Barbaro euthanized after long ordeal...

From the Daily Racing Form:

By JAY PRIVMAN
Barbaro, the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner, was euthanized on Monday at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine at New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pa., ending an emotional eight-month odyssey that began when he fractured his right hind leg in the Preakness Stakes.
Barbaro eventually succumbed to the ravages of the crippling hoof disease laminitis, the same disease that felled Triple Crown winner Secretariat in 1989. Laminitis often occurs in a previously sound limb when a horse attempts to shift weight to relieve pressure on an opposing, injured limb.
Barbaro developed laminitis in his left hind leg in July, which caused problems with the right hind foot this month, and in recent days Barbaro had begun to develop laminitis in both of his front hooves, Dr. Dean Richardson, the chief of surgery at New Bolton, said at a press conference Monday afternoon. The original fracture in his right hind leg had healed, but subsequent complications felled the gallant colt.

Sad. In this day and age of modern science we can transplant hearts and do brain surgery but we still can't heal a horse with a broken leg. As the old saying goes, "No HOOF, no HORSE."
Rest In Peace Barbaro :(