As horse enthusiasts speculated on locations for beloved Kentucky Derby champion Barbaro?s final resting place, at least one influential fan wants to commemorate his courageous fight for life at the Baltimore track where he first suffered his injury. Just one day after his euthanization, fans wondered where owners Gretchen and Roy Jackson would choose to have him buried.
Officials at the Kentucky Derby Museum, located on the Churchill Downs grounds in Louisville, Ky., said Tuesday they would be “honored” if Barbaro were buried in a garden along with four other Derby winners. “We?ve expressed to them how honored we?d be to have Barbaro here,” Kentucky Derby Museum Executive Director Lynn Ashton said. “We feel like we?re bringing horses back to be honored.”
