Barbaro returns to Churchill Downs for final time

Barbaro will return to the site of his greatest victory after Churchill Downs was selected as the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner's final resting place. Barbaro captured the hearts of fans around the world for waging a brave fight for survival following a...

Barbaro will return to the site of his greatest victory after Churchill Downs was selected as the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner's final resting place. Barbaro captured the hearts of fans around the world for waging a brave fight for survival following a horrific breakdown at the Preakness Stakes in May of that year.

The colt's ashes will be interred outside Gate 1 at Churchill Downs in a large elevated space enclosed by bricks.

The memorial site will also include a larger-than-life size bronze statue commissioned by Barbaro's owners Roy and Gretchen Jackson.

The popular colt will become the only horse buried on the grounds of Churchill Downs.

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