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Nicanor to Race Sunday in the $150,000 Canadian Turf Stakes (Gr. III)

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Nicanor will make his five year old debut on Sunday in the $150,000 Canadian Turf Stakes (Grade III) at Gulfstream Park....

In the Spirit of Christmas...

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The date was October 14, 2000. A three year colt was making his debut at Santa Anita in a maiden special weight race. As for any first time starter, the sky was the limit and the possibilities endless. ...

Nicanor to race at Aqueduct this Friday, November 26

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Nicanor will be back on the track Friday in race #8 at Aqueduct in the Three Coins Up Stakes. Post time is 3:10....

Nicanor, the Journey Continues

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Nicanor's next race is the $100,000 Labeeb Stakes, one mile on the turf at Woodbine (in Canada), Sunday October 31, Race #5, Post time 2:57....

Lentenor to Race Saturday at Keeneland

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Lentenor is entered in race #8 at Keeneland on Saturday. While I would have preferred a different gate, it shouldn’t make that much difference due to the length of the race, I hope!...

Nicanor and Lentenor Racing This Friday and Saturday

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Once again, Barbaro's brothers are racing on back-to back days, but this time their roles are reversed. ...

Update on Nicanor & Lentenor

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Lentenor and Nicanor both had their first works since those races this past week....

Nicanor racing at Delaware Park, Wednesday, August 25.

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Nicanor is entered in the $50,000 Eight Thirty Overnight Stakes at Delaware Park on Wednesday, August 25, Race #8....

Lentenor entered Tuesday, August 24 at Delaware Park

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Lentenor, Barbaro's full brother, makes his return to the track for the first time since his fourth place finish in the Grade I Florida Derby on March 20th....

My Day with Barbaro's Brothers: Part II Nicanor

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An account of Nicanor's start in the Sussex Stakes on July 10 at Delaware Park....

My Day with Barbaro's Brothers: Part I Lentenor

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Greg Jones, new moderator of the Tracking Barbaro's Brothers blog, visits with Lentenor on July 10....

It Is Official: La Ville Rouge in Foal to Dynaformer

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In a press release announcing that Dynaformer continues to perform well at stud at age 25, Robert B. Clay's Three Chimneys Farm noted that one of the 54 mares in foal from this year's breeding season is La Ville Rouge, the dam of Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro and his full siblings Nicanor and Lentenor....

Nicanor Entered in Sussex Stakes at Delaware Park

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Nicanor, the full brother to ill-fated Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, has been entered in the $100,000 Sussex Stakes at Delaware Park on Saturday. The stake, the 10th race on the card, will be run at about 5:18 p.m. (EDT)....

Another Chance for Friends of Barbaro to Show Support

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There will be another opportunity for Fans of Barbaro, and all other race fans who are at Belmont Park Saturday, to step up to the plate and help support laminitis research....

Will Nicanor's Victory Serve as a Confidence Booster?

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Nicanor, Barbaro's full brother, returned to the winner's circle for the first time in 2010 when he won a 1 1/16-mile allowance/optional claimer at Delaware Park on Wendesday, June 16....

‘Sculpting the Wind': The Story Behind the Barbaro Statue

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A new documentary entitled "Sculpting the Wind," produced by Allison Pareis, a student at Ball State University, follows artist Alexa King from beginning to end as she created and sculpted the bronze Barbaro statue at Churchill Downs....

Take a Look at Yearling Brother to Barbaro, Nicanor, Lentenor

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For those of you wanting more of a diversion this Preakness week, take a look at the exclusive photo taken by Anne Eberhardt of the yearling full brother to Barbaro, Nicanor, and Lentenor. The colt, sired by Dynaformer and produced from La Ville Rouge, as have been all the brothers, was foaled at Mille Ridge Farm on March 10, 2009....

Will Post 13 Be Lucky for Nicanor in Dixie?

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Nicanor, full brother to 2006 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Barbaro, drew the far outside post in a field of 13 for his stakes debut in the $200,000 Dixie (gr. IIT) on the Pimlico turf May 15....

Nicanor Fifth in 4YO Debut

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Nicanor, making his first start since last June, ran a solid fifth in an allowance race Thursday afternoon at Keeneland. Owners Roy and Gretchen Jackson and trainer Michael Matz were on hand to watch Barbaro's full brother make his 4-year-old debut in the day's seventh race. Nicanor stalked the early pace of Unbridle's Dream in the 1 1/16-mile turf race, sitting second more much of the race as those...

Nicanor in Second-Fastest Work at Keeneland

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With champion jockey Julien Leparoux aboard, the workout time was second fastest of the day among 29 working that distance on a beautiful spring morning at the Lexington track....

FOBs Play Role in Retiring Stakes Winner Dashboard Drummer

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Thanks to the efforts of many people, including Friends of Barbaro, a 9-year-old gelding named Dashboard Drummer who at one time raced successfully in grade III stakes has been claimed from the lowest ranks of racing and retired....

NTRA Charities Establishes Barbaro Fund for Equine Health and Safety Research

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Roy and Gretchen Jackson, who bred and raced the late Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro and his brothers Nicanor and Lentenor, have again stepped up to the plate on behalf of equine research, working with the NTRA to establish the Barbaro Fund for Equine Health and Safety Research. ...

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....

Lentenor Runs Fourth in Florida Derby

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Lentenor experienced the first unplaced finish of his career when he rallied mildly at the rail and hit the wire in fourth in the March 20 Florida Derby (gr. I) at Gulfstream Park. Hopes were high for the son of Dynaformer, who is best known as the full brother to 2006 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Barbaro. Facing 10 rivals and going off at odds of 10-1 in the Florida Derby...