"The leg looked good under the cast, especially considering the length of time that he has been in a cast," Dean Richardson, the chief for surgery, said in a statement yesterday.

Dean Richardson, who performed surgery on Barbaro on Sunday, has watched the replays of his entering the starting gate, his false start and the beginning of the race.

"It is important for people to understand that this is not routine laminitis," the veterinarian, Dean Richardson, said in a statement Monday.

And on project editor Lisa Parnell's schedule, proofers George Knight, Mary Maddox, and Dean Richardson had to read and pray their way through a belatedly delivered manuscript.

"He was pretty close to almost a perfect orthopedic patient," says Dean Richardson, his surgeon, whose assessment of the horse's personal qualities, like those expressed by others in the film, sound quite human.

In 1902, Dean Richardson left the school and was replaced by John W. Reynolds who served until 1907.

The current director is the Dean Richardson of ICS.

Dean Richardson also allowed students who had difficulty paying tuition to remain enrolled on credit.

"His vital signs are good, and his attitude remains positive," Dean Richardson, the chief of surgery at the George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals, said in a statement released Sunday.

"Ask me that in a few months," Dean Richardson, the surgeon who used 27 screws to put Barbaro's rear right ankle back together, said Tuesday when asked when the colt might begin physical therapy.