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Time-wise, at least, Big Brown’s five-furlong breeze in 1:02 4/5 at Aqueduct on July 7 was a dramatic improvement over his first work in 1:06 3/5 last week. Trainer Rick Dutrow seemingly was OK with the work. “Just say he went fine,” he said. When pressed for more information he added, “I have nothing more to say. I’m not about to call any reporters up and say any more than that.”.....more
Big Brown worked out early this morning, breezing five furlongs in 1:06 3/5 at Aqueduct. It was his first workout in nearly a month. Richard Dutrow was not concerned with the slow time, announcing that he had told exercise rider Michelle Nevin that slow was better than fast. He says the "horse looks fine."
Big Brown returned to the track July 2 for his first 'breeze' since being pulled up in the June 7 Belmont Stakes (gr. I). The move was extremely slow, but apparently the five-furlong move in a dawdling 1:06 3/5 at Aqueduct did not concern Big Brown’s trainer, Rick Dutrow Jr. Under exercise rider Michelle Nevin, Big Brown worked over the main track at 5:50 a.m. The track was fast, and the weather was sunny with temperatures in the 70s. “Nice easy breeze,” Dutrow said about 20 minutes after the work. “Well, I told Michelle I didn’t want him to go too fast. I would rather go slower than faster. So, the horse looks like he is fine. I can’t tell you we got any problems, you know. So far, so good.”.....more
After three weeks off since the Belmont Stakes, Big Brown will begin full training again in preparation for the Haskell, scheduled for August 3rd. Richard Dutrow would like to also see him run in the Travers Stakes 20 days later.
Trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. said Friday morning outside barn 10 at Aqueduct, where Big Brown is stabled, that he would like to see the horse run in the $1 million Travers S. (G1). The 1 1/4-mile "Midsummer Derby" will be run for the 139th time on August 23 at Saratoga. "I hope that Big Brown runs there," Dutrow said. "In a perfect world I would want to see him win the Haskell (Invitational [G1] on August 3 at Monmouth Park), and win the Travers -- in a perfect world." Dutrow said he was looking forward to Big Brown ending the year on a high note in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) on October 25 at Oak Tree at Santa Anita......more
Richard Dutrow, who is facing a suspension for a drug violation regarding another one of his horses is fighting back, claiming that he is being unfairly targeted.
Concerned that he has been unfairly labeled a cheat, Rick Dutrow, the trainer of Big Brown, said Friday that his latest drug offense had been overblown and insisted that he did not purposely break any rules. During another week in which horse racing’s drug problems have been in the news, Dutrow was suspended for 15 days because of drug use by a horse he trains. The Kentucky Horse Racing Authority announced this week that the horse, Salute the Count, tested positive for an excessive amount of the drug clenbuterol after finishing second in the Aegon Turf Sprint at Churchill Downs on May 2 — the day before the Kentucky Derby. .....more
...That revived details of repeated Dutrow drug suspensions - at least one every year since 2000 - but he said this positive simply was a communication "mistake in the barn" and "not as big a deal as everyone is making it out to be." He will fight the suspension "only because I can't afford to be away from the barn right now; I have too many good horses in the barn." Dutrow insisted that he skipped the Capitol Hill appearance only because he didn't feel well and "wasn't on top of my game" and that legislators "wanted to talk about breakdowns. If you're into drugs, you're going to have breakdowns. I'm safe. I'm sound. I can't remember the last time I had a breakdown in the afternoon [during a race].".....more
Each day brings new entries in the "Brown Shoe Diaries." The latest photos from the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) reveal Big Brown was stepped on by Guadalcanal leaving the gate, and that the shoe did not re-set itself during the race as previously thought; the colt ran the entire way with the shoe dislodged and the nail protruding from it......more
Big Brown's next race is scheduled for August 3rd on the Jersey Shore. Early on there had been talk that he would run at the Travers in Saratoga, but the connections have opted for the faster surface at Monmouth Park in New Jersey. Michael Iavarone also cited the breeze off of the ocean as a reason that Monmouth was a better place to run than a usually hot and humid Saratoga. The Belmont Stakes was run in very hot and humid conditions in New York. The Travers will be run towards the end of August.
...Iavarone hinted last week that the 11/8-mile Haskell was a more likely destination for Big Brown than the 11/4-mile Travers Stakes Aug. 23 at Saratoga. "Monmouth has a tighter surface," he said, "and usually there's a breeze because it's near the ocean. At .Saratoga, you can get extreme heat and .humidity." Big Brown has resumed his daily training regimen at Aqueduct, where trainer Rick Dutrow is based. The colt's connections are eager for him to rebound from his inexplicable collapse in the Triple Crown finale. "All his achievements got lost when that happened," Iavarone said......more
Today, Kent Desormeaux revealed some of the things he told the steward at Belmont Park. He had previously not spoken about the meeting. He says that the starter Roy Robert Williamson was on the track at the start of the race and he thinks that spooked Big Brown. Instead of going right to the rail as would be expected, Big Brown tried to avoid the starter and went towards the middle of the track.
Kent Desormeaux has added another theory to the growing mystery over what stopped Big Brown in Saturday's Belmont Stakes. The colt's jockey believes that the official starter, Roy Robert Williamson, was unintentionally responsible. Desormeaux said as much Wednesday in a meeting with stewards but did so publicly Thursday. Williamson was standing on the track a few feet off the rail, and Desormeaux thinks that distraction may have cost Big Brown the Triple Crown. .....more
Today, Jockey Kent Desormeaux visited Trainer Richard Dutrows barn at Aqueduct race track and they spoke for the first time since the Belmont loss. br>New York Newsday - Jerry Bossert: Rick Dutrow, Kent Desormeaux back in saddle after meeting
...."Look, (owner) Mike Iavarone named Desormeaux. So it's up to Mike," Dutrow said. "If it's up to me, I'd leave him on. Yes. But it's not up to me." Iavarone has said that Desormeaux will ride Big Brown in the colt's next start. That could be the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth on Aug.3 or the Travers Stakes at Saratoga on Aug.23. Desormeaux met with Dutrow at Aqueduct, where Dutrow's barn is located. "He came over this morning," Dutrow said. "I didn't get too much involved with that (the Belmont). No. Just about the future and what we got to do to get there." .....more
Michael Iavarone announced on Tuesday that Kent Desormeaux would ride Big Brown in his next race. It was Iavarone who originally chose Desormeaux, despite Trainer Richard Dutrow's desired to go with Edgar Prado. Richard Dutrow, who blamed Kent Desormeaux for the Belmont Stakes defeat, took the chance to again say that he would have chosen Prado and that the choice of Desormeaux was always that of Iavarone.
Already planning ahead for Big Brown’s next race, members of his team said Tuesday that they planned to stick with their regular rider, Kent Desormeaux, and resume the colt’s monthly treatments of Winstrol......more
Michael Iavarone who has been mostly supportive of Kent Desormeaux and his ride in the Belmont has now said that he wishes he had not pulled him up, because he unnecessarily scared and worried so many of the people who were watching the race.
...."When your horse gets taken up like that, it's scary," the co-president of IEAH Stables said Wednesday night. "That's why I put my hand over my eyes. When he was going toward the outside rail, I couldn't see him anymore. I didn't know until I got back to the barn that he wasn't hurt.".....more
Trainer Richard Dutrow announced that Big Brown will be going back on steroids with a shot this weekend. However, he still contends that he doesn't need the steroids and the issue of steroids had nothing to do with his Belmont Stakes performance.
Big Brown is going back on the juice. Just days after an attempt to become the first horse in 30 years to win American racing's Triple Crown ended in disappointment and confusion, the colt's controversial trainer says he will give him a steroid shot this weekend. Rick Dutrow Jr., who made much of his decision to discontinue the use of the steroid Winstrol after a shot in mid-April, told the New York Times he would go back on the regime even though the trainer doesn't believe it makes any difference......more
Desormeaux was called to talk to the Stewards about why he pulled up Big Brown in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. He refused to comment to the media afterward about what was said. He also chose not to comment about Richard Dutrow's criticisms. Racing stewards could take action for unnecessarily pulling up the horse, but it seems unlikely. Desormeaux was acting in the best interest of the horse as he felt that something was "amiss" and Big Brown was exhausted and uncomfortable in the 96 degree temperatures.
Big Brown’s jockey Kent Desormeaux met with racing stewards at Belmont Park on Wednesday to talk about his controversial ride, and eventual surrender in the 140th running of the Belmont Stakes. Desormeaux was summoned by the stewards at noon and stated his case about why he pulled up Big Brown at about the mile mark and galloped him home in last place. .....more
Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens thinks that Big Brown's loss may have been the fault of Jockey Kent Desormeaux. Watching the race at Belmont with his son, Stevens said that immediately after Big Brown was hung up early, he told his son that Big Brown would not win. This supports the comments earlier in the day from Trainer Richard Dutrow who had placed blame on the jockey.
....Desormeaux should not have held Big Brown back early in the race and instead taken him right to the front, Stevens said on KTIK's "Idaho Sports Talk" with Jeff Caves and Statesman sports columnist Brian Murphy on Monday. Stevens said he told his son that Big Brown would lose as soon as he saw him hung up early in the race. Stevens attended the race. "It's the first time I have wanted to have had my boots on since I retired," said Stevens, who won eight Triple Crown races during his storied career and now serves as a race analyst. more
Buried in an article by Joe Drape in the New York Times is a mention that Big Brown may run in the Haskell at Monmouth Park instead of the Travers at Saratoga. Iavarone sited the deserved reputation that Monmouth is a tight and fast track and commented that he knew he would get favorable conditions there. This was part of his series of comments blaming the slower than normal Belmont track for Big Brown's loss. The Haskell will be run on August 3rd for a purse of $1 million. The track also may provide a participation fee. It is a 1 1/8 mile race for 3 year olds held at Monmouth Park in New Jersey. It was the race that Curlin ran as his first race after a defeat in the Belmont Stakes in 2007. Curlin was beat in last years Haskell by Any Given Saturday. The decision to run Curlin in the Haskell last year was mostly due to the fact that the 2007 Breeders Cup was to be held at Monmouth and his connections wanted him to get a prep on that surface. the 2008 Breeders Cup Classic, which Big Brown is ultimately pointed towards will be run at Santa Anita Race Track in Los Angeles on October 25th. Also worth noting was that Iavarone had mentioned on a few occasions before the Belmont Stakes that he has always wanted to run a horse in the Travers, making this decision even stranger. Could this simply be Iavarone's way of sending a message to the NYRA about his frustration with the condition of the Belmont Track on Saturday?
In fact, Iavarone said that he was now considering running Big Brown in the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park rather than the Travers Stakes at Saratoga. The Haskell, which will be run Aug. 3, offers a $1 million purse, a potential participation fee and a track known to be tight and fast. “I know we’d get favorable conditions on a track that is more to our liking,” he said. “I don’t want Big Brown to get on another racetrack he doesn’t like.”......more
Richard Dutrow has finally spoken publicly and is now questioning the ride of Kent Desormeaux. Big Brown was shipped to Dutrow's barn at Aqueduct Race Track on Monday morning and the trainer spoke about the possibility that the way that the horse and jockey interacted going into the first turn cost Big Brown the chance to win the Triple Crown. Desormeaux and Dutrow have still not spoken since the race. At the start of the first turn, Desormeaux took a hard hold of Big Brown and yanked him to the outside. At that point he bumped with Anak Nakal and then found some running room outside of Tale of Ekati. All the while, eventual wire-to-wire winner Da' Tara was opening up a three-length lead around the clubhouse turn. Dutrow thinks that Desormeaux may have confused the horse saying that Big Brown probably had no idea what was happening getting switched all over the track like that. Desormeaux revealed Monday that his plan was go to the lead, but that Big Brown slipped coming out of the gate and that he was pinched back. Desormeaux commented after the race that he "had no horse" and that he could not second guess this ride the way he had second guessed his ride on Real Quiet ten years ago when that horse lost by a nose in his pursuit of the Triple Crown. Kent Desormeaux told Wallace Matthews of New York Newsday that the track was too soft. Michael Iavarone had also blamed the track because of an apparent water problem that they had at the track, but Belmont park confirms that the track was watered as normal.
"I got people calling me from all over the world telling me I ran a sore horse in the race, the jock had to pull him up," Dutrow said as he stood in his Aqueduct barn's shed row waiting for Big Brown's van. "I don't know why he had to do that. If he felt the horse was sore, yeah, but the horse was fighting him the whole way through the lane and he was fighting the horse the whole way up till the lane. I just don't get the whole thing.".....more
Iavarone said Big Brown never got a hold of Belmont’s dried-out track. He pointed to the performance of the I.E.A.H.-owned sprinter Benny the Bull, who won the six-furlong Grade II True North Handicap by a desperate neck in 1 minute 9.06 seconds on Saturday, relatively slow.......more
The inevitable questions have begun to spring up around the web regarding the impact that steroids had on Big Brown's earlier success and his lack of success without them. Horses coming off of steroids sometimes have a negative reaction. Is he a super horse who was helped only minimally by the steroids, but made less of a horse on the withdrawal? Some are saying that he was never a super horse at all. Why did Dutrow take him off of the steroids if it was legal in New York? Will the NTRA follow through on President Alex Waldrop's claim that steroids will be banned in all American Racing by the end of the year?
He blew away the field at the Kentucky Derby. He made the Preakness field look like circus ponies. But on the day that would solidify his legacy and give racing a respite from intense scrutiny, Big Brown crumbled. He crumbled so badly that one could legitimately wonder whether he was nothing but a chemical horse, a paper tiger propped up — and propelled — by steroids. After three months of dominance, Big Brown became the first Triple Crown hopeful to finish dead last at the Belmont Stakes. His jockey, Kent Desormeaux, said that heading into the final turn, when he called on Big Brown to give him that special reserve, he realized, “I had no horse.”.The racing public has the right to ask: Did he ever have a super horse?....more
"They took him off of steroids and that caused the problem," Alker said. "If you get a horse used to those for their recovery, the benefits that provides for muscles and the things that steroids do for them, and you take it off of it there is a letdown. "And even though the horse wasn't on an abusive dose of steroids, it could have still caused an effect that was certainly detrimental to them."...more
As would be expected, Three Chimneys, who has reportedly paid in excess of $50 million for Big Brown's breeding rights, is relieved to find that there is still no report of a physical injury to Big Brown.
As Big Brown began to ease up in the final eighth of a mile of the Belmont Stakes, the only thing that crossed Three Chimneys President Case Clay's mind was whether the future stud was OK. "The word is, there aren't any signs of any problems, so we're relieved," Clay said......more
The Big Brown Camp is still perplexed a day after his disappointing Belmont Stakes. It was quiet at Barn 2 as Big Brown went through a normal morning routine as if he knew nothing of the impact his race had on those around him. Trainer Richard Dutrow was no where to be seen and Michelle Nevin, the assistant trainer and exercise rider was not talking. When owner Michael Iavarone was finally tracked down by phone he indicated that they haven't been able to solve the mystery of why Kent Desormeaux had "no horse" under him when it was time for the final move in the Belmont Stakes. No one has found any thing to explain his stunning performance. Iavarone told Joe Drape of the New York Times that everything seems fine and that "there’s nothing physically that’s shown up." He reiterated that the suspect feet of the great horse had nothing to do with it. He also says that Big Brown will remain in training and be pointed towards the Travers and the Breeder's Cup. They are considering running in the Jim Dandy on July 27th at Saratoga as a prep race for the Travers.
The morning after the Belmont Stakes, Big Brown stopped to pose for photographers as if he had won the Triple Crown. Everyone except the horse knew otherwise. Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. was a no-show, leaving questions and few answers about what happened to Big Brown in Saturday's 1 1/2-mile Belmont. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner was eased up by jockey Kent Desormeaux in the stretch, ending up last, beaten by eight other horses. The bay colt faced the cameras alone Sunday, except for exercise rider Michelle Nevin — and she wasn't talking. Outwardly, Big Brown appeared no worse for wear. He got his morning bath outside Barn 2, playfully nipping at a leather lead held by Nevin. Then she led him in circles around the inside of the barn, with Big Brown walking perfectly on his patched left front hoof......more
Big Brown is pointed to run in the Travers at Saratoga in August, and the Breeders’ Cup Classic in October at Santa Anita, where he is likely to meet Curlin, the reigning horse of the year. “It puts a little more pressure on us to win those races,” Iavarone said. “I know a lot of people say we haven’t beaten anyone, and we needed to take on older horses.” So for now, Big Brown’s future is pretty straightforward. Dutrow, Iavarone and his camp will go back to the drawing board. Unless a physical ailment shows up, Iavarone says Big Brown will maintain his regular training schedule in Dutrow’s main barn at Aqueduct and perhaps breeze as soon as two weeks from now. “All we can do is chalk this up as a mystery,” Iavarone said, “and regroup.”.....more
....“We went over him good last night after the race, and again this morning, and there’s nothing physically that’s shown up,” Iavarone told me just a few minutes ago by telephone. “He scoped clean. His feet are ice cold, quarter crack not an issue. He had a very loose hind left shoe, but that’s not an issue. We’ll just chalk it up to a question mark at this point. “I’m understanding they had an issue without water and they weren’t able to water the track and it got deep, I don’t know… We’re perplexed, nobody can figure this one out, the horse did not displace (his palate), he scoped fine, there’s no mucous, everything is ice cold. The horse that won, he (Big Brown) had beaten him by 23 (lengths) in the Florida Derby and so, I don’t know. We just have to watch him carefully and make sure we didn’t miss anything.”....more
....Win or lose, entering the Belmont most people believed it would be Big Brown's last race. The son of Boundary will begin his stallion career next year at Three Chimneys Farm in Kentucky, and a retirement announcement Sunday would have surprised no one. Instead, Iavarone said IEAH is sticking to its plan to train Big Brown for the Travers Stakes Aug. 23 at Saratoga. "Unless something shows up, we're going to maintain his regular training schedule," he said, "which will be to breeze in a couple of weeks and point him for the Travers. ... I haven't lost confidence in the horse.".....more
After two thorough postrace examinations, the shocking last-place finish by previously undefeated Big Brown in Saturday's Belmont Stakes remains a mystery. "He's sound, he's clean," Mike Iavarone, the co-president of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner's majority owner, IEAH Stables, said Sunday. "Scoped clean. Feet ice-cold. Quarter-crack not an issue," he added. "We went over him good last night and again this morning, and there's nothing that shows up.".....more
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Just a few hours after the devastating loss in the Belmont Stakes, Richard Dutrow is searching for what may have gone wrong. Big Brown was checked out and appears to be physically "fine". Dutrow was clearly disappointed, but still proud of Big Brown and his accomplishments. It appears that we may know in 24 hours whther or not he will be retired or if he will race again.
"The horse kind of looks like he's fine to me, so the only thing I know is to wait and see how things go," Dutrow said, adding that Big Brown will be scoped to see if there were any health issues. "Right now, I don't see him being off; he may be off tomorrow.".....more
Big Brown seemed rank at the start and was eased at the quarter pole. Da'Tara, ridden by Alan Garcia and trained by Nick Zito won at 38-1. It appears there are no health issues with Big Brown. Desormeaux says he eased the horse simply to protect the "best horse he has ever ridden". He said that entering the final turn, he "just had no horse."
The world awaited a delivery from Big Brown, but in a shocker, it was Da’ Tara who won the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) Saturday as the horse seeking to win the Triple Crown was eased past the wire. Trainer Nick Zito spoiled a Triple Crown for the second time. He also trained Birdstone, who beat Smarty Jones in the 2004 Belmont. And, like in ’04 when Zito also ran third with Royal Assault, he was third this year with Anak Nakal, who dead-heated with Ready’s Echo. In second was Denis of Cork. Big Brown was in obvious trouble in the turn for home and Desormeaux eased him back and let him gallop down the stretch. Following the race, Desormeaux said there was nothing physically wrong with Big Brown,.....more
Big Brown didn't deliver - at all. Long Island's favorite horse failed miserably in his quest to become the first Triple Crown winner in 30 years when he pulled up and finished last in the 140th Belmont Stakes on Saturday at Belmont Park. Da'Tara, a 38-1 pick, was the wire-to-wire winner. "Long before we went into the last turn, I had no horse," jockey Kent Desormeaux said. Asked what went wrong, Desormeaux said, "I have no idea.".....more
Kent Desormeaux's post-race comments:
The 2008 Belmont Stakes:
post-race press conferences:
"Home video" of the stretch run as fans begin to realize he has been eased:
Feel what it was like to be there - "home video" - CAUTION: FOUL LANGUAGE:
and some "rough home video" of the start from track side:
With 15 minutes until post time, Kent Desormeaux has mounted Big Brown and is making his lap of the paddock. More than 100,000 fans are at Belmont and ESPN reports that "all eyes are on Big Brown." A train platform by the track is jammed with people looking at Big Brown. Big Brown does not look to be sweating at all in the 93 degree weather. Big Brown and Kent Desormeaux both seem focussed and unphased by the huge crowds.
"Home Video" of him walking in the ring:
Here is "home video" (from Grandstand section 3S) as Big Brown takes to the Belmont track - warning: it's 4:32 long and there is a lot of standing around with a distant view, but I've posted it for you die hards who want to feel like you were there:
With 93 degree heat at Belmont Park, Kent Desormeaux and the other 8 jockeys have made the walk from the Jockeys room to the paddock. Less than 15 minutes until post and they have taken their picture and are ready to ride.
With less than 40 minutes until post time, Big Brown is on his way to the track. He has left the holding barn. Richard Dutrow was interviewed by Jay Privman on ESPN/ABC. He says that Big Brown is ready. He commented "I'm just trying to keep you guys (the media) away from him." and called the foot a "non issue."
Big Brown was moved to the Security Stable and placed in stable #49 around 11:45 am today. He is being treated like all of the other 8 horses in the race who all arrived at the Security stable before noon. He has two fans blowing on him as the temperature inches toward 90 degrees. At noon it was 88 degrees at the track. ESPN showed video of Big Brown in the stable. He was uncharacteristically jumpy in the stable, showing that he was not happy being moved to a new stable before the race. The experts on ESPN all seemed to feel comfortable saying that as long as he settles down in the next thirty minutes, he will be fine. By 12:30, ESPN reported that he had, in fact, settled down.
Jan-Feb 2007: Big Brown develops a quartercrack in his other foot and is forced to miss more time, jeopardizing a try at the Triple Crown
Dec 22, 2007: With the quartercrack fixed, Big Brown breezes six furlongs on the dirt at Palm Meadows in 1:13 3/5, outworking Diamond Stripes and giving Dutrow great hope for the 3-year old season
Oct-Dec 2007: Big Brown joins stable of Trainer Rick Dutrow, who breezes the colt on the turf in preparation for Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf, but he is sidelined with a quartercrack in his foot
Sept, 2007: 75% stake of Big Brown purchased in a private sale for around $3.5 million by IEAH Stables
Sept 3, 2007: Big Brown wins debut by 11 1/4 lengths as a 15/1 longshot on the turf at Saratoga
Apr-Sept 2007: Owner Paul Pompa Jr names Big Brown as a celebration of the contract Renewal between UPS Freight and his Brooklyn-based trucking company, Truck-Rite Corp.
April 17, 2007: Big Brown Purchased at Keenland Auction for $190,000 by Paul Pompa Jr., who had owned half-brother Snake River for one race.
Oct 24, 2006: Big Brown Purchased at Faisig Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale for $60,000.
April 10, 2005: Bay Colt Big Brown foaled
2004: for a sire fee of $10,000 Boundary is bred in Kentucky by Dr. Gary B Knapp's Monticule Farms to a broodmare named Mien
