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Are You Excited About the Monmouth Stakes?

I have mixed feeling about Big Brown racing in the newly-created Monmouth Stakes this weekend. On one hand, I am happy to see the Derby winner running at all. After the Belmont, most of us probably thought there was little chance he would ever see the racetrack again, especially considering the fragility...
by Jason Shandler on 09-12-2008
Breeders Cup Chat

No More Challenges Jess, Just Show Up

Okay, after the peculiar back-and-forth repartee between Jess Jackson and Mike Iavarone that was carried out by the media on Wednesday, I am officially annoyed with the Big Brown vs. Curlin situation. And after all the bickering that has taken place, it finally appears that the two most popular horses...
by Jason Shandler on 08-14-2008
Breeders Cup Chat

Curlin vs. Big Brown in BC Turf May Be the Only Way They Meet

Curlin vs. Big Brown: Every racing fan in the nation wants to see it. It's a match-up that would be great for the sport and would give the industry a huge shot in the arm. The only problem is, with every passing day the chances of it happening seem to grow slimmer. From where I sit, the only realistic...
by Jason Shandler on 08-05-2008
Breeders Cup Chat

What Did We Learn From Big Brown's Haskell?

It is not often that a horse wins a $1 million grade I race and people still walk away scratching their heads. Was it a good performance or not? It is a difficult question to answer. Then again, we should not have expected anything less. From the very start, everything about Big Brown seems to be complicated...
by Jason Shandler on 08-04-2008
Triple Crown Talk

A Plea To Iavarone: Part 2

Before I wrote my May 21 post - A Plea to Iavarone: Let Him Run - I put a call into Mike Iavarone, hoping to get the owner's thoughts on whether or not Big Brown would race after the Belmont. I did not expect a call back, being that Iavarone is in the midst of the craziest time of his life, and is probably...
by Jason Shandler on 05-22-2008
Triple Crown Talk

A Plea to Iavarone: Let Him Run

On May 21, Rick Dutrow Jr. told Blood-Horse reporter Karen Johnson that "the plan is the Belmont, Travers and Breeders' Cup" for Big Brown. If that really is the plan, horse racing just got a tremendous boost. And I think IEAH Stables' Mike Iavarone deserves a ton of credit for making it happen. With...
by Jason Shandler on 05-21-2008
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