Big Brown

Preakness winner I'll Have Another begins final push for Triple Crown

2012-05-20 17:00:00

The last man to take a horse to Belmont with a chance to snag the elusive final gem in the Triple Crown has some advice for Doug O'Neill. Stay true to the horse. "I think trainers going around asking other people what they should do, looking for how...

I'll Have Another holds off Bodemeister to win 2012 Preakness

2012-05-19 18:49:00

All along, they had been so relaxed. So when it came time for Team O'Neill's horse to make his charge -- a historic one -- the colt moved forward almost nonchalantly. I'll Have Another glided past Bodemeister to win the 137th running of the Preakness...

Otherwise engaged at Preakness

2012-05-19 15:13:00

Sam Grossman's fifth year as official bugler for the Preakness is one he'll never forget. Neither will his new fiancee, Valerie Moore, to whom he proposed between bugling duties for the fifth and the sixth races on Saturday. Even though the Long Island,...

Rick Dutrow brings Zetterholm to Preakness under cloud of suspicion

2012-05-17 16:03:00

Rick Dutrow knows there's a difference coming into Preakness with a horse that has won the Kentucky Derby and one that didn't even make it to the starting gate at Churchill Downs. If anything, it might be a little easier for Dutrow coming to Pimlico...

I'll Have Another sticking with winning regimen

2012-05-14 13:55:00

Although he got an earlier start than normal Monday morning, Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another stuck to a similar training routine in preparation for Saturday's 137th Preakness Stakes. The three-year-old colt galloped about six to eight furlongs...

'Same old Hansen' draws plenty of attention at Churchill Downs

2012-05-03 13:43:00

Hansen does not need to try to be noticed. The nearly all-white colt always stands out among his peers. Yet on Thursday morning, the Breeders' Cup juvenile champion did all he could to draw the attention of a robust crowd on his first day this week at...

Dutrow's possible 10-year ban viewed as positive by much of horse racing industry

2012-04-09 18:41:00

While Rick Dutrow appeals to the Maryland Racing Commission on Tuesday to have his horse King and Crusader reinstated as the winner of the $75,000 Maryland Juvenile Championship at Laurel Park, his future continues to hang in the balance because of...

Regal Solo returns to run different Maryland Million race

2011-09-28 16:39:00

If Regal Solo, a 6-year-old gelding, wins the Maryland Million Sprint Saturday afternoon at Laurel Park, he would become the first horse to win three different Million races. "He's versatile," his trainer Damon Dilodovico said Wednesday. "He's push-...

Preakness winners: Every Preakness winner from 1873 to the present

2011-05-09 10:20:07

Here is the list of every past Preakness winner. 2011 - Shackleford 2010 - Lookin at Lucky 2009 - Rachel Alexandra 2008 - Big Brown 2007 - Curlin 2006 - Bernardini 2005 - Afleet Alex 2004 - Smarty Jones 2003 - Funny Cide 2002 - War Emblem...

Rick Maese: A place on the mantel

2009-01-01 00:00:00

The kid was at the top of the arc, sinking three-pointer after three-pointer. But it was the look on his face that sticks with me. I witnessed a lot in the past 12 months, things I'll never forget. In Beijing, I saw Michael Phelps make Olympic history. I...

No Crown for Big Brown; favorite eased, places last

2008-06-08 00:00:00

Trainer Rick Dutrow leaned on the rail at the Detention Barn a half-hour after Big Brown had been pulled up in the Belmont Stakes and momentarily dropped his forehead onto his crossed arms. Dutrow's thin brown hair was soaked. His blue shirt soggy. His...

Big Brown works out without incident

2008-07-23 13:29:56

Big Brown is still on pace to run in Saturday's Belmont Stakes to continue his pursuit of the elusive Triple Crown despite the crack in his left front hoof that has been the overriding issue leading up to the race.Today, he ran five furlongs......

Trainer Rick Dutrow with Big Brown before the 2008 Kentucky Derby.

2012-05-17 19:23:00

In this May 18, 2008, file photo, Richard Dutrow Jr., trainer of Big Brown, the winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, wears a triple crown hat as he listens to a question at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.

2011-10-13 06:57:32

Big Brown 's babies: the filly, left, stands in front of her mom, Foolish Kisses, as another Big Brown filly, right, stands near her mom Taft Lil Queen.

2011-07-08 00:00:00