Article: Barbaro devotees offer gifts, good wishes to injured horse: Kentucky Derby winner remains stable as vets monitor progress.

Byline: Sandra McKee

Jul. 20--KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. -- horse racing If love heals, Barbaro is getting exactly what he needs. Multiple doses arrive every day for the Kentucky Derby winner, who is trying to recover from a shattered right rear leg and laminitis in his rear left foot, which has so far cost him 80 percent of his hoof and could possibly cost him his life.

Yesterday, in just the latest example of devotion to the horse, Carol Baccanari traveled about 135 miles hoping to get a chance to see Barbaro. "I thought, maybe, if I put my hand on him he would get better," Baccanari said. "I'm praying for a miracle." Meanwhile, at the ...

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