Nicanor reportedly grabbed a quarter...interesting read
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from Bloodhorse:
Nicanor had an excuse for his 10th-place finish in his career debut Jan. 31 at Gulfstream Park in Florida. The full brother to 2006 Kentucky Derby Presented By Yum! Brands (gr.I) winner Barbaro hurt himself leaving the starting gate, but the injury wasn't believed to be serious by his connections.
He (Nicanor) is better than that, said his jockey, Edgar Prado. Ive worked him in the mornings, and he showed me a lot. He broke really fast and unfortunately grabbed his left quarter. Well just have to see how long it takes to heal, but I know hes better than that.
After suffering the injury, Nicanor wasnt comfortable, so Edgar just wrapped up on him, said the colts trainer, Michael Matz.
Nicanor, who stumbled at the start and was bumped, raced three wide. He was eighth after the first quarter mile, but by the half-mile point had improved his position to fifth. He faded after that (VIDEO).
A 30-1 longshot, Warriors Reward, captured the one-mile maiden-special-weight event by a length over 19-1 Allrightsreserved while 44-1 Single Malt was third. The winning time was 1:39.69. Dubinsky, the 6-5 favorite, finished fourth. Nicanor, at 5-2, was the second betting choice in the field of a dozen 3-year-olds.
A homebred son of Dynaformer out of the grade III-winning Carson City mare La Ville Rouge, Nicanor races for Roy and Gretchen Jacksons Lael Stables.
Nicanor had an excuse for his 10th-place finish in his career debut Jan. 31 at Gulfstream Park in Florida. The full brother to 2006 Kentucky Derby Presented By Yum! Brands (gr.I) winner Barbaro hurt himself leaving the starting gate, but the injury wasn't believed to be serious by his connections.
He (Nicanor) is better than that, said his jockey, Edgar Prado. Ive worked him in the mornings, and he showed me a lot. He broke really fast and unfortunately grabbed his left quarter. Well just have to see how long it takes to heal, but I know hes better than that.
After suffering the injury, Nicanor wasnt comfortable, so Edgar just wrapped up on him, said the colts trainer, Michael Matz.
Nicanor, who stumbled at the start and was bumped, raced three wide. He was eighth after the first quarter mile, but by the half-mile point had improved his position to fifth. He faded after that (VIDEO).
A 30-1 longshot, Warriors Reward, captured the one-mile maiden-special-weight event by a length over 19-1 Allrightsreserved while 44-1 Single Malt was third. The winning time was 1:39.69. Dubinsky, the 6-5 favorite, finished fourth. Nicanor, at 5-2, was the second betting choice in the field of a dozen 3-year-olds.
A homebred son of Dynaformer out of the grade III-winning Carson City mare La Ville Rouge, Nicanor races for Roy and Gretchen Jacksons Lael Stables.