Nicanor

Yesterday, I mentioned that the general public loses all interest in horse racing after the Triple Crown. Well, a promising 3 year colt old won his second race in a row yesterday, and he happens to be a horse who has the power to garner much public attention. His father is a stallion by the name of Dynaformer, and his mother is a mare named La Ville Rouge. His name is Nicanor, and his bloodlines are significant since they make him a full brother to a horse that everyone has heard of - Barbaro.  

Just the fact that Nicanor is turning into a decent little horse is reason enough to be excited. He has won both of his starts since he was given a chance on the turf, and he has won both of them in fairly impressive fashion. Yesterday was an allowance test against horses of all ages in which he stopped the timer in 1:52 4/5 for his mile and one-eighth journey.  Michael Matz, his trainer, announced that if all is well with Nicanor following this race, his next race will most likely be the Virginia Derby on July 18. This would be Nicanor's first stakes action and you can bet there will be added interest in the race simply due to his presence. Colonial Downs is probably salivating at the thought of him entering their starting gate.  

If Nicanor continues to win, one can only imagine the following he would garner. There is already a blog set up on BloodHorse.com that follows his every action, but if he is able to become a stakes caliber horse, he will start to get national attention. Barbaro captured the nation's heart both before and after his injury in the Preakness, and to have his little brother come along and try to pick up the torch where big brother left it off is a story that is just too perfect for the mainstream media to ignore. I know that the odds of him continuing with his winning streak as the races get tougher are much lower than what people think, but the possibility of him running up the win column for the rest of the year is something which I am very excited about. I will certainly be rooting for the little guy, and I hope you will be too.