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Article: Churchill Downs Selected as Burial and Official Memorial Site for 2006 Kentucky Derby Winner Barbaro.
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- January 29, 2008
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Churchill Downs has been selected as the final resting place for 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, who was euthanized one year ago today after a lengthy battle with laminitis. The announcement was made today by Barbaro's owners, Roy and Gretchen Jackson, at a Churchill Downs news conference.
Barbaro's remains were cremated following his death on Jan. 29, 2007, and his ashes will be interred outside of Gate 1 at Churchill Downs, in a large elevated space enclosed by bricks that is currently used as a garden. The site, which will be open to the public, will include a larger-than-life-sized bronze statue of the Kentucky Derby 132 winner that ...