Nicanor, a full brother to the late Barbaro, earned the first win of his career Wednesday, leading wire-to-wire to win on the turf at Delaware Park, according to the Blood Horse.

Nicanor got his first win in his first start on the grass. In three prior races, he’d finished second twice. The 3-year-old colt led throughout under jockey Rosie Napravnik, drawing clear down the stretch to win by about 15 lengths according to the article.

Barbaro began his career on grass as a 2-year-old but later switched to the dirt, on which he won the 2006 Kentucky Derby. The colt broke down in the Preakness and was euthanized in January 2007.

Nicanor has drawn intense public interest, including a blog dedicated to him, because of his famous older brother. Racing fans on Twitter celebrated the colt’s win.

1. 
   hcfarm Yeah! Nicanor got the win today on turf! Freakin’ excited right now! 13 May 2009 from txt
2. 
   wowhorse Way to go, Nicanor! Holy smokes! Barbaro’s baby bro broke his maiden today by 15 1/4 lengths when on the grass for the first time! 13 May 2009 from web
3. 
   MJ_SCTrekWidow Woo hoo! Go Nicky Knocks! Barbaro’s baby bro Nicanor breaks his maiden by 15! 13 May 2009 from TwitterBerry
4. 
   Three_Chimneys BARBARO’s little bro NICANOR (both by Dynaformer) just trounced his competition by…get this…more than 15 lengths!!! 13 May 2009 from web
5. 
   SuzInQueenCity Nicanor broke his maiden by 15 on turf! Go Nicanor! 13 May 2009 from web
6. 
   jlaner0408 Nicanor broke his maiden!!! 13 May 2009 from web

HorseRacingInside posted a video of the race on YouTube.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFxTN1krFuY]

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