September 1 - 4, 2006 UPENN BARBARO's RECOVERY REVIEW "On Profiles In Courage for Barbaro, Lost In The Fog, & Tim Woolley's..."

PROFILE IN COURAGE

Top Left Baltimore Sun AP, Barbaro enjoys grass at Fair Hill Training Center Week of Preakness, May 17, 2006.

CBS Early Morning Show filmed Barbaro enjoys grazing by his best buddy Dr. Richardson, August 23, 2006.

Bottom Left, Dr. Richardson exams daily Barbaro's fractured Right Leg, (Sabina Pierce UPENN, July 2006).

Edgar Prado visits for the first time May 30, 2006 spending quality time together with Barbaro (Sabina Pierce UPENN).

Latest Update 1: According to Alex, Barbaro had another good evening and Friday morning after he spoke briefly with Michael Matz. He is stable but still in serious condition at George D. Widener Hospital, New Bolton Center in Kenneth Square, PA. And, another special delivery of a 3 months supply of Springtime's special Spirulina wafers and Tracelytes arrived for Barbaro care of Dr. Richardson early this morning. Hopefully, he will get better more each day with these formulas specifically designed to prevent and treat existing laminitis and leg injuries.

Recently, there have been numerous news articles on Laminitis and Founder as medical experts try to resolve the shrouded mystery about this difficult disease that baffles the doctors and horseowners. One such article by Rustin M Moore DVM writes on behalf of the AAEP Foundation the following:

"Barbaro Injury Highlights Need for Laminitis Research Funding" (dated August 25, 2006)

EXCERPT:

"Barbaro's quest for the Triple Crown turned into a fight for his life, bringing much public attention to the fragility of horses' legs and feet...His doctors continued to emphasize his recovery would be dependent upon successful healing of his bone fractures as well as prevention of laminitis in his opposite healthy foot/leg. The fear of laminitis was realized 7 weeks later...after it developed in his left hind foot. This silent killer that affects horses around the globe was now a severe complication in Barbaro's otherwise excellent recovery.

Despite marvelous veterinary progress made in equine surgery, anesthesia, with design and development of state-of-the-art implants for fracture repair, the ultimate outcome for horses with life-threatening injuries often depends on effectively treating pain and preventing laminitis.

Laminitis (founder) is a severely debilitating, painful disease of soft tissue laminae that connect the hoof wall (the outer part of the hoof you see) to the coffin bone (the skeletal bone exists inside hoof). Typically, laminitis develops in either both front feet (most common) or all four feet, or in the foot opposite to the limb with severe infection/injury.

To date, the exact cause is unknown. But many factors increase the risk for laminitis including colic and diarrhea (GI tract disorders), pleuroneumonia (lung tissues), retained placenta and metritis in mares, ingestion of excessive carbohydrates (grain overload), overgrazing in lush pastures, and endodrinopathies (metabolic imbalance syndrome and

hormonal imbalance).

Excessive weight-bearing and overloading the opposite healthy limb is often affected by severe pain and lameness causes laminitis (crushing the laminae so little blood flow reaches the hoof area and it dies) as seen in Barbaro's case.

Other great horses such as legendary Triple Crown Winner 1973 Secretariat developed laminitis at age 18 and was eventually put down because he succumbed to this horribly painful disease. Since recorded history, laminitis has plagued every breed of horse regardless of size and age. An estimated 15% US horses are affected by it over their lifetime. And, up to 75% of those affected eventually develop severe or chronic lameness and debilitation.

Despite substantial research for past 30 years on laminitis and its development, complete understanding of it has eluded medical experts. Effective prevention and theraputic management therapies and strategies also remain elusive due to complicating factors like

the disease process being encased inside the unseen hoof wall. Advanced technologies are not useful or adaptable for effective study of laminitis, a disease unique to horses.

What frustrates veterinarians, horse owners, trainers, caregivers, and the general public are the high prevalence of laminitis among horses, combined with incomplete understanding of the disease along with emotional and financial high costs.

A survey done by the AAEP (American Association of Equine Practitioners) listed laminitis as the most important disease afflicting horses and the highest priority for further research. A group of leading laminitis researchers...in2004...concluded that this area was woefully underfunded. The United States Department of Agriculture also listed laminitis as a priority area for research funding.

...Like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer research in humans, biomedical research addressing laminitis is highly complex and extremely expensive...To solve the its underlying causes, researchers predict that substantial progress can be made within next five years budgeted to $10 million. Funding to this degree is necessary...to make a significant impact on reducing the prevalence and progression of laminitis while improving the outcome of horses that develop it...

The equine veterinary community is issuing a collective call for support in this endeavor.

The below listed foundations have all listed laminitis as one of their top priorities for research funding. Please call the AAEP to learn about how to make donations for equine research.

(1-800-443-0177 in United States) or (1-859-233-0147 ext. 220).

American Quarter Horse Foundation @ www.aqha.com/foundation

Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation @ www.grayson-jockeyclub.org

Morris Animal Foundation @ www.morrisanimalfoundation.org

AAEP Foundation @ www.aaepfoundation.org

While Barbaro and his doctors wage battle against laminitis, hundreds of additional horses will be diagnosed with it each day. Funding laminitis research is "vital" to unraveling unanswered questions about its disease and developing "reliable" preventative and theraputic measures...for all horses." (Special Thanks to http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=35030)

UPDATE 4 Barbaro's next health update will be given by Dr. Richardson on Tuesday, September 5, 2006 so long as there is no significant change to his present stable but still serious condition. "He has now found a path to see more clearly through the woods, but he is still not out of the woods yet," per Dr. Richardson in interview with Dr. Debbye Turner VMD for CBS 2 Early Morning News Show (August 23, 2006).

UPDATE 3b: From http://www.timwoolleyracing.com: There will be a continued prayer vigil for Barbaro, Lost In The Fog, and Bluegrass Cat for both Saturday and Sunday, September 7PM EST. Please continue to take just a few moments to pray for them...Many Thanks To You ALL in advance for your prayers and support to these great champions.


UDATE 3a: From Daily RACING FORM Friday, September 1, 2006

Barbaro's cast may be off soon...
By GLENYE CAIN LEXINGTON, Ky. - "Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro may soon have the cast on his right hind leg removed, three months after he broke the leg and underwent extensive surgery to repair it."

Barbaro's surgeon, Dr. Dean Richardson, said Monday...

that the colt's right leg has healed to a point where the cast might soon be unnecessary.
Veterinarians at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center equine hospital in Kennett Square, Pa., changed Barbaro's right hind cast on Sunday after what Richardson termed "a small crack" appeared in it.

"Based on the new radiographs that were taken, the leg looked excellent under the cast," Richardson said. "The pastern joint looks completely fused, and there is only a small area in the long pastern bone that has a little farther to go before we take him out of the cast completely."

The University of Pennsylvania release also noted that the X-rays showed no signs of infection in Barbaro's right hind leg. In July, the colt had an infection that prompted Richardson to replace most of the original repairs - a locking compression plate and 27 screws - that he had inserted to stabilize the joint in a lengthy surgery on May 21.
Barbaro's left hind foot which developed laminitis in July, remains bandaged. Richardson removed over 90 percent of the hoof wall July12, 2006...Now Barbaro is in a long 12 month process of regrowing his hoof. His veterinary team changes that bandage daily and so far seems happy with Barbaro's progress... (PLEASE NOTE THERE WERE ERRORS which were corrected -Cle Shaw)"

PROFILE IN COURAGE

Barbaro and his trainer, Michael Matz seen taking a walk at Fair Hill Training Center with the 132d Kentucky Derby winner arriving in Cecil County Monday, May 8, 2006 Photo by Kenneth K. Lam Baltimore Sun.

Michael Matz has visited Barbaro every day since his hospitalization back on May 20, 2006. He was clearly overjoyed at finally being able to take him for short jaunts outdoors while Dr. Richardson took a much needed restful recouperative break since his vigilant care of Barbaro with whom he fell in love after much devoted attentive care. While gone for the week, Medical Team Barbaro gives constant nursing and doctoring care 24/7. Late afternoons these two can be seen walking the grounds of New Bolton Center in Kenneth Square, Pennsylvania. Michael and Barbaro continue to lend each other strong emotional support and an inseparable bond of love.

Before Barbaro, Michael was well-known for his show jumpers competing in 3 Olympic games as a US equestrian team member. He also won five gold medals in the jumpers events for the Pan American Games. He not only rode jumper Jet Run in 1981's Volvo World Cup but also was honored that same year and 1984 as Rider of the Year by the American Grandprix Association. In 1996, he also won a silver medal in Atlanta in the Olympic Equestrian games with his next biggest win in 2004 when Kickin Kris won the Arlington Million. His crowning triump came with Barbaro winning the 132 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

He would unknowingly be dealt another "Profile In Courage" in 1989 when he and his wife survived a serious airliner crash. They helped rescue several children but he desires little credit for himself and deferred it to the jet's crew who succeeded bringing its crippled body to a crashed landing with 185 survivors instead of total disaster.

Below is a special tribute photo to Lost In The Fog who was recently diagnosed with cancer and has returned home to Golden Gate Fields home basenear San Francisco, California on Sunday early noon August 20, 2006. The great 2005 Ecliipse Award winner his tumors, especially the inoperable one located near his spine.

PROFILE IN COURAGE

Above are photos by Barbara Livingston & Tina Hines of Lost In The Fog, 2005 Winner of Riva Ridge, Belmont and I Downs. Trainer Greg Gilchrist spends quality time with his beloved boy and best horse friend...after arriving home,from UC Davis in Berkley, Lost In The Fog continued to act normal and eat heartily like always. Greg and Lost In The Fog exhibit "Great Courage" as they face LITF's medical ordeal to fight a battle against a very rare Lymphoma. SEE MORE INFO BELOW IN UPDATE 4 September 2, 2006

Prior to the prayer vigil held below, some Tim Woolley Barbaro fans concerned for Lost In The Fog's Welfare wrote these inspiring words to help us all pray for "Great Courage."

August 28, 2006: - original post by Vic Stauffer to Del Mar Racing Fan Forum: Vic is a racecaller in CA and FL who visited with Greg Gilchrist at Foggy's stable where he received a huge goodies basket graciously...

"I went and saw Lost In The Fog today. He looked in great spirits and oblivious to the challenge ahead. I told Greg Gilchrist how much I admired his dedication to his horse. But moreso, how great he's been with the media and fans thoughout his champion career...

As I was talking to Gilly, a woman and her teen daughter walked up with a basket of apples and carrots, a card and a sketch that the girl had drawn of LITF. Greg was so classy in how he greeted them. Took time to answer all their questions and just as they were about to leave - ask them if they'd like to meet LITF. You should have seen the look on their faces as they walked under the shedrow. I'm a pretty hardened racetracker and I thought I was gonna start blubbering and got the heck out of dodge. Just another example that our sport is the best of them all. And our horses and horsemen are to be treasured. How about a photo of Barbaro and Lost In The Fog both standing in KY?

Tonight, I'll say an extra prayer for both of them. VIS"

UPDATE 5: From http://www.timwoolleyracing.com:

Update 573: Jeannine Edwards has just spoken with Greg Gilchrist, Lost in the Fog's trainer. She sent me this e-mail:Just spoke to Greg Gilchrist... Lost In The Fog is being examined and having his ultrasounds as I write this. They are scanning him to see if there has been any reduction at all in the size of the tumors. Greg seemed hopeful, albeit realistic, that there may be some options for Foggy. He said by this time next month... NEXT MONTH...they would have a better idea of whether or not Foggy is going to make it. That's a whole lot better than the "2 weeks to live" we heard 10 days ago. Greg said Foggy has gained some weight back, they are feeding him smaller meals 4 times a day, and when I asked what his daily routine is, Greg said "Whatever he feels like doing." They walk him, take him out for grass, take him near the track to watch training, give him baths, etc. He said right now the horse seems happy and perky, and because of the cancer treatment options available to humans, they are hopeful of being able to try something on Foggy. The problem is that cancer is very rare in equines, and so the treatment data is relatively obscure. Perhaps Foggy will become the "poster horse" for successful cancer treatment. Greg said he will give me an update on the ultrasound findings tomorrow.

EXCERPT: (Continued...LTIF means LIFT)

From another Tim Woolley Barbaro fan came this: "When you switch the letters around for LITF they spell LIFT...Lost In The Fog lifts your spirits."

And, according to Daily Racing Forum's Chuck Dybdal, Lost In The Fog had an examination on Thursday afternoon August 31, 2006 to determine if any of the tumors have shrunk in size since he was diagnosed 2 weeks ago with terminal cancer. "If there has been no new growth or the tumors have shrunk, options include chemotherapy or radiation," said Greg Gilchrist. "One of the tumors is located near his abdomen just below his spine is inoperable." Couple good signs he says are that LITF's appetite remains good and he loves to nip at him meaning his spirits are good. He takes him for daily walks and sometimes to the track to watch the other horses.

Special mid-week prayer vigils held for Barbaro and Lost In The Fog were held Wednesday, August 30, 2006 at 7pm EST at the request of Alex, Tim, and crew at www.timwoolleyracing.com to honor these two champions as well as recently injured Blue Grass Cat who suffered a breakdown fracture at Travers in Saratoga, New York on Saturday, August 26, 2006 after coming in second to Bernadini's big win - Barbaro style.

UPDATE 4 on Rare Lymphoma Foggy Has: September 2, 2006

http://www.thehorse.com/viewarticle.aspx?ID=7522

"Forms of cancer found in horses include melanoma, lymphoma, squamous cell carcinoma, granulosa cell tumor, and cancers of the pituitary gland, thyroid gland, gastrointestinal tract, and bone.
Though statistics show more than 80% of gray horses over the age of 15 will develop at least one melanoma in their life, the tumors are usually benign. The most common form of metastasizing tumor is lymphoma. This tumor spreads to various parts of the body, and there are very limited treatment options for this form of cancer, which affects less than 1% of the horse population.
"We do have some chemotherapeutic protocols that are somewhat effective, but usually in veterinary medicine our goal of treatment is to maintain a good quality of life rather than to treat for a cure of the cancer," Davis said. "To clear the cancer completely from the system is difficult."
Because it is rare and horses do not often show symptoms until it is too late, it can be hard to diagnosis cancer in equines at the early stages.
"Most of the time when I diagnose lymphoma in horses, I will have a client that is just completely blown away because they'll say, 'A month ago I went to a horse show, and he performed great,' " Davis said. "There is no chance that horse was normal a month ago, but horses in general are all heart. They do what they know how to do, they do what they think they are supposed to do, and they are a prey species; therefore, it is to their advantage for survival to not let you know that something's wrong."

PROFILE IN COURAGE

Tim Woolley (Left) and Alex (right) are also exercise riders out for a morning run on Fair Hills Training Center's track early morning. Alex runs and handles the news and Form portion of www.timwoolleyracing.com. Since Barbaro's injuries on May 20, 2006 website now has over 12,000 visits per day. Alex spends close to 5-6 hours daily updating and handling the booming webpages since the site has taken off like Barbaro bolting from the starting gate and winning the first leg of the Triple Crown - the 132 Kentucky Derby. There are no signs of it slowing down.

He has become a familiar face and the lifeline support for www.campaigningforbarbaro.com.

Mike Jensen of Philly.com wrote a very nice article, "To check up on Barbaro, Check out his blog" - referring to Alex Brown. His morning ritual includes meeting up with Michael Matz to get the latest update on Barbaro. He describes him as a 41 year-old Englishman, who exercises 7 -8 horses every early morning at Fair Hill Training Center. Then he has to post the latest to the website as soon as possible. He says, "I always get a little stressed out until I've heard from Michael because I know now that people are just sitting at their computer waiting for that 7 AM update...If for some reason, I don't meet Michael on the horsepath, so let's say the update doesn't happen for another half hour to an hour, people naturally get concerned."... "Well, he's not updated it - there must be a problem."

Michael Matz said, "I really didn't know how big it (the website) really was until we started getting letters."

When Brown decided to do a daily blog on Barbaro before the Preakness, he averaged 120 visits per day. At the time of Barbaro's injuries at the Preakness, website traffic jumped to over 16,000 hits per day. And when he posted that Barbaro was in the recovery pool, he got 3,000 hits per hour. People as far away as Australia, Canada, UK, New Zealand, and Scotland email him asking about Barbaro."

Many concerned people don't even know much about horse racing or attend horse races so he has worked on the site being an educational tool to inform and help people understand Barbaro's world better.

He has embraced requests for Barbaro special poems and videos. Recently this past week his site had their own VIDEO Click on the underlined VIDEO LINK to see and hear "Get Well Soon Barbaro and You Are So Beautiful To Me." Thank you for sharing your special video and memories tribute to Barbaro, Tim Woolley Racing. Barbaro's devout Supporting Team at Tim Woolleys truly are profiles in courage! And, Special thanks to Michael Matz for giving Dr. Richardson a much needed break to rejuvinate him while he was away.