Barbaro, appropriated and digitally manipulated video, 2008
L.A. Watson and Matt Page
Digital Video
Duration 1:27, looping
Digital Video
Duration 1:27, looping
Barbaro (April 29, 2003 – January 29, 2007) was an American thoroughbred racehorse who decisively won the 2006 Kentucky Derby, but shattered his leg two weeks later in the 2006 Preakness Stakes, ending his racing career and eventually leading to his death. —From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The story is being pitched as an unexpected accident that shocked the country, but the truth is that Barbaro’s tragedy is a very public reminder of the plight of racehorses everywhere and the cruel fate that awaits so many victims of the horse racing industry. —PETA
“Thoroughbreds are by definition fragile," says Steven Crist, publisher of the Daily Racing Form. … On average, Crist says, a horse breaks down on the track 1.5 times for every 1,000 starts, a statistic that has remained fairly constant for decades. If airplanes crashed at the same rate, no one would ever fly. And while people usually survive a broken leg, horses often don't. —Jerry Adler, Newsweek
The story is being pitched as an unexpected accident that shocked the country, but the truth is that Barbaro’s tragedy is a very public reminder of the plight of racehorses everywhere and the cruel fate that awaits so many victims of the horse racing industry. —PETA
“Thoroughbreds are by definition fragile," says Steven Crist, publisher of the Daily Racing Form. … On average, Crist says, a horse breaks down on the track 1.5 times for every 1,000 starts, a statistic that has remained fairly constant for decades. If airplanes crashed at the same rate, no one would ever fly. And while people usually survive a broken leg, horses often don't. —Jerry Adler, Newsweek