Big Brown

Thirty years later, America will have a Triple Crown winner.

Big Brown is that good.

Thoroughbred horse racing has had 10 near Triple Crown misses since Affirmed won the Kentucky Derby, The Preakness and the Belmont in 1978, but no horse has managed to stay in front over Belmont's grueling 1-1/2 mile dirt route to claim bragging rights for winning three races in a five-week span.

Just a gut feeling, but it's going to happen this year.

Big Brown will deliver.

And you just know "Big Brown Delivers," a reference to its UPS-inspired name and recent marketing agreement, will be the headline in papers across the world.

Funny Cide and Smarty Jones seemed like locks in recent times, but couldn't get it done. Spectacular Bid, Pleasant Colony, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Silver Charm, Real Quiet, Charismatic and War Emblem came up short.

Jockey Kent Desormeaux has a chance to make history with Big Brown, who easily galloped to victory in the Kentucky Derby and demolished the field yesterday at the Preakness.

The competition is just not there. There's no Easy Goer in the field. No Empire Maker. No Victory Gallop. No Touch Gold. There aren't any horses who can seriously challenge Big Brown, so if trainer Richard Dutrow does his thing and Desormeaux rides him like he has in the last two races, it's going to happen.

Bet on it.

Comments

[Karen Williams]

I would say maybe to this. It's hard to win three races in a row with long distances in a short amount of time.