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 [read more...]

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 [read more...]