The Big Brown “know it all know nothings” coming out!

One of the many problems with horse racing is that even the average fan doesn’t really know much about the sport and how it works. They never trained horses. They have not rode horses as a jockey would. Most of them have never been close to a horse. So it is understandable that the average fan would say really dumb things.

But what the hell is the excuse for sports writers writing about Big Brown? Take, for example, Mark Beech from CNNSI. This guy has to be one of the dumbest writers around! He actually said that the reason Big Brown did not run well in the Belmont is that the horse was not ready to run a mile and a half! Hysterical!

Uhhhhh Mark. The horse was finished after 7/8ths of a mile. Conditioning had nothing to do with it. Big Brown missing four days of training was not a major deal. After all, he had just run two races in two weeks. Missing four days of training with a dead fit horse is not going to cause much problem.

Even with a short horse for the Belmont you would expect Big Brown to be plenty fit to go a mile and a quarter, especially against those horses. He was DONE at the 5/8ths pole. And Mark, just in case you don’t know where the 5/8ths pole is, that is the pole that shows you there are 5/8ths of a mile REMAINING. Which means Big Brown was done after 7/8ths of a mile. I sure think he was plenty fit to run that distance.

Maybe the horse simply didn’t want to run much, which is not likely. Maybe the horse’s foot bothered him more than anyone knew, a little more likely. Maybe the horse had an underlying illness that was not found, happens all the time. But more than likely this bad performance was breathing related. It is really hard to tell.

But to be a national writer like Mark Beech is and say something so stupid is just an example of the type of coverage horse racing gets. Just awful.

And finally, can we get Kenny Mayne off of these telecast? Let him do his little features, by my goodness, get him off of the rest of the telecast. He is truly clueless. To bring up the fact that Big Brown was a little frisky in the security barn, and that is why he might have run poorly is just an absolute ignorant statement.

Racing has a lot of problems, and one of the major problems is most of the yahoo’s covering it.

Casino Drive out of the Belmont Stakes

What became apparent yesterday is now official this morning, Casino Drive has been officially scratched from the Belmont Stakes. Anyone in the racing game that has much experience knew this would most likely be the outcome. A bruised foot is a serious issue, especially with a horse of this caliber. It would have been hard enough for Casino Drive to beat Big Brown completely healthy, but with a bruised foot, that was not allowing the horse to move well the day before the race, there was really no choice.

Hopefully Casino Drive gets many more chances to run in America and we all hope he and Big Brown are able to hook up later in the season. Is that asking too much from the connections of both horses? Let’s hope not. Let’s hope that the people in the racing game stop with their greedy, selfish, boring ass behavior and do what is best for the racing game.

If these two colts, plus Curlin, could meet later in the season that is just a major boost for racing. But when these greedy bastards retire these perfectly sound horses just so they can make more money, they are hurting the sport that has helped most of them become famous and experience excitement they have never experienced before.

Racing has so many problems and the retiring of horses at such an early age is one of the biggest. Racing needs stars just like any other sport. So you greedy owners…pay attention.

Big Brown the next Triple Crown winner if…..

…he shows up and runs his race. You can never say anything in horse racing is a sure thing. There are so many things that can cause a horse to lose a race and most of them the average viewer never knows about. Let’s look at the ways Big Brown can be denied the Triple Crown.

1. He doesn’t run in the race. Could happen, not likely.

2. He loses the rider out of the gate. Not likely, but has happened before.

3. He breaks down.

4. He gets into a HUGE amount of trouble.

5. He loses a shoe, which could easily be enough to throw his stride completely off.

6. He bleeds during the race. Many horses have bled, even when they showed no signs before of bleeding.

7. Desormeux thinks the race is six furlongs and rides the worse race in the history of racing.

8. Big Brown gets struck by lightning.

Other than that, this colt wins the Triple Crown. Is he a great race horse? Absolutely. The only problem is that he is not running against other horses considered to be really good or great. But these are not donkeys either. He has destroyed every horse he has run against. None of his races have been close.

He has won races doing things other horses have rarely been able to do. He won from the far outside in the Florida Derby, something that had NEVER been done since the track had been re-configured.

He won the Kentucky Derby from the 20 post, something that had only been done once before! And he won the Derby EASY. Like breaking tiny sticks.

He destroyed the field in the Preakness. His race in the Preakness was probably his best race, although the numbers don’t show it. This is where numbers are misleading. Big Brown was asked to run for maybe 150 to 200 yards. His move when they turned for home was nothing short of amazing. Rarely, at that stage of a race, do you see a horse re-break with such sudden acceleration. He was being geared down the last sixteenth.

In each of his last three races it would not be hard to imagine him breaking the track record if he was actually asked to really extend himself.

So the pick is obvious, but who runs second? As of this time Casino Drive has not been declared out of the Belmont, so we will include him in our handicapping. We are going to throw him out. He seems like an immensely talented colt but does not seem to be coming into this race like you would like to see a top horse come into a race. His one work was so slow they really can’t even say it was a work.

Casino Drive also appears to have a bruised foot, which obviously could be a big problem. But even before that the colt seem very uncomfortable with the way he was traveling. He is not a real good mover. So we are going to throw him out here, hope he gets better, and hope he can meet Big Brown down the road.

We are going to go with Dennis of Cork to run second. He ran a very credible race in The Derby after having some serious traffic problems. He will get a clear shot at Big Brown here. He has trained well since the Preakness.

Macho Again was one of our exacta picks in the Preakness and came through with flying colors. We like him here again.

Icabad Crane is our choice to fill our the perfecta. He seems like he might be able to run all day long and we expect him to pass tiring horses.

But let’s get real here, if Big Brown shows up and runs any of the races he has run in his last three…he is the first Triple Crown winner in 30 years. Let’s hope he continues to run, but that is the subject of another article.

1. Big Brown

2. Denis of Cork

3. Macho Again

4. Icabad Crane

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Big Brown destroys the field in the 2008 Preakness

Well, what can you say? Another sensational performance by Big Brown. This might have been his BEST performance, which is a scary thing considering he only had two weeks between races and was not even asked to run until the final 3/16th’s!

We’ll be back with our analysis of the race but the analysis will be very short and brief. There really is not much to say.

This colt will be incredibly difficult to beat in the Belmont. He looks like he can run all day long. What a super horse!

Big Brown racing for history in the Preakness

We’ll have our comments and selections for the Preakness out by tonight. To be quite honest the only selections that are open to debate is the place and show and how the exotics are going to be bet. There is a pick four, with the Preakness being the last race of it, that has a guaranteed pool of one million dollars. We’ll give you our selection in it.

Stay tuned.

Big Brown to break from Post 7 in the Preakness

Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown will break from post seven in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes from Pimlico in Baltimore, Maryland. But does it really matter? Not really. If Big Brown breaks well from any post these other horses are at his mercy. Big Brown has the natural speed to get the lead or lay close, so unless he breaks poorly and gets in early traffic trouble this colt is the winner of the Preakness.

Only one horse from the Derby is taking a shot at Big Brown in the Preakness and that is Gayego, who had a rough trip in the Derby. However, Big Brown could give Gayego a five length head start and Gayego wouldn’t be close at the wire.

In racing you will hear the term “bounce” used a lot. And there is a concern Big Brown could bounce after the the big Derby win and coming back in two weeks. However bouncing is more of a concern when there are other horses that actually have a decent shot at beating a horse. NONE of these other horses have a shot at beating Big Brown if the Big Guy runs his race.

In his four lifetime starts not one single horse he has faced has come close to beating him. The colt is dead fit now, has more experience, and has a GREAT trainer in Dick Dutrow. Dutrow knows that not much needs to be done with Big Brown between the Derby and the Preakness. From all reports the horse is eating well, sound, and full of piss and vinegar. Nothing else really matters.

You might see Big Brown with a short snappy breeze, 3/8ths or less, later in the week just to let him stretch his legs out and open those lungs up. But his major work is done. Now the main focus of Dutrow will be to getting Big Brown as sound as possible and feeling as good as possible.

If Big Brown does go on and win the Preakness I don’t think there is any horse our there right now except for Casino Drive that can stop Big Brown from becoming the first Triple Crown winner in 30 years. For those of us that like superstars in any sport…we’ll be rooting for Big Brown to go the distance.

2nd leg of Triple Crown…where will Big Brown break from in the Preakness

The second leg of the Triple Crown will be run this Saturday at Pimlico Racecourse in Baltimiore, Maryland. They draw post positions today, and all eyes will be on the post the sensational Big Brown draws…but does it really matter? Well only a little.

This colt is so sensational that all he needs to do is break well and this race is probably over. He is that dominating. However, since this is real life and real sports…anything can happen. We will be discussing the Triple Crown and Big Brother in the next few days. This colt has a chance to go down as one of the greatest ever and most racing fans hope he wins on Saturday. The anticipation of a possible Triple Crown is always fun.