Travers Could Attract Larger Field Than Usual
The 139th Travers Stakes could boast double-digit runners for the first time in 15 years since 1993 Kentucky Derby champ Sea Hero roared from the back of the pack to defeat 10 challengers. There could be that many 3-year-olds in the $1 million contest on Aug. 23. Winners of Triple Crown races the past 15 years have done well, winning seven ...
It’s Do or Retire for Big Brown in Haskell Invitational
Not long ago the expected field for the Haskell Invitational was six or seven. Now it appears there could be as many as eight or nine 3-year-olds going in Monmouth's Park premier race on Sunday. For some reason, Big Brown doesn't scare away the opposition. In fact, the fewest challengers that took on the son of Boundary were in the Belmont ...
Haskell Field Takes Shape as Big Brown Looks Fit
The 141st Haskell Invitational field is beginning to take shape for the $1 million Grade 1 at 1 1/8 miles. Big Brown, working well for his comeback race at Monmouth Park since being eased in the Belmont Stakes, is among 33 nominees that include several likely challengers that didn't perform well in Triple Crown races. Big Brown has steadily improved while breezing ...
Favorites Do Well in the Haskell Invitational
Favorites have performed splendidly in the Haskell Invitational, winning 10 of the past 14 years in Monmouth Park's premier stakes. Six consecutive favorites scored starting in 1994 when Holy Bull returned the lowest win payoff -- $2.40. In all, 18 post time choices haven't disappointed in the 40 races. Big Brown likely will be the odds-on choice in the $1 million ...
Horse Racing Gets a Bad Rap Too Often
The Sport of Kings always gets a bad rap after a death on the racetrack. Criticism often comes from those that have no idea how the thoroughbred industry operates. The latest chapter in the blame game involves the unfortunate demise of Eight Belles in the Kentucky Derby after running a valiant second, then collapsing on the Churchill Downs main track and ...
What’s Next for Big Brown: Haskell or Travers
Theories are abound on why Big Brown finished ninth and last in the Belmont Stakes. They range from possible physical problems concerning the horse to the blame game involving the trainer and jockey. I believe 18th Century German physicist Georg Cristoph Lichtenberg had it right: "Some theories are good for nothing except to be argued." Since that fateful June 7 when Big ...
Brown Haze
Through the haze of 90-degree heat it was hard to see. Nine horses charged into the final turn and only eight came out sprinting. Two hundred thousand eyes searched for the ninth horse under the guise of inevitability, waiting for the colt they came to see pull away down the home stretch. But Big Brown, in a story twisted like ...
Rafael Nadal, Big Brown, Memes and Us
Phillippe Chartrier. The name must make all male players not named Rafael Nadal break out in hives, at least when their names are matched up against him. As he dispatched of first Novak Djokovic (and from watching the match it was obvious that Nadal thought Novak was "going away at 6-2, 6-4, 3-0) and then Roger Federer, 6-1, 6-3, 6-0, ...
Big Brown Is No. 1 in More Ways Than One
Big Brown drew the inside post in the 140th Belmont Stakes and was established as the morning line 2-5 favorite on Wednesday. The colt could go off at even lower odds on Saturday after his bullet breeze of a minute for five furlongs 24 hours earlier on Belmont Park's main track. Rick Dutrow Jr. pronounced the son of Boundary fit and ...
The ‘B’ Words: Big Brown and the Buzz Horse
The A Team for the Belmont Stakes, according to the so-called racing experts, is comprised of Big Brown and Casino Drive. Both are undefeated in seven races. Big Brown already has proved he's the crème de la crème of the 3-year-old crop, winning the first two legs of the Triple Crown. The son of Boundary has scored two impressive victories from ...
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