BIG BROWN WINNING THE KENTUCKY DERBY
Photo by Z/Matt Barton
Big Brown showed that experience was not a factor in his compelling victory in the
134th Kentucky Derby. Neither was the wretched 20 post position. He really rocked the Downs.
He had major WOW factor and won by nearly 5 lengths at Churchill Downs this afternoon.
Ridden by Kent Desormeaux (who got his third KY derby win today) and trained by Richard Dutrow, this was only Big Brown's fourth career start. Prior to the race, Dutrow stated his horse could not be beat. Guess he was right.
Now it's on to the Preakness at Pimlico in Baltimore on May 17th to see if Big Brown has what it takes to become only the 12th Triple Crown winner in history.
He does seem to be a freak, so let's keep our fingers crossed!
The race was marred, however, by the fatal breakdown of the second place finisher, the filly Eight Belles.
She finished the race fine but then for some reason fell soon after, breaking both front ankles.
Because it was a painful and untreatable injury, she had to be euthanized on the track. Her trainer, Larry Jones, won the Kentucky Oaks just yesterday with stablemate Proud Spell. Obviously distraught, he was unavailable for comment, so we really don't know what happened.
It always breaks my heart to see that kind of accident.
My horse, Pyro, got bumped on both sides coming out of the gate and really had no chance at that point. He did come from 17th back to get up for 8th place.
Oh well, there's always the summer races. Hopefully he will get back to form.
But for now, Big Brown is the BIG marquee name at this point, and he deserves it.
Well done!
Guess that is what Brown can do for us.
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