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My Guy Barbaro: A Jockey's Journey Through Love, Triumph, and Heartbreak with America's Favorite Horse
by: Edgar Prado, John Eisenberg

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 798.40092
EAN: 9780061464188
ISBN: 006146418X
Label: Harper
Manufacturer: Harper
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: April 01, 2008
Publisher: Harper
Release Date: April 01, 2008
Sales Rank: 35640
Studio: Harper

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A new superstar appeared on the American sports landscape in the spring of 2006: Barbaro, a three-year-old racehorse, won the Kentucky Derby by six and a half lengths, the largest margin of victory in sixty years. Barbaro's impressive performance immediately stirred talk of a possible Triple Crown. But in the opening yards of the Preakness Stakes two weeks later, the horse suffered a catastrophic leg injury that ended his undefeated career and left him fighting for his life.

Edgar Prado, a native of Peru and one of the world's top jockeys, rode Barbaro to glory and then stood beside him for months as the horse valiantly struggled to survive and millions of fans held their breath. Having ridden in more than twenty-five thousand races over the previous two decades, Prado thought he had been around too long to fall for any one horse, but Barbaro—intelligent, charismatic, and resourceful in sickness as well as in health—stole his heart.

In My Guy Barbaro, Prado recounts his own story, a tale of grit and dreams that moves from his impoverished childhood in Lima, Peru, to the winner's circles of the greatest racetracks in the world, and memorably chronicles his emotional time with Barbaro before, during, and after the horse's breakdown. Their bond was special and immeasurable. With Prado still reeling from a wrenching personal loss, Barbaro lifted his spirits by giving him the ride of a lifetime in the Derby. When the tables turned and the horse needed support two weeks later, Prado was there, going out of his way to make a succession of visits to the New Bolton Center, the animal hospital in Pennsylvania where Barbaro underwent more than two dozen surgeries and was ultimately put down.

Barbaro made worldwide headlines for eight months, and now Prado's poignant, clear-eyed narrative takes us where no reader has gone before—onto Barbaro's back in the heat of a race and into the intensive care suite where Barbaro's life-and-death drama played itself out. My Guy Barbaro is a heartwarming, unforgettable story of a man and his love for a beautiful animal and an irreplaceable teammate.

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- Animal Lovers United
Interesting insight behind the scenes on horse racing. I loved this book. Yep! I cried at the end, even though I knew the ending already. Edgar obviously loves horse and gave an insider's opinion on how horses in the race world ought to be treated - with dignity, respect, and most of all, love. Barbaro's owners are to be commended as being horse lovers, first and foremost. Barbaro was a majestic, spunky, and beautiful creature. Edgar is a horse lover, too, and a fine horesman. His ethic of not injuring a horse for the sake of any race, no matter the stakes, is sheer love and respect for the horses he has spent his life with. The horses are lucky to have a gifted, kind and caring jockey to work with them. i can hardly wait for the 2008 Derby and see if Barbaro's sibling can finish what Barbaro so magnificently started. Barbaro did for equine health what Nicole Simpson did for domestic abuse.

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- more than "meets the eye"
Of course, it is a "wonderful" read....but you know you will cry. There is so much more "than meets the eye" going on with horse racing. I'm glad this good man is working to help other not so valuable horses....where is PETA anyway? Horses are being bred to be big and powerful....but those small (thin, in comparison to body) legs , ankles etc. are too prone to break. Note also the death of the filly due to a break this year too. I could go on and on.....but y'all can surmise the atrocities. And don't forget: Big Brown was put to a race with a known cracked hoof.

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- For Barbaro fans, this really is a must read
So moving, so honest, so touching...Edgar Prado's story, his own life,
and his love for this horse, just made me weep. Barbaro's story turned
tragic, but during his short life, he was loved very much by very special
people...Edgar Prado is one of them.
They will be linked forever.

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- More Barbaro, less jockey
Edgar Prado and his co-writer did a good job representing his love and relationship for and with Barbaro. If anyone wants to know the life style and schedule of a professional jockey, this is the book to read. For me personally I appreciated the further evidence of Barbaro's intellect and intuition by the report of Mr. Prado that "a psychic had called Mrs. Jackson to tell her when Barbaro broke through the gate before the Preaknes, he knew something bad was going to happen. He didn't know exactly what, the psychic said, but he was trying to send a message that we were unable to read."I loved and still do love Barbaro. I grieve his untimely passing.

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