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Big Brown appears to be ready to take the triple crown!!!
This morning my UPS truck driver dropped off some buttons with: "Go BIG BROWN" and a picture of the horse alongside the UPS logo.
I asked all the sales associated in the store to wear this button. I am wearing one myself.
Do you think big brown will win the triple?
Big Brown does well in final pre-Belmont workout
Big Brown's cracked left front hoof is improving daily and held up well Tuesday in his final workout before the Belmont Stakes and his bid for the Triple Crown.
Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. will wait until Friday to have a patch applied. Hoof specialist Ian McKinlay suggested putting on the patch Saturday, the morning of the Belmont. Dutrow, however, doesn't want to deal with it on what could be a historic day.
"This is just a slight, slight crack," McKinlay said Monday. "As the clock ticks, it's gotten better and better. We're being extra cautious because he's heading toward the Triple Crown."
Big Brown ran 5 furlongs in a minute Tuesday.
"There's not any issues with our horse," Dutrow said. "He's right on target. He's by far the best horse in the race."
Dutrow said Big Brown's hoof held up well in the workout and there was no blood spotted in the hoof afterward.
"He jumped over a big hurdle today," the trainer said.
McKinlay said any suggestion that the injured hoof could jeopardize Big Brown's life is "absolute nonsense."
"I don't like people accusing Rick or accusing this industry of just taking horses and throwing them to the wolves for money. These guys love these horses," he said Monday. "Yes, there's a lot of money at stake, but they're not going to do it. They'd be an idiot to do it. He's certainly worth a lot more alive than he is dead.
Big Brown appears to be ready to take the triple crown!!!
This morning my UPS truck driver dropped off some buttons with: "Go BIG BROWN" and a picture of the horse alongside the UPS logo.
I asked all the sales associated in the store to wear this button. I am wearing one myself.
Do you think big brown will win the triple?
Big Brown does well in final pre-Belmont workout
Big Brown's cracked left front hoof is improving daily and held up well Tuesday in his final workout before the Belmont Stakes and his bid for the Triple Crown.
Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. will wait until Friday to have a patch applied. Hoof specialist Ian McKinlay suggested putting on the patch Saturday, the morning of the Belmont. Dutrow, however, doesn't want to deal with it on what could be a historic day.
"This is just a slight, slight crack," McKinlay said Monday. "As the clock ticks, it's gotten better and better. We're being extra cautious because he's heading toward the Triple Crown."
Big Brown ran 5 furlongs in a minute Tuesday.
"There's not any issues with our horse," Dutrow said. "He's right on target. He's by far the best horse in the race."
Dutrow said Big Brown's hoof held up well in the workout and there was no blood spotted in the hoof afterward.
"He jumped over a big hurdle today," the trainer said.
McKinlay said any suggestion that the injured hoof could jeopardize Big Brown's life is "absolute nonsense."
"I don't like people accusing Rick or accusing this industry of just taking horses and throwing them to the wolves for money. These guys love these horses," he said Monday. "Yes, there's a lot of money at stake, but they're not going to do it. They'd be an idiot to do it. He's certainly worth a lot more alive than he is dead.
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