Barbaro: A Nation's Love Story

Barbaro: A Nation's Love Story
by Pamela K. Brodowsky, Tom Philbin

Barbaro: A Nation's Love Story
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Author: Pamela K. Brodowsky, Tom Philbin
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-02-26
ISBN: 0061284858
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: William Morrow

Book Reviews of Barbaro: A Nation's Love Story

Book Review: poor book for such a great horse
Summary: 1 Stars

What a poorly written book about such a fantastic horse. It is loaded with other obscure facts unrelated to the horse, trainer or story line. As a reader, we are forced to endure "side trips" as directed by the author which have nothing to do with the horse.
Remember this horse was a spectacular race horse, but it is difficult to tell with this book! I would not recommend this book to anyone, except to the authors to revise this.
Sad, such a poor tribute to such a great horse.

Summary of Barbaro: A Nation's Love Story

This up-to-minute book follows the story of Barbaro, the Triple Crown contender whose unlikely fight back from almost certain death from a shattered leg and ensuing complications captured the hearts of a nation who responded with a stunning display of love.

In 132 years of derby races, only 11 horses have won the Triple Crown, the last in 1978. Barbaro was a favorite to be the twelfth until May 20, 2006, at the Preakness Stakes, when his jockey, Edgar Prado pulled him up a couple of hundred yards from the starting gate. Subsequent examination revealed that he had virtually exploded bones in his right rear leg so badly that under normal conditions he would have been euthanized right on the track. But his owners, Roy and Gretchen Jackson, chose another path, one filled with anxiety and tears-but also courageous determination to save his life.

This touching, soaring book-filled with insights from Barbaro's trainers, breeders, caretakers, and owners-follows Barbaro from foal to colt to champion to perfect patient. But In the end it is not just a story of a down-but-not-out champion, but of human beings at their very best.

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