally folded under her. It would've taken a miracle for her to live, even with surgery, especially comfortably.

@InfernoBlazeFilms

3 жыл бұрын

@@SaraNightfire1 Yeah, she did have it worse.

@oliviak2963

9 ай бұрын

Yeah I remember watching the movie and crying under a blanket when she died

“No harm, no foul in this case I guess...” If only he knew, if only he knew-

Sucks they put him back in after he got hurt ,remember this race like it was yesterday

This was so sad and heartbreaking. Watching that poor horse limp off was awful.

Anyone remember Invasor the great! He smoked Bernardino at the Breeders Cup

RIP barbaro run fred in heavan u deserved better than this he would of bet them all he would of won the triple Crown but sadly good things can start turning on you

And they have to take pictures....

I almost went to Egro protos retirement party-

tepid 154 3/5 haha is pretty fast compared to many preaknesses , i think durkin lost his train of thought cuz of barbaro

what they do to horses for these races is often inhumane. There's a good book about the horse racing industry called "Grand Theft Horse" that introduced the subject to me.

They should have NEVER allowed him to race after breaking early.

EA Sports and 2K Sports

Off to the glue factory!

Bernadini? Have to agreed.sad. To watch. BrotherDerrick. @#Sad.

And then they say show jumping is the most dangerous sport....

Wow..he was acting up all day before the race and still was thrown into the lions den.A case of owner n trainer not thinking about nothing but the almighty dollar

@OfficialMuffiin

5 жыл бұрын

I agree. He should've been pulled from the race.

@emilybailey4457

5 жыл бұрын

Yup, the almighty buck is all they care about😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥

@OfficialMuffiin

5 жыл бұрын

@@emilybailey4457 i doubt money is all they care about, they spent thousands on vet bills for months trying to heal barbaros leg, most owners would shot them then and there.

@Oswald_Thatendswald

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty fuckin rude to assume the owners trainers and jockeys dont care about the horse in an emotional way that goes beyond money. Total bullshit. You've obviously never spent much time around people in the racing industry if thats how you think it is.

@ribunny123

4 жыл бұрын

@@Oswald_Thatendswald ikr? Look at the pain in that man's face when he realizes just how bad the injury is. That horse is his partner and friend.

Poor thing

I was un this

Poor horse: you see what those races do to horses. They are too young and not made to run like this…

The thing is, with enough money, horses like this can recover and retire, but people don't want to put money towards a retired horse. I have no doubt that his owners,trainers, and riders loved him but this is why horses shouldn't be ran young and people need to be encouraged to have backup plans. Younger horses have harder times to recover cause they most likely won't stay still enough to let anything heal.

I think about Barbaro often and cry once a day just thinking about him.

aaww

6 year old.me

Would have destroyed justify and American pharaoh

@bamfy15

4 жыл бұрын

Kyle Simmons bullshit

@frostedicepharoah7723

4 жыл бұрын

Barabaro was a legend but in all fairness I don’t think he’d be able to compete with American Pharoah.

He had to be sratched no way he was going to win after busting out like that.

Horse racing is disgusting. Those are babies.

always thought horse racing was a bit silly but now i understand how utterly stupid and pointless it is. anything for entertainment i guess.

Horse racing needs to be banned.

@OfficialMuffiin

5 жыл бұрын

Horses die in all disciplines, why not boycott showjumping, cross country and dressage too?

@Oswald_Thatendswald

5 жыл бұрын

stfu idiot.

@markhogan6057

4 жыл бұрын

You need to be banned. Lets just let the government ban everything at this point you dumb fucking statist

@dirtydistance

Жыл бұрын

Stupidity needs to be banned

This make me cry. Poor horse. Ban fucking horse racing!!!