Barong was adopted in October of 2025 by ATR's own Stacey who just couldn't let this guy go. She's so happy to have a horse of her own at home and we can't wait to watch him grow with her.

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Barong is a big, 4 year old, chestnut gelding (JUST gelded) that came to us in partnership with Beyond the Wire in Maryland. This big guy is by Catalina Cruiser and out of a Macho Uno mare. This means he has Union Rags, Mineshaft, Holy Bull and other greats in his pedigree. This pedigree was likely partly responsible for him selling for $325,000 as a 2 year old! Barong comes to us after just 5 races.

Barong was claimed in his last race and the new owner decided to retire him when he came up lame after his last race, not wanting to put more money into him. We offered to take him here, have him evaluated by our vet, and give him whatever he needs. His last race was on 8/30/25 and as it happens, he was sound on arrival and sound for our veterinarian when she evaluated him on 9/24/25. Whether he was just body sore right after running (which is very normal after such an effort), or had something minor bothering him that since resolved, we can't say.

What we can say is that our vet thought he looked good, clean, and sound. He got his racing plates off and was gelded on October 1st. He's so far doing very well with his recovery but will be in the process of adjusting to his new life as a gelding. With the castration and after care he'll see our vet most weeks and if anything changes we'll update here, but she doesn't think he'll have any limitations!

Barong won't be available to adopt until he's 2-4 weeks past being castrated as we want to ensure his castration aftercare is done properly and he is fully healed up before going to a new home. While adjusting to life as a gelding he will need advanced level handlers and care takers though he has a very nice temperament and we think will be a lot of fun to bring along for the right person!