Article: Kentucky Derby champion Barbaro euthanized.

Byline: Mike Jensen

KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. _ Eight months after he romped to a 6 {-length victory in the 132nd Kentucky Derby in front of 157,536 people at fabled Churchill Downs, Barbaro was euthanized, according to co-owner Roy Jackson.

Owned by Roy and Gretchen Jackson of West Grove, Pa., Barbaro became far more famous for his battle to live at New Bolton than he ever had been for his great feats on the racetrack.

"We knew we had to put him down," Gretchen Jackson said Monday. "It was too much, and the guy didn't need to go through anymore."

Both Roy and Gretchen Jackson were with Barbaro when he was euthanized by injection in his ...

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