This is the five-year anniversary of Barbaro’s Kentucky Derby win, and
reminders of the colt and his victory are everywhere. Alex Brown has
produced a beautiful full-color coffee table book (Greatness and
Goodness: Barbaro and his Legacy), and editors of the 2011 Kentucky
Derby souvenir magazine asked me to talk with Barbaro’s connections
about their memories as well. Reading Brown’s book, an amazing inside
view of all that went on with the colt, and checking in with Gretchen
Jackson, Michael Matz, and Edgar Prado, I realized how deeply Barbaro
touched so many lives. It’s hard to believe so many seasons have passed
since we watched him train and race.
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