Nicanor makes his four year old debut on Thursday at Keeneland in the seventh race, a mile and a sixteenth on the turf. Julien Leparoux will be in the irons and hopes are high for the brother of Barbaro who has filled out and up since his three year old season.
If he does well, according to Michael Matz, they will look for something for him at Churchill, perhaps a stake. All indications are that Nicanor will be a turf horse and lots of interesting possibilities may line up for the summer on the grass.
As for Lentenor, well he is still in Florida, had a light workout last week and seems to be headed for an allowance race as well, although it remains to be seen where. Matz hinted that he is pointing Lenny toward the Travers at Saratoga this summer, which means he has high hopes for him.
Look for Lenny in some graded stakes closer to his home base of Fair Hill come June and July, at Delaware Park, Philadelphia Park, Monmouth and maybe even Belmont before all racing moves to Saratoga.
It looks to be an exciting and fun summer with both boys racing so lets hope they both stay healthy!
Good luck to Nicky on his four year old season!
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