The veterinary clinic that treated Barbaro will receive an award this month for its efforts to save the life of the 2006 Derby winner.

The New Bolton Center will receive the Silver Horseshoe Award, an honor bestowed by the Kentucky Derby Festival to a group or individual for significant contributions or service to the thoroughbred racing industry.

The award will be presented April 20 and will be accepted by Dean Richardson, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, who led the team that tried to save the horse’s life. Richardson is the Charles W. Raker professor of equine surgery and the chief of large-animal surgery at the University of Pennsylvania’s George D. Widener Hospital.

A $1,000 gift usually accompanies the honor, but this year a special $10,000 award will be presented to the center. The money is a gift from the Kentucky Derby Festival Foundation, the charitable arm of the festival, said spokesman Mark Shallcross