Lessons learned caring for Barbaro

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KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. — Kentucky Derby winner, Barbara, was put down because he was clearly uncomfortable after suffering one setback too many, according to Dean W. Richardson, DVM, chief of surgery and the Charles W. Raker professor of equine surgeryat the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) School of Veterinary Medicine. "We stated and we meant what we said: 'If we could not control his discomfort, we would not go on,'" Richardson told a packed press conference held here at the Penn's George D. Widener Hospital at New Bolton Center.