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Hope somebody reports how he does. Anyone know how Nicanor is training, any starts? Had been curious about if another trainer might have better luck with hm.[/QUOTE]
Someone with the Horse of Del valley article can help here, but I believe he is in a 3 month rest for something. By all accounts a minor setback.
~Emily
Good luck to Margano in his debut for Tagg at Belmont 9/17 (Matz has a runner in the race).
Nicanor? Where’s he? Dr. R said to take 3 months off.
Methinks the rigors of racing has gotten to him.
Off to another career, IMHO.
I met Leigh Delacour this summer and she indicated that Nicanor was resting and would be back in the fall.
Michael Matz murdered Barbaro. The “trainer,” whose background was as a steeplechase rider, had decided to saddle Barbaro in a completely different manner before the Preakness on May 20, 2006, than he had before his other races, including the Kentucky Derby, disorienting the poor horse. Barbaro had won the Kentucky Derby and was favored to be the first Triple Crown of racing winner since Affirmed in 1978. He had won the Kentucky Derby by 6 1/2 lengths, the biggest margin in a half a century since Assault’s 8-length victory in 1946, and many expected him to not only win the Triple Crown but to accomplish feats unprecedented in the history of thoroughbred racing. That would mean untold millions for the owners, breeding with 100 or more mares each year, and prestige and a nice salary increase for Mr. Matz. Barbaro stood in the gates, and then lurched forward against the still closed restraining metal gate with the force of a 1200 to 1300 pound animal. The horses were removed from the gate and Barbaro walked around. No one examined him, despite later claims to the contrary. I know. I watched it on television.
Metz stood in the stands. Any moron with a 50 I.Q. knew that the precision racing machine had to have been injured physically, at least bruised, and dizzy and woozy from banging his head fiercely against the metal gate. Yet, Matz remembered the purse and the salary increase and the prestige and the stud fees. He did nothing. I remember screaming at the television, “Scratch him, scratch him.” [edit] The mega-millionaire [edit] owners, Gretchen and Roy Jackson, were in the stands. Today they mourn Barbara as if he had been a member of their family, yet the millions dancing in their heads took precedence over their years of horse-owing experience telling them that Barbaro should not run and greed won over compassion. Stand up and scream, “Scratch him, scratch him!” The television cameras would have caught the frenzy in the stands and the jockey Edgar Prado would have dismounted.
The race began and 100 yards later, just a couple dozen steps, Barbaro’s tried to retain his balance on three legs in a pitifully wrenching sight, his right rear ankle shattered. Ruffian had not been enough for me to reject horse racing as barbaric. The date that Michael Matz and the Jacksons murdered Barbaro, however, I vowed never to watch a horse race again. Surgery led to an incurable hoof disease and Barbaro’s life was ended on January 29, 2007. The chief of surgery said that he doesn’t often see such catastrophic injuries. Most such horses are automatically just euthanized on the track, lacking the economic value to justify the surgery and rehabilitation. Barbaro was potentially very valuable. Remember Barbaro, murdered by the greed of the horse racing industry and Michael Matz, the [edit] steeplechase rider, and the greed-motivated owners Gretchen and Roy Jackson on May 20, 2006, murdered at age 3 years and 9 months (April 29, 2003 – January 29, 2007).
Further information for those brave enough to read the truth: http://en.wikisage.org/wiki/The_Horrors_of_Zoos_and_Horse_Racing
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Post 23 has been flagged.
Good. Thanks.
Just about everything written in post #23 is untrue or incorrect. I see that the Mods have edited the post. (I read the edited version.) I hope they will come back and delete it entirely.
Well this is interesting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Suspected_Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_Drlesmgolden
Someone is practicing their fiction writing in post #23.
Post #23 goes beyond the bounds of decency, and IMO should be removed. I have been on this forum for many years and have rarely ever seen anything as offensive.
“… I know. I watched it on television!”
<rme&smfh>
This is the equivalent statement, a past farrier of mine would sardonically quip:
"I KNOW it must be true - Cuz I read it on the Internet!!!"
BTW. Who is this Barbara the Jacksons are mourning? Puzzled. 
They need to practice their grammar, spelling, and research skills.
Here’s your author:
http://encyc.org/wiki/Les_Golden
While I usually don’t do this, by this point, it is common knowledge that I was a member of Barbaro’s treatment team and would be happy to address any misconceptions created by the fallacies in post #23 via PM.
The suspected sock puppets are interesting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Suspected_Wikipedia_sockpuppets_of_Drlesmgolden
Texarkana, I didn’t realize you were part of Barbaro’s treatment team. I followed his recovery just about every day. I know I was heartbroken at how things ended up and can’t imagine how difficult it must have been to make the decision they did (Richardson and the Jacksons) even in knowing it was the right call.
Yeah, post 23 is definitely quality fiction :rolleyes:
I had to laugh at the I watched it on tv comment as if that qualifies them to have an opinion on anything but also at the He saddled him somewhere different then before. Yeah, he saddled him at Pimlico because that is where the race was held unlike the race before or the race before or the race before etc. I appreciate the passion however misguided it may be 11 years to the day almost. For the record, I was there and watched the state vet examine him before reloading with my own eyes.
This is the first I heard of Matz being a steeplechase rider however. Was that before or after his decades as an Olympic level showjumper?
:lol::lol::lol: that’s all I wanted to say.
I know him by reputation only. But the fact that people I trust would not hesitate to trust him is more than enough.
‘driesmgolden’, you seem to be unaware that he is not only esteemed in our industry, but a hero. He saved 4 children from near certain death in the crash of United Airlines flight 232. If memory serves, he actually went back into the burning plane to save a baby.
What happened to Barbaro was tragic and heart rending for his fans and especially for the people who new and loved that horse.
I am curious, what are your motives for writing these inflammatory things?
P.S. As i remember it, Michael Matz was immediately with Barbaro on the track that day, bodily restraining him as the pack rounded the turn into the stretch.
Did anyone else read the links he posted. Real…interesting literature. :rolleyes:
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