big brown
grrlscientist | June 9, 2008tags: Big Brown, Belmont Stakes 2008, horseracing, horses, sports mysteries, Triple Crown
Big Brown, pulled up by Kent Desormeaux, has been examined by veterinarians. "No one can figure this out," his co-owner Michael Iavarone said.
Image: Barton Silverman, The New York Times [larger view].
I don't know about you guys, but even though I have stated repeatedly that Big Brown is NOT a great horse, that he is simply one of a very poor crop of racehorses, I was very disturbed to see him struggling in the Belmont Stakes, and watching him fight jockey Kent Desormeaux as he was pulled up. So…
grrlscientist | June 7, 2008tags: Big Brown, horseracing, Triple Crown, streaming video
Big Brown fights with his jockey, Kent Desormeaux, in the stretch before he crosses the finish line last in the 140th Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. on Saturday, June 7, 2008.
Image: Chang W. Lee, NYTimes.
Big Brown was the favorite to win to today's Belmont Stakes, the 140th time this classic race has been run. Big Brown started from the far inside post position and ran against eight rivals in the 1.5 mile (2.41 kilometers) race, often referred to as the "Test of a Champion." The record for this race, 2:24, was set…
grrlscientist | May 26, 2008
Big Brown, the favorite to with the upcoming Belmont Stakes,
has suffered a minor hoof injury.
It was recently announced that Big Brown, who is the favorite to win the upcoming Belmont Stakes and horse racing's Triple Crown on 7 June in NY, has an injury that has kept him from working out since this past Friday. The injury, which was described as "very minor", is a quarter crack -- a vertical stress fracture in the hoof wall.
Ian McKinlay, a hoof expert with a Canadian company called Tenderhoof Solutions, examined Big Brown's hoof and described the quarter crack as approximately five-…
grrlscientist | May 17, 2008tags: Big Brown, horseracing, Preakness Stakes, Triple Crown
Kent Desmoreaux rides Big Brown across the finish line at the 2008 Preakness Stakes today. The horse's ears are pricked forward, indicating that he is running easily.
Image: Jonathan Ernst (Reuters).
Odds-on favorite and Kentucky Derby winner, Big Brown, won the Preakness Stakes today by 5 1/4 lengths. This victory makes him 2/3rds of the way to winning horse racing's Triple Crown. But Big Brown's win isn't really news, if you ask me, since he is the only talented living 3-year-old racehorse in America this year, so of course he…