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Prof’s 'Barbaro watch' web page draws media attention 11:25 a.m., Jan. 23, 2007--Alexander Brown, an adjunct professor of business administration who teaches Internet marketing, has been maintaining Barbaro Central, with web-based daily updates on the progress of the Kentucky Derby winner. Barbaro broke his leg last May during the Preakness Stakes, the second race of the Triple Crown. Barbaro Central, accessed through the Tom Wooley Racing Stable web site, at [www.timwoolleyracing.com], has been receiving local and national media attention as a source of updates on the horse's condition. Barbaro has been in the intensive care unit of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine's New Bolton Center teaching hospital since his injuries at the Preakness. While the hospital's web site at [www.vet.upenn.edu/newsandevents/news/Barbaro_Updates.htm] gives frequent updates on the horse's condition, the Wooley web site provides daily updates. Brown, who exercises horses for a stable in the Fair Hill Training Center, gets information from Barbaro's handlers. Media outlets that have written about the horse say that public interest in Barbaro has not waned since the accident, and his fans still crave daily information. After winning the Kentucky Derby and being hailed as a favorite to take all three races of the Triple Crown--the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes--Barbaro suffered an injury shortly after the start of the Preakness. He fractured three bones in and around the ankle of his right hind leg. The next day, he underwent surgery at the New Bolton Center near Kennett Square, Pa., for his leg injuries. After initial favorable reports regarding his recovery, Barbaro developed an infection in the broken leg in early July, followed quickly by a severe case of laminitis in the sound hind leg. Injuries of that type often result in the horse having to be euthanized. Barbaro won't be out of danger until his leg is fully recovered and until it does, his condition can change radically from day to day, as it did on Jan. 10, when it was reported that he experienced another setback. As such, interest in the Wooley web site remains high. Article by Barbara Garrison |
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