Paul Moran at the Races

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• Salty grass veterans await Brown in Jersey

  Though his last two races fail to qualify as things of beauty Big Brown has just about locked up the 3-year-old title with his four Grade 1 victories this year. He will be thoroughly tested Saturday when he meets older horses for the first time in the... Posted Sep 12 2008, 01:11 PM by Paul Moran at the races Filed under: Big Brown, Richard Dutrow Jr., Rick Dutrow, IEAH Stable, Monmouth Park

• Put up, or shut up

  Saratoga Springs, New York The level of classless, distasteful ignorance of which Rick Dutrow, trainer of Big Brown and other prominent horses, is capable is astounding. To wit: “Curlin couldn't win the Derby, we could. Curlin couldn't win this... Posted Aug 04 2008, 03:26 PM by Paul Moran at the races Filed under: Curlin, Saratoga, Big Brown, Richard Dutrow Jr., Rick Dutrow, Monmouth Park

• Brown tide on the Jersey Shore

  From Monmouth Park Big Brown, winner of two-thirds of the Triple Crown, drew Post 4 and was installed the odds-on favorite as a field of seven 3-year-olds was entered Thursday for Sunday’s $1 million Haskell Invitational Presented by Vonage, centerpiece... Posted Jul 31 2008, 02:42 PM by Paul Moran at the races Filed under: Nick Zito, Atoned, Big Brown, Cool Coal Man, Richard Dutrow Jr., Rick Dutrow, Monmouth Park, Michael Iavarone, Bill Mott, Ken McPeek, Haskell Invitational

• Kip Deville cruises in Poker

  By Francis LaBelle Jr. / NYRA Having already won the first of three major races on Kip Deville’s schedule this year, trainer Richard Dutrow entered the 2007 Breeders’ Cup Mile winner in Sunday’s Grade 3, $108,300 Poker to “give him something to do.” He... Posted Jul 13 2008, 04:01 PM by Paul Moran at the races Filed under: Richard Dutrow Jr., Rick Dutrow, Belmont Park, Kip Deville

• The scene at Old Hilltop

  Baltimore By 9 a.m. the first intoxicated person of the day has already been ejected from Pimlico, the infield crowd – a disturbing collection of humanity that makes its Louisville counterpart look like a cub scout outing – is in the process of assembly... Posted May 17 2008, 10:12 AM by Paul Moran at the races Filed under: racing injuries, Eight Belles, Richard Dutrow Jr., Pimlico, Preakness

• If Big Brown wins the Derby ...

  There will be no on-the-record statements of uneasiness from racing’s leaders, but there is an undercurrent of speculation concerning what might follow a victory in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday by the currently in vogue colt widely seen as a potential... Posted Apr 28 2008, 09:31 AM by Paul Moran at the races Filed under: Kentucky Derby, Big Brown, Richard Dutrow Jr.

• Brown (and Dutrow) on edge in Florida

  Big Brown is a breeze closer the Kentucky Derby after a five-furlong move Friday in 1:00.60 at Palm Meadows training center, his second work since a win in the Florida Derby. “It was just what I was looking for. It was basic…nothing special,” said trainer... Posted Apr 18 2008, 01:48 PM by Paul Moran at the races Filed under: gulfstream, Kentucky Derby, Florida Derby, Big Brown, Palm Meadows, Richard Dutrow Jr.