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Posted on Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown is heading back to the grass in preparation for the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
Big Brown will run in the Monmouth Stakes on September 13, his first start on grass since breaking his maiden by 11 lengths at Saratoga last September.
Co-owner Michael Iavarone said the 1 1/8 mile horse race at Monmouth Park will serve as the final tune-up for the 3-year-old colt Big Brown before the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Classic, which will be held on a synthetic surface at Santa Anita Park on October 25.
Monmouth bumped the purse from $200,000 to $500,000 to lure Big Brown to the race against race horses 3-and-up.
Big Brown is coming off a gritty victory in the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park on August 3 and has won six of his seven career starts. Big Brown’s only defeat was a miserable last place finish in the Belmont Stakes.
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Curlin vs. Big Brown Not Happening at The Woodward at Saratoga August 30
Posted on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
The majority owner of 2007 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and Horse of the Year Curlin, Jess Jackson, has issued a challenge to the connections of Big Brown.
Race horse owner Jess Jackson announced Wednesday he will donate $50,000 from the Jackson Curlin for Kids Fund to the non-profit Belmont Child Care Association, Anna House if the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown takes on Curlin in the $500,000 Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on August 30.
The challenge by race horse owner Jess Jackson comes on the heels of comments following the Haskell by Big Brown’s trainer Rick Dutrow Jr., who said Big Brown was “way better” than Curlin.
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Travers Could Attract Larger Field Than Usual
Posted on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
By GREG MELIKOV
The 139th Travers Stakes could boast double-digit runners for the first time in 15 years since 1993 Kentucky Derby champ Sea Hero roared from back of the pack to defeat 10 challengers.
There could be that many 3-year-olds in the $1 million contest on Aug. 23. Winners of Triple Crown races the past 15 years have done well, winning seven times, including four that scored in the Belmont Stakes.
That’s a good omen for Belmont Stakes winner Da’ Tara, hoping to rebound from a disappointing seventh place finish in the Jim Dandy on July 27. He broke inward, went to the lead, dueled along the rail until the far turn and steadily faded to last, ending up 24 1/4 lengths behind Macho Again after 1 1/8 miles.
While Da’ Tara was capturing the Belmont Stakes, odds-on favorite Big Brown ended up ninth and last. However, he took the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth on Aug. 3 and will go into another race en route to the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
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Curlin Works For The Woodward Stakes at Saratoga August 30
Posted on Sunday, August 10th, 2008
2007 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and Horse of the Year Curlin is scheduled to work Monday morning between 5:45 and 6 a.m. at Saratoga’s main track, weather permitting, in preparation for his next start, the $500,000 Woodward Stakes (G1) on August 30.
Last Wednesday, Timeform of England ranked Curlin as the best horse in the world. According to Timeform publishers, its ratings are “the merit of the horse expressed in pounds, and is arrived by careful examination of its running against other horses using a scale of weight for distance beaten which ranges from around three pounds a length at five furlongs and two pounds a length at a mile and a quarter to one pound at two miles.”
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Big Brown Redeems Himself & Won The 2008 Haskell Invitational At Monmouth Park
Posted on Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown displayed championship form at Monmouth Park on Sunday as he dug down deep to catch a stubborn Coal Play in the final furlong to win the $1-million Haskell Invitational (G1) by nearly two lengths.
Big Brown finished 9 furlongs in 1:48 1/5 and paid $2.40, $2.10 and $2.10 as the overwhelming choice. Coal Play, off at 20-1, completed the $25.20 exacta and paid $8 to place and $4.20 to show. Cool Coal Man, the 6-1 second choice, returned $2.80 to show.
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Big Brown Heavy Favorite In 2008 Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park Sunday, August 3
Posted on Friday, August 1st, 2008
Big Brown worked on the turf at Aqueduct Friday for Sunday’s $1-million Haskell Invitational (G1) and is scheduled to school in the Monmouth Park paddock Saturday afternoon. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner goes from Post 4 in the 1 1/8-mile Haskell and is the 1-2 morning line favorite.
The 2008 Haskell Invitational field of horses with jockeys, weight and morning line odds in post position order:
- Magical Forest under jockey Jorge Chavez carries 118 lbs. with morning line odds of 10-1
- Cool Coal Man under jockey Eddie Castro, 118 lbs., 4-1
- Alaazo under jockey Jose Lezcano, 118 lbs., 30-1
- Big Brown under jockey Kent Desormeaux, 122 lbs., 1-2
- Nistle’s Crunch under jockey Elvis Trujillo, 118 lbs., 15-1
- Coal Play under jockey Joe Bravo, 118 lbs., 8-1
- Atoned under jockey Edgar Prado, 118 lbs., 6-1
The 2008 Haskell Invitational is race 13 of 14 in Monmouth Park’s August 3 race card. Haskell post time is 6:14 pm Eastern.
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It’s Do or Retire for Big Brown in Haskell Invitational
Posted on Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
By GREG MELIKOV
Not long ago the expected field for the Haskell Invitational was 6 or 7. Not it appears there could be as many as eight or nine 3-year-olds going in Monmouth Park’s premier race on Sunday.
For some reason, Big Brown doesn’t scare away the opposition. In fact, the fewest challengers that took on the son of Boundary were in the Belmont Stakes on June 9 when he finished 9th and last losing for the first time in 6 starts.
The way Big Brown has been training ought to scare way some opposition because the signs point to an excellent outing. On July 26, he breezed six furlongs in a nifty 1:10 4/5 at Aqueduct.
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