By Ray Paulick Big Brown went to the lead and never looked back in winning Saturday’s 1 1/8-mile Monmouth Stakes, a $500,000 turf race designed by Monmouth Park for the two-time classic winner. The Rick Dutrow-trained colt, sent off the 3-5 favorite, opened a clear lead down the backstretch, then...

From the Maryland Jockey Club Baltimore Nearly 40 hours after Big Brown delivered a memorable 5 ¼ length victory in the $1 million Preakness Stakes, the dual classic winner left the Pimlico stakes barn and headed to New York for a date with destiny as the son of Boundary will attempt to become the first...

Shortly after Big Brown brought the house down at Pimlico on Saturday a one-work email from a friend arrived. It said: Wow! It was most assuredly a performance rich in the wow factor and Big Brown is three weeks and 12 furlongs from the immortality that accompanies a Triple Crown. He is also three week...

Big Brown just blew away the competition once again. He might not be the second coming of secretariat, but how impressive has he been still. Please share your thoughts and excitement of this unfolding story....( read more )

Here's a stab at the $1 million guarenteed late Pick 4 at Pimlico...( read more )

At this point there is little to add to the dialogue in regard to Big Brown. Against any standard, the Kentucky Derby winner towers over 11 three-year-olds who have shown up at Pimlico, most of whom are here because (1) a million dollars will be distributed and the winner takes only 60 percent and (2...

Baltimore There is nothing about Big Brown that at this early point of his career, is anything less than astounding. Winning the Kentucky Derby in his fourth career start: Astounding. Winning the Derby from post 20 while racing wide on both turns: Astounding. Do it with consummate ease: Astounding. In...

Big Brown should win easily as an odds-on favorite. The challenge is finding horses to fill out your exotics....( read more )

From the Maryland Jockey Club Baltimore Accompanied by two United Parcel Service vehicles, Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown arrived and entered the Preakness stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course on Wednesday evening to begin his quest for the middle jewel of thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown. Details...

From the Maryland Jockey Club Baltimore Big Brown, the unbeaten Kentucky Derby winner, is scheduled to ship from Churchill Downs to Pimlico Wednesday afternoon on a flight with Preakness runners Tres Borrachos and Racecar Rhapsody. Preakness officials have been told the flight with Big Brown is scheduled...