Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Poetic Obituaries: [Debra] Jurasus-Shriner joined an online

site for Friends of Barbaro, the American thoroughbred who won the 2006 Kentucky Derby, but was later euthanized after he shattered his leg two weeks later in the Preakness Stakes. In a note she posted, she mentioned sending the horse treats.

Later, she posted a poem she'd written in his honor titled "The Mighty Barbaro."

In part, it read: "Your entrance in this world was one of sheer determination and will. You made your presence be known.…"

from Hartford Courant: A Woman's Unnoted Life And Death

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