Michael Iavarone, head of IEAH Stables, said this morning that Big Brown checked out clean and the connections have no explanation for his last place finish in the Belmont. “We’re just as confused as everybody else,” said Iavarone during a teleconference at Belmont Park. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner appeared to be in good position on the back stretch Saturday, but gave nothing ...

After a day of kids soccer and baseball, we cooked up some barbeque and gathered around to watch all the Belmont Stakes hoopla. I was about my oldest son’s age when Seattle Slew, then Affirmed won the Triple Crown back to back. I was hoping to share some history with my boys. But now we will have to wait another year. We hope Big Brown is OK. But today is a good ...

As if Casino Drive's early-morning scratch wasn't a good enough Belmont Stakes omen for Rick Dutrow, the trainer just received another here at Belmont Park. His horse Benny the Bull, the 1-2 favorite, rallied from fourth place in the stretch to win the six-furlong Grade II True North Handicap by a neck over 10-1 shot Man of Danger. Said Dutrow, "I wasn't concerned about him coming into ...

New York is a pretty big place but you just never know who you might run into on a Saturday at Belmont Park on Happy Belmont Day. I'm walking around the grandstand, snapping a few random pictures, minding my own business when all of a sudden, out of the corner of my eye, I someone getting his hair cut at the Barber Shop. Could it be? Yes, it was, John Walters, old friend from back at his ...

    At Belmont Park this morning to gather info for Saturday's column previewing the Belmont Stakes. Had plenty of company. Big Brown draws a crowd. Bob Baffert was out on the track with trainer Rick Dutrow to watch Big Brown do a slow gallop. Bobby Frankel was back at his Barn 2, where Big Brown is using the same stall used by Frankel's Empire Maker when he won the ...

Here is what the some of the sports media columnists are writing today… Big Brown will attempt to win horse racing’s Triple Crown tomorrow at Belmont Park. The NY Times’ Richard Sandomir has a look at how the race is being covered. So does Neil Best over at Newsday. Some Belmont talk also from Michael Hiestand of USA [...]

Big Brown drew the inside post in the 140th Belmont Stakes and was established as the morning line 2-5 favorite on Wednesday. The colt could go off at even lower odds on Saturday after his bullet breeze of a minute for five furlongs 24 hours earlier on Belmont Park’s main track. Rick Dutrow Jr. pronounced the son of Boundary fit and ready to become the 12th Triple Crown winner. Six ...

(Elmont, NY) - In just a few days, all eyes will converge on Belmont Park for the running of the Belmont Stakes. Big Brown will attempt to become the first horse to win the Triple Crown since Affirmed pulled off the feat exactly 30 years ago. You would think that under such momentous circumstances, Big Brown would be fierce and focused on the task at hand. But like many prima donna ...