13 Jul 2009 5:12 PM
Nicanor faces a tough challenge Saturday as he will break from post position 4 under Jose Lexcano in the 10-horse field entered in the $750,000 Virginia Derby.
29 Jun 2009 8:13 PM
La Ville Rouge, the dam of ill-fated Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, has been checked in foal at the 62-day stage of her pregnancy for 2009 and is believed to be carrying a filly.
17 Jun 2009 4:48 PM
Sent off as the 2-5 favorite, Nicanor ran off with the field Wednesday to post his second consecutive win and remain undefeated on grass with an impressive victory at Delaware Park.
15 Jun 2009 2:46 PM
Lentenor, the 2-year-old full brother to Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, had his first officially recorded workout June 15 when he breezed three furlongs in :38 at Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland. The time tied three others for the fastest of the day among six horses breezing at the distance.
30 May 2009 8:18 AM
La Ville Rouge, the dam of Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, has been tested in foal to Dynaformer at the critical 30-day juncture of her pregnancy.
10 Feb 2009 9:44 AM
In an effort to lighten things up, I thought I would do a couple things. One, I have received more photos of Nicanor from his debut. Two, in the spirit of Valentine's Day, write a Haiku to Nicanor....
01 Feb 2009 3:10 AM
In his first start, Nicanor finished tenth of 12 in a maiden special weight at Gulfstream Park Jan. 31.
30 Jan 2009 3:25 PM
As promised, a recent video of Lentenor is now available!!
25 Jan 2009 12:05 PM
As his racing debut nears, Nicanor continues to work steadily at Palm Meadows Training Center. Jockey Edgar Prado will be aboard for his first start, which should come in the next two weeks.
21 Jan 2009 1:32 PM
Ron Mitchell guest blogs after his recent visit with Lentenor. New photos included.
17 Nov 2008 10:18 AM
On Nov. 16, Nicanor had his first official work since the beginning of July. The next day, he headed to Florida for the winter.
02 Jul 2008 4:25 PM
Iain Holmes, a former employee of the Matz barn, was recently on a business trip to Fair Hill, and he agreed to write a blog entry about his visit with Nicanor.
17 Jun 2008 3:27 PM
Says Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, "I don't think there are any dumb horses, but there's a lot of dumb people."
08 Jun 2008 10:47 AM
On the morning of the June 7 Belmont Stakes (gr. I), a race his brother didn't get to try in 2006, Roy and Gretchen Jackson's Nicanor recorded his first published work at Fair Hill Training Center.
03 Jun 2008 7:40 PM
Captured via telephone as he was wrapping up his feeding chores at Fair Hill on a soft summer afternoon, Peter Brette paused to answer a selection of the questions submitted by Nicanor readers.
