Preakness Week always conjures up bad memories for racing fans and especially for Friends of Barbaro, because it was in that race four years ago in which Barbaro was injured in the classic, eventually succumbing to the effects of laminitis. Some FOBs will take solace in the fact that Nicanor, Barbaros...

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. The 3-year-old son of Dynaformer-La Ville finished fourth in the March 20 grade I Florida...

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. According to Mill Ridge Farm, where La Ville...

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." Reporter Bill Finley caught up with Matz at Gulfstream Park earlier this week...

Watch the Replay The winning tradition of the Barbaro family continued Jan. 20 when Lentenor, the 3-year-old son of Dynaformer—La Ville Rouge, romped by daylight in a 1 1/16 two-turn turf race at Gulfstream Park. "We've always known he was a good horse," trainer Michael Matz said afterward. "He's a big...

When Lentenor makes his 2010 debut in the ninth race at Gulfstream Park on Wednesday, he will face a full field of challengers, some of which have stellar pedigrees and connections to match. The 3-year-old full brother to Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro has been installed the 3-1 morning line favorite...

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. Matz trains Lentenor, the 3-year-old full brother to Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro. Lentenor finished second and third in two starts as a 2-year-old and...

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. Roy Jackson said Lentenor, who has been making steady progress back from...

Like all of us, Roy and Gretchen Jackson have been eagerly awaiting the career debut of Lentenor, and now that Barbaro's brother is ready to make his first start at Keeneland on Saturday, Oct. 31, they will probably miss it. The Jacksons probably won't be there when Lentenor goes to post under Julien...

Touching base with Roy Jackson this afternoon, he said things are going well for Barbaro's full siblings - Lentenor, Nicanor, and the colt foaled this year, as well as with dam La Ville Rouge. "Everything is going along pretty well," the owner said. Although he did not have specifics, Jackson said Lentenor...