BIG BROWN FAVORED TO WIN PREAKNESS STAKES
PIMLICO,
MAY 17, 2008
It should come as no surprise that Big Brown, the
horse that just won the Kentucky Derby, is favored
to win the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on May 17th.
Most Kentucky Derby winners are favored to win
the Preakness. But perhaps Big Brown is even more
deserving than past Preakness favorites. The
unbeaten Big Brown proved quite a few people wrong
on in the Derby. Many so called experts were not
buying into Big Brown. They felt he was untested.
They felt there were two many horses and variables
in the Derby. They felt that the post position would
hurt him. None of that mattered as the Derby
favorite turned in a dominating performance.
But the Preakness won't be a walk in the park. As
a matter of fact, his trainer Rick Dutrow, who was
so extremely confident heading into the Derby, is
already quoted as saying "His next race is out of my
hands because it's coming in two weeks," "The timing
is not good for me. I love training a horse for a
race, but I'm not going to have a chance to train
him. I'm just going to kind of play around with
him."
And so, the drama begins. For the next two weeks
we'll experience a build up not unlike the Super
Bowl. We'll hear all the comparisons to Secretariat
and other Triple Crown winners from yesteryear.
We'll hear from Rick Dutrow as he downplays his
chances. We'll hear from all the horse racing
experts who will tell us why Big Brown is "great",
and we'll hear from just as many experts who will
tell us why he isn't. All of which will mean
nothing. They still have to run the race.
Run the race they will. May 17th, just as they do
every year on the 3rd Saturday in May, they'll run
the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico and we'll all tune
in and watch on the edge of our seats as this yearly
drama plays out hoping the Derby winner can win this
race and give us three more weeks of build up and
speculation as we head to the Belmont.
Listed
below are the last 10 Preakness Stakes Winners
2007 Curlin
2006 Bernardini
2005 Afleet Alex
2004 Smarty Jones
2003 Funny Cide
2002 War Emblem
2001 Point Given
2000 Red Bullet
1999 Charismatic
1998 Real Quiet
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