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Second full brother to Barbaro born on April 20 |
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Written by Gohorsepower.com
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Wednesday, 02 May 2007 |
 A full brother to 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was born at 2:08 AM on Friday, April 20th. Barbaro's dam, La Ville Rouge, gave birth to a 148-pound bay (reddish brown with black mane and tale) colt at Mill Ridge Farm in Lexington Kentucky.
Mill Ridge Farm is also the brithplace of Barbaro and his first brother, a yearling recently named "Nicanor" (a name of Greek origin).
In the April 29 issue of The Blood-horse, owner Roy Jackson talks about naming Barbaro's brother Nicanor: "we named him Nicanor after the foxhound to the left of the one named Barbaro in this family painting. We’re not sure what the name means. Choosing a name from the painting was lucky once with Barbaro, so we decided to do the same thing." The painting is a French lithograph believed to be from the 1800's.
La Ville Rouge and Barbaro's sire, Dynaformer, are expected to mate again later this Spring.
This article first appeared on GoHorsePower.com on April 20, the publication date has been post-dated to succeed a now less relevant article in the Barbaro news feed we offer.
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