No not UPS, but Big Brown, the horse that is poised to win the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing!
A week from this Saturday, Big Brown will be riding at Belmont Park in New York to try and be the first horse in 30 years to win the Triple Crown.
The Triple Crown consists of the following three races:
- Kentucky Derby, run over 1.25 miles (2.01 km) at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky;
- Preakness Stakes, run over 1.1875 miles (1.91 km) at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland;
- Belmont Stakes, run over 1.50 miles (2.41 km) at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.
The following video shows Big Brown's triumphant run at the Kentucky Derby. Its amazing to watch how Big Brown explodes down the back straight to victory.
Two weeks later at the Preakness, Big Brown showed the world again why he is the horse to beat.
Again, he just sat back and waited and once he turned for home, he once again exploded down the straight away leaving all the other horses in the dust.
Here is the overhead blimp view of Big Brown just dominating the field at the Preakness.
Big Brown is ridden by Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux, who in 1998 rode Real Quite to victory in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, only to be beaten by a nose by Victory Gallop. Now he is back in a bid to win the Triple Crown and ride into Thoroughbred Horse Racing history.
Here is the list of past Triple Crown Winners:
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Sir Barton | Johnny Loftus | H. Guy Bedwell | J. K. L. Ross |
| 1930 | Gallant Fox | Earl Sande | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud |
| 1935 | Omaha | Willie Saunders | Jim Fitzsimmons | Belair Stud |
| 1937 | War Admiral | Charley Kurtsinger | George Conway | Samuel D. Riddle |
| 1941 | Whirlaway | Eddie Arcaro | Ben A. Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1943 | Count Fleet | Johnny Longden | G. Donald Cameron | Fannie Hertz |
| 1946 | Assault | Warren Mehrtens | Max Hirsch | King Ranch |
| 1948 | Citation | Eddie Arcaro | Horace A. Jones | Calumet Farm |
| 1973 | Secretariat | Ron Turcotte | Lucien Laurin | Meadow Stable |
| 1977 | Seattle Slew | Jean Cruguet | William H. Turner, Jr. | Karen L. Taylor |
| 1978 | Affirmed | Steve Cauthen | Laz Barrera | Harbor View Farm |
Since 1978 11 horses have won both the Kentucky Derby & the Preakness only to fall short at Belmont.
Will this year be different? One can only hope so.
The Way I see it: Barring major injury, Big Brown will be the next Triple Crown winner.
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