A Heartwarming Print ........A TRIBUTE to BARBARO AT CHURCHILL
This smaller Print is an open edition print by the horse artist Thomas Pauly on fine art archival paper. Image size is 12" x 18". [The Limited Edition print is 21x24. ]
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BRAND NEW/MINT CONDITION.
29 January 2007- Daily Racing Form: Barbaro euthanized after long ordeal by Jay Privman. "Barbaro, the Kentucky Derby winner, was euthanized on Monday morning at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine at New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pa., ending an emotional, eight-month odyssey that began when he fractured his right hind leg in the Preakness Stakes. . . . Roy Jackson, who . . . owned the colt, said: 'We just reached a point where it was going to be difficult for him to go on without pain. It was the right decision, it was the right thing to do. . . . ' . . . Barbaro eventually succumbed to the ravages of the crippling hoof disease laminitis, which developed in his left hind leg and caused further problems with the right hind. The original fracture in his right hind leg had healed, but subsequent complications in both rear legs felled the gallant colt. . . . In death, as during his life, Barbaro was a cut above the rest. He survived far longer than anyone could have expected, considering the extent of the injuries to his right hind leg suffered May 20, coupled with the case of laminitis he developed in his left hind in early July. And as a racehorse, Barbaro became the first horse to win the Derby off a break of five weeks or more since Needles 50 years earlier. . . . Barbaro had won the first three starts of his career on turf, but then was moved to dirt for the Holy Bull Stakes on Feb. 4. He won that race, in a driving rainstorm, and then was given a two-month break until the Florida Derby on April 1. So, Barbaro entered the Derby with just one race in 13 weeks. . . . The week of the Derby, no horse trained better than Barbaro. One week before the race, he had a powerful workout for the Derby under exercise rider Peter Brette in which Barbaro was credited with a four-furlong time of 46 seconds, but actually went six furlongs in about 1:12 while traveling effortlessly. . . . He ran to his works. Barbaro, sent off the second choice in the Derby on May 6, captured the race in a runaway, winning by 6 1/2 lengths with jockey Edgar Prado to remain undefeated after six starts. The overpowering manner of his win gave rise to talk that he would become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. . . . Barbaro was sent off the 1-2 favorite in the Preakness. After being loaded into the gate for the race, he pushed open his stall and jogged about 110 yards down the stretch. He came back to the gate, was reloaded, then was sent on his way in the Preakness. . . . A furlong into the race, Prado suddenly pulled up Barbaro and eased him toward the outside rail as the rest of the Preakness runners rolled by. It was immediately obvious that Barbaro had suffered a serious fracture to his right hind leg, and he was taken by horse ambulance back to the stakes barn. . . . By the fall, Barbaro had recovered to the point where he could be taken outside to graze each day. There even was talk of moving him to a warmer climate, to avoid the usually harsh winters in Pennsylvania. . . . "
About the artist, Thomas Pauly:
Since 1978, award-winning artist Thomas A. Pauly has portrayed some of the finest horses and jockeys in the country. Born and raised in Chicago, his love of the sport emerged in Sportsman's Park winners’ circle.
Working primarily in oils and watercolors, Pauly travels extensively throughout the world to observe his subjects in their natural settings and has photographed the Royal Ascot, the Arc de Triomphe, the Velka Pardubicka Ceske Pojistovny Steeplechase in Prague and numerous Breeders’ Cups, Preaknesses, Belmonts and Kentucky Derbies. He depicted the who’s who in Thoroughbred racing in a portrait series commissioned by Arlington International Racecourse.
His artwork has appeared on the covers of many international equine publications. Pauly was commissioned by the Bloodhorse to illustrate a piece for the 2002 Breeders’ Cup Magazine. He is a frequent contributor to the Shoemaker Foundation and the New York Jockey Club charity auctions.
Pauly attended the prestigious American Academy of Art and has studied with equestrian artists Sam Savitt, Else Tuckerman, Larry Wheeler and portrait artist Julian Gilbert. Pauly’s portraits are known for their accuracy, their energy, their sentiment and their celebration of achievement -- it is fitting that Pauly depicted the wonderful Barbaro at his triumph at Churchill Downs.....
