Photos are now being posted at ESPN showing that Big Brown, the 3-year-old son of Boundary that took a run at the Triple Crown earlier this year, may have been running with a loose shoe during the Belmont. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/gallery/enlargePhoto?id=3457690&story=3456907 Rumor of the photos...

An anonymous poster left a link to this youtube video in my last post. I thought it was funny enough to share with you all on Friday morning. It features Curlin and Big Brown talking a bit of “smack talk” to each other. My favorite moments: Big Brown to Curlin: “One of us got beat by...

Note: Breaking news just as I was about to leave: Casino Drive may be out of the Belmont: http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/racing-news/2008/June/06/casino-drive-physi Saturday. Belmont Day. Triple Crown Day…perhaps a date with history. Thirteen races are scheduled, with the feature of course being...

Post positions were drawn today for the 140th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. As we all know, the big story is Big Brown’s quest for the Triple Crown. Nine other horses will contend with the super-colt as he tries to make history as just the 12th horse ever to win the Triple Crown. ...

I’ve got a special post for you guys tonight, and one that brings me a great deal of joy to share. As many of you know, if there’s one guy out there who has inspired me the most through his passion for the sport of thoroughbred horse racing- it’s Ron Correll. Indeed, one might reasonably...