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Question

When will Nicanor start training, and when will he start racing in the Triple Crown races and prove what he has, if he has anything to prove. Thanx!

Please Barbaro, let your brother get the same talents as you, so we can have a Triple Crown winner... We all miss you big boy and wish you were still here with us. You may be gone but never forgotten.

Rest In Peace sweet Barbaro. We miss you♥

--melissa--

Answer 1

Nicanor will start racing next year...  that'll be his 2 year old season...  so it'll be 2008.  Then he'll be 3 in 2009 and if he's good enough he'll run all the derby preps that we're currently watching, and if he's one of the top 20ish earners, he'll run the Triple Crown races.  I'm sure he's being trained now, but probably not being ridden yet...  but I'm sure people are working with him and handling him and stuff...  he's old enough that he's not with his mom anymore...  especially since she's due to have the next foal any day.  At the very least, they're working with Nicanor, handling him, walking him, and teaching him manners... and probably lunging him too...  then they'll start saddling him, then ride him probably late this year or early next year depending on how old he is (I don't know what month he was born in).  Knowing Michael Matz, they're in no hurry...  Nicanor probably will race a few times next year and just enough in 2009 to earn enough money for the Derby...  Matz won't push him if he's not ready yet...  they'll wait for him to grow up and develop before they force him to start running.