Barbaro

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Next week marks the 9 year Anniversary since Barbaro's ill-fated Preakness. I know it is easy to be a Monday morning quarterback, but I just can't help believe that when he broke through the gate on the false start, the damage had already been done. Why was he "medically" allowed to run after that? Does anyone have a take on this?

And possibly while we are on the subject of Barbaro, where do you rank him in terms of most impressive Derby Winner since 2004. I have Barbaro, Smarty Jones, and Big Brown (don't be a HATER) as my top 3. I'm only going back to 2004 since that is when I first got interested in this sport.