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Tomorrow is the Preakness Stakes, the race where last year Barbaro “tragically” broke his leg and lost the race. Then, later, he died, and the Preakness renamed a horse race after him.
When talking with the Inquirer’s Mike Jensen, it appears horse co-owner Gretchen Jackson is just as confused by the Barbaro people as we all are.
During Barbaro’s eight-month stay at New Bolton, Gretchen Jackson said, she worried about turning him into America’s Pet.
“I had trouble when he was touching noses with the cow or playing with the cat,” Gretchen Jackson said. “I just wanted him to have the stature of a Kentucky Derby winner. We didn’t have him as a pet. A lot of people saw him as a pet. He was much more than a pet.”
Oh, come on! Just say it! Just say those people who worship Barbaro creep you out, Gretchen! Go! Please! Alright, alright.
Barbaro’s saga struck a wider chord. One example: During his stay at New Bolton, two terra cotta flasks were brought to the veterinary hospital, sent by Princess Haya of Jordan, the wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai and owner of Bernardini, winner of last year’s Preakness. The flasks contained holy water from the Jordan River, which was sprinkled on Barbaro as intended.
Of course, Barbaro died, so it looks like the Jordan River just doesn’t quite have the same power it once had when Jesus was baptized in it. Maybe it was some of the polluted remnants of the 5 percent left of the Jordan River.
Guardians of Barbaro’s legacy [Inquirer]
Historic Jordan has shrunk to a mere trickle [National Post]
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It has to suck for barbaro’s owners- because those freaks will be watching them like hawks forever, like they’re horse Mary and Joseph or something.
Yeah, he wasn’t a pet. He was a sperm factory.
They didn’t place that beloved athlete’s ashes in a special place? They chose a shelf just because it was empty? Horrific. He was so much more than “just a pet”.