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Old 03-08-2009, 02:14 PM
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Nicanor broke well and did look impressive in the stretch making up ground on the winner after being passed. It was a dramatic turnaround from his first race -- I imagine Jose Lezcano will now keep the mount.

He should be favored in his next race, which should generate even more publicity for this horse and for the sport in general.
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Old 03-08-2009, 04:20 PM
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He should be favored in his next race, which should generate even more publicity for this horse and for the sport in general.
Considering he was beaten a length in a race that went extremely fast - faster than an older male stake at the same distance - I will go out on a limb and say he will be favored next time.

A big huge favorite.
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Old 03-08-2009, 04:39 PM
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My real point was that because I listened to the critics...

I didn't cash
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Old 03-08-2009, 04:57 PM
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Nicanor had a nice run, for sure. Set quick fractions and battled back in the stretch, little more distance will do him well. Wonder if Lezcano keeps the mount?
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Old 03-08-2009, 06:00 PM
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Video and pictures are up on the Bloodhorse blog along with quotes from Matz and Jose Lezcano. http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/nican...nd-effort.aspx

They said it might take a few more races before they can know "what we've got here" which I assume means if he'll be able to move very far up the ranks or not. Doesn't mean he wouldn't win the next one, just that even if he did, it still wouldn't show you all that he's capable of. I assume that also means trying against winners and then stakes horses. I think he's quite promising and quite a nice looking lil guy. It's fun to watch them learn because it helps highlight the fact that these aren't just racing machines where you press a button.

For those that haven't heard, supposedly Prado was too sick to leave Florida on the plane so I doubt he'd have felt up to riding Nic if he couldn't even just lay there in a seat for a few hours. I hope he feels better soon. Maybe he got to see the race at least online.
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Old 03-28-2009, 03:07 PM
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Considering he was beaten a length in a race that went extremely fast - faster than an older male stake at the same distance - I will go out on a limb and say he will be favored next time.

A big huge favorite.

Right on -- he is 2/5 with 9 minutes to post.
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