I just wanted to say, I am not a horse racing fan. I didn't know who Barbaro was before all this, but he is an animal and I'm an animal lover. I don't care how many races he won or what he is/was worth money-wise. I didn't root for him (or anyone) on the track, but I'm rooting for him now.

I am very touched by him and the articles written about him for the same reason mentioned in the articles. He's innocent and pure and the poor guy has no idea why this happened to him. If he was an old haggard pony with no value other than to his owner I'd feel the same way about him. Just look at what I did for my Jimmy. A mutt with no $ value to anyone, but to me and my family he's priceless and we've spend many thousands of dollars on him since August to get him well. Hearing that Barbaro, like Jimmy, isn't giving up puts a smile on my face.

Sorry for rambling, but I find this inspirational. If the worst does happen at least his owners know they did all they could do, just like every animal owner should do.

I'm not jumping on a bandwagon. Like I said, he's an animal and I'm an animal lover.