18 May 2008
May 17 - We`ve just watched Big Brown crush the field in the Preakness Stakes, hacking up like the rest of them were $5000 claimers from Laurel Park. Barring disaster, one has to say this every time in USA horse racing, he will become the first American Triple Crown winner in the past 30 years and rescue a floundering sport.
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Horse racing in America has suffered one PR nightmare after the other in recent years, and whereas before the sport needed a Triple crown champion to renew interest for the common fans now it needs Big Brown to win to justify the sport`s continued existence.
The good news for horse racing fans is that Big Brown is the second coming of Secretariat; an absolute monster of a racehorse who can only be challenged if he takes on Curlin in the Breeders` Cup Classic.
That would set up the race of the (admittedly young) century, and would be a huge boon for horse racing. I`m not getting ahead of myself because the Belmont will be a walkover based on what this horse has done so far.
I thought that winning the Kentucky Derby was the best effort I`d ever seen in a Triple Crown race, but this Preakness win was even more impressive. The horse snoozed through most of the race, ran hard for 3/16 of a mile in which time he went 8 lengths clear of the field, and could have won this race by 25 lengths is Desormeaux had wanted to do that.
He didn`t so the final margin of victory was 5 lengths, as the horse was saved for three weeks hence when he will hopefully avoid any tragedies or bad luck and win the Triple Crown.
Then bring on Curlin.
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