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[RC] OT: Barbaro to be buried at Churchill Downs. - D'Arcy Demianoff-ThompsonBarbaro will be buried at the site of his greatest triumph. The 2006 Kentucky Derby champion, who was euthanatized on Jan. 29, 2007 from complications of an injury suffered at the Preakness, will have his ashes interred at Churchill Downs. Barbaro's remains will be placed outside of an entrance gate in a large elevated space enclosed by bricks. The site will also include a bronze statue commissioned by owners Roy and Gretchen Jackson and loaned to the track as part of the official memorial site. Roy Jackson said Churchill Downs was the best place to honor the colt, who won the Derby by a dominating 6-1/2 lengths before being injured in the Preakness. -- D'Arcy L. Demianoff-Thompson cest.mon.virage@xxxxxxxxx "Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Mead
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