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Matz: He Got a Lot of Experience Out of This

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Though Lentenor's trip on the Road to the Kentucky Derby was short, trainer Michael Matz said Barbaro's full brother gained a lot of experience that should help when he returns to competition later in the year....

Once Again, La Ville Rouge Bred to Dynaformer

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La Ville Rouge, whose previous matings to the hot sire Dynaformer produced Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro and his winning brothers Lentenor and Nicanor, was bred Feb. 23 to the Three Chimneys stallion in another attempt to produce success on the racetrack....

Matz to NY Times: 'I Do Think He is Good Enough' For Derby

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Trainer Michael Matz has told the New York Times that Lentenor is "good enough" to compete in the Kentucky Derby, the race won by his brother Barbaro in 2006, but that "he'll tell us from race to race where he's going to go."...

Nicanor Works; Possible Stakes Date for Lentenor

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Lael Stable's Nicanor worked three furlongs in :38 flat Jan. 25 at the Palm Meadows Training Center as the full brother to Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro continues on the comeback trail after suffering an injury last summer....

Lentenor Entered But Won't Get In

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If trainer Michael Matz had a wish for 2010 it would likely be for racing secretaries to write more maiden special weight races going long on turf....

Jacksons Encouraged by 2009 Developments

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Roy and Gretchen Jackson, who raced Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro and are continuing that horse’s legacy with his full siblings at the track, were encouraged by the developments over the last year and are looking forward to 2010....

Nicanor Posts First Official Work

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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....