Article: Barbaro's best trait: he wins all of his races.(racehorse Barbaro)

Byline: Bob Ford

LOUISVILLE, Ky. _ In the whirling aftermath of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, as the entourage of the new champion, Barbaro, went from grandstand to winner's circle to news conference to party and around and around the bedlam that is Churchill Downs on Derby day, a reporter bent to ask 9-year-old Alex Matz what he liked about the horse.

"He wins all of his races," said the son of trainer Michael Matz, the guiding hand behind Barbaro.

Sometimes the simplest answers are the best. Alex could have added that the colt is massive and beautiful, and that Barbaro has a good disposition and accepts even overbearing attention with ...

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