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 PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Barbaro is enjoying his change of scenery. For almost a week, the Kentucky Derby winner has been allowed daily outings outside his intensive care stall to pick his own grass, enjoy the warm weather and stretch his recovering legs.
"I thought he was thrilled the first time he went out," Dean Richardson, chief surgeon at the New Bolton Center, said Monday. "He just seemed very happy to be out. You can tell he's looking forward to it every day. It's absolutely normal. Horses love to be outside, obviously, and he's pretty excited about it."
Barbaro stepped outside his ICU stall and started daily walks on a grassy area near the unit last Wednesday for the first time since having catastrophic injuries in the Preakness nearly three months ago. The Kentucky Derby winner, also recovering from a severe case of laminitis on his left hoof, continues to show signs he's on the road to recovery.
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