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 [read more...]

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...]

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 [read more...]

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 [read more...]