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SNIEN THINGS HAPPEN VERY
QUICKLY.
HE DID DEVELOP FAIRLY SEVERE
LAMINITEIS IN BOTH FRONT FEET.
SO THAT ESSENTIALLY LEFT HIM
WITH NOT A GOOD LEG TO STAND ON.
AND THAT WAS JUST NOT GOING TO
WORKOUT IN THE LONG RUN.
>> WE ALL SAID ALL ALONG IF HE
GETS TO A POINT WHERE HE WAS
UNCOMFORTABLE AND THERE WAS
PAIN, IT WAS TIME TO STOP.
>> HE WAS RADIOGRAPHED AND HIS
LAMINITIS IN THE FRONT FEET HAD
BECOME SEVERE ENOUGH THAT THE
DECISION WAS MADE AT THAT POINT
NOT TO GO ON.
>> THE WORLD LOST A GREAT
COMPETITOR TODAY WHEN THE PEOPLE
AROUND HIM FINALLY SAID ENOUGH.
>> I WAS HEART BROKEN.
I LOVED HIM.
AND I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO SUFFER.
THE BIGGEST THING WAS THE
SUFFERING.
HUGGED HIM, KISSED HIM, LOVED
HIM.
TOLD HIM HOW GREAT HE WAS.
WE HAD SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY TO
JUST LOVE HIM TO DEATH BEFORE HE
WAS PUT DOWN.
HE HAD HIS -- HE HAD HIS BASKET
OF GRASS.
>> HE DID EAT HIS GRASS.
>> I THINK HIS WILL TO WIN, TO
LIVE, TO FIGHT, YOU KNOW, I
THINK HIS WILL IS PROBABLY
THE -- YOU KNOW, HE JUST TRIED
TO DO EVERYTHING RIGHT.
AND ONE BAD STEP MEANT THE
DIFFERENCE.
>> GREATNESS CAN BE MEASURED IN
DIFFERENT WAYS, BY THE
ACHIEVEMENTS OF ONE, AND ALSO BY
THE IMPACT THOSE ACHIEVEMENTS
HAVE ON OTHERS.
MICHAEL MATZ STILL TRAINS
THOROUGHBREDS, LOOKING AGAIN FOR
THAT ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME HORSE.
TO GRETCHEN JACKSON, GRIEF IS
THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR LOVE.
SHE AND HER HUSBAND ROY REMEMBER
THAT EVERY DAY.
EDGAR PRADO WILL RIDE IN OTHER
BIG RACES.
HE'LL NEVER FORGET HOW IT FELT
ATOP BARBARO.
DEAN RICHARDSON KNOWS HE DID
EVERYTHING HE COULD TO SOLVE A
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE MEDICAL
PUZZLE.
HE HOPES WHAT HE LEARNED MIGHT
SAVE THE NEXT HORSE.
BARBARO'S INITIAL APPEAL WAS A
GLIMPSE OF GREATNESS ON THE
TRACK.
HIS WILL GO SEE THOUGH WAS
FORGED LATER IN THE STRUGGLE
THAT MADE HIM A NATION'S HORSE.
>> WINNING THE TRIPLE CROWN
WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE STORY.
IT WOULD HAVE BAIN WORLDWIDE
STORY.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MAYBE THE
BIGGEST SPORTS STORY OF THE
YEAR.
IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AS BIG AS
WHAT BARBARO'S STORY TURNED OUT
TO BE.
>> TO WATCH THIS HORSE MEET
EVERY MORNING OF THAT STRUGGLE
WITH BOY ANCEE, WITH JOY, AND
WITH WHAT EMILY *** INSON
CALLED A RAGE TO LIVE, WAS TO
SEE HIS GREATNESS, TRULY AND
FULLY BLOSSOM.
AND I THINK FOR ME THAT CAPTURES
BARBARO.
>> HE WAS ATTRACTIVE.
HE WAS ATHLETIC.
HE ALLEGATION DID HIS JOB.
HE NEVER -- HE ALWAYS DID HIS
JOB.
HE NEVER LOST A RACE.
WHAT IS THERE NOT TO LIKE ABOUT
HIM?
NOW I'M LOOKING AT ALL MY YOUNG
HORSES AND I JUDGE THEM TO
BARBARO, I SAY EVERYTHING IS
GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT YEAR.
>> YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALWAYS
LOOKING FOR THE NEXT GOOD HORSE.
UNFORTUNATELY, EVERYTHING'S
GOING TO BE COMPARED TO HIM.
HE WAS THE ONE HORSE THAT I SAT
ON THAT'S BEEN BETTER THAN
ANYTHING ELSE.
AND HE'S PROBABLY A HORSE IN A
LIFETIME.
YOU KNOW, IT TOOK ME 24 YEARS TO
FIND HIM, AND UNFORTUNATELY, HE
WASN'T AROUND FOR TOO LONG.
>> THIS IS HOW YOU FALL IN LOVE
WITH SOMEONE THAT REALLY CHANGED
YOUR LIVES FOREVER.
AND BARBARO DID.
>> I'M 100% FULL OF GRATITUDE
FOR ALL THAT'S HAPPENED, AND ALL
OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT
PEOPLE HAVE DONE, AND BEST OF
ALL FOR BARBARO, WITHOUT
BARBARO, NONE OF THIS WOULD BE.
HE WAS A SPECIAL HORSE.
>> HOPE I HAVE ANOTHER ONE AS
GOOD AS HIM.
THE CHANCES ARE THAT I WON'T.
BUT AT LEAST I HAD HIM ONCE.
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