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Where's Waldo, I mean Big Brown?

I am sticking both my blogs together this week in order to report and comment on something that I find rather bizarre. It concerns Big Brown. Remember when he was the talk of all racing from March to June, the sport’s next superstar who had performed deeds never before seen? Remember the hordes of media...

Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 07-15-2008
Breeders' Cup Ramblings

OK, I've finally figured it out. I have figured out how to deal with this year's and next year's Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita as it relates to Eclipse Awards. After all, there are several possible scenarios this year that could have a major impact on the various championship categories. For instance...

Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by cdawahare on 07-09-2008
There Can Only Be One: Big Brown and Curlin

It's Friday, so take a minute for a good laugh. This video was shown to me a week ago and is a hit around work, among friends in the horse industry, and YouTube it's self. So if you have not watched it, give it five minutes. The video is work friendly. I was by the winners circle and cheered, along with...

Posted to Adam's Turf (Weblog) by aspradling on 06-27-2008
Was It The Shoe?

The question that I will pose to readers is very simple: Did a dislodged shoe cause Big Brown to run so poorly the Belmont Stakes? After weeks of speculation - Was it the quarter crack? Steroids? A poor ride by Desormeaux? Questionable training methods by Dutrow? Was he simply worn out by the grueling...

Posted to Triple Crown Talk (Weblog) by jshandler on 06-25-2008
Add Seasoning - by Dan Liebman

Seattle Slew was a heck of a racehorse. He started only three times at 2 and had just six races prior to winning the 1977 Kentucky Derby (gr. I). He went on to win the Preakness (gr. I) and Belmont (gr. I) Stakes and remains, 31 years later, the only unbeaten horse to win the Triple Crown. Big Brown...

Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 06-17-2008
Rooting Interest - by Lenny Shulman

Why do racing fans coalesce around one horse and not another? Favorability can be as simple as a catchy name (Smarty Jones) or backing an underdog (Funny Cide). Unfavorability, since horses themselves don’t usually rub us the wrong way, is tied to the animal’s human connections. Nobody should question...

Posted to Final Turn (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 06-17-2008
Big Brown is No Curlin

By John Clay, Lexington Herald Leader Unlike last Saturday, this time the superstar delivered. Big time. There is only one true superstar on the Thoroughbred racing planet right now, and it isn't that worn-out 3-year-old who dissolved into a Big Brown meltdown in the Long Island heat during last Saturday...

Posted to The Racing Hub (Weblog) by cdawahare on 06-16-2008
Q & A With Larry Jones

Now that the Triple Crown run is over and more than five weeks have passed since the Eight Belles tragedy, I thought it would be a good time to pick the brain of Larry Jones. Thought of by many as not only one of the most talented, but most respected trainers in the sport, Jones gave his take on a few...

Posted to Triple Crown Talk (Weblog) by jshandler on 06-12-2008
Telling Time - by Evan Hammonds

It’s amazing that six weeks can go by so quickly, yet also seem like an eternity. Was it just last month, or was it last year when we saw Big Brown bound past us on the Churchill Downs backstretch during a chilly morning in Louisville? Was it just a few weeks ago, or was it a couple of months ago that...

Posted to Final Turn (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 06-10-2008
Belmont Thoughts - One Day After

Moments after the Belmont Stakes, once the shock wore off, the first words out of my mouth were, "This is why horse racing is the most unpredictable and crazy sport there is. They could run that race 100 more times and I still would not wager $1 on Da' Tara." Now that 24 hours have passed and I've had...

Posted to Triple Crown Talk (Weblog) by jshandler on 06-08-2008

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