so long, champ

barbaro's owners decided to put the derby winner down early this morning, and i think they made a smart, humane decision. everyone was saddened by his injury and his owners truly went above the call of duty to treat him. one of my friends today said that all we'd been hearing was positive news about his recovery, but i had recently seen several stories that said they had been doing surgeries, casts, and slings as he continued to develop problems. putting him through much more of that would, in my opinion, have just been wrong.