...helped save more than 2,900 horses from slaughter while raising more than $1 million for laminitis research. Dr. Dean Richardson, who oversaw Barbaro's rehab at New Bolton, couldn't help but laugh when talking about the massive wave of support...

KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. - For the past eight months, one of Dean Richardson's first stops on his morning rounds was Barbaro's ICU stall. Richardson looked into the colt's bright eyes, made sure he...

...and will be hospital-bound for at least another month. "He's bright, happy, eating," chief surgeon Dr. Dean Richardson of the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center said Monday. Barbaro, plagued by the often-fatal hoof...

...section of his laminitis-stricken left rear hoof. The Kentucky Derby winner was "stable and comfortable," said Dean Richardson, chief surgeon at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center, where Barbaro has been recovering since...

...said co-owner Gretchen Jackson. "I wonder if people have discovered it's great to be positive than negative." Dean Richardson of the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center also is positive about the colt's recovery. The chief surgeon...

...left hind foot is changed daily so the laminitis can be treated and watched for signs of infection, according to Dean Richardson, the chief surgeon attending the Kentucky Derby winner. QUOTE: "We took new radiographs, and they look good...

...If he keeps having days like he's having now, then hopefully everything will be fine." Matz said Barbaro vet Dean Richardson told him the colt had another restful night and his vital signs were normal. "He said they're very happy with...

...comfortable night in his stall and was expected to have the fiberglass cast on his ailing left foot changed. Dr. Dean Richardson said the left cast on the Kentucky Derby winner "will be changed so that the hoof can be treated and watched for...

...after developing discomfort in the leg and a "consistently" high temperature. The surgery was performed by Dr. Dean Richardson at the University of Pennsylvania New Bolton Center, where Barbaro has been recovering in the intensive care unit...

...sustained a life-threatening injury at the Preakness. "Barbaro is back in his stall and is doing well," said surgeon Dean Richardson, who replaced the cast he had put on Barbaro on June 13. Two bent screws were replaced and three new ones were added...