I have finally recovered from watching beloved Big Brown straggle to the finish line, losing the 140th Belmont Stakes -- & the Triple Crown.Only 11 horses have ever won thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown. The grueling schedule of 3 races in five weeks at longer distances than most three-year-olds have previously run is probably the most difficult task any horse will face in their racing career. Affirmed in 1978 remains the last Triple Crown winner.
Big Brown diminished his reputation as a racehorse and might have significantly decreased his value as a stallion, not to mention his marketing value. Before the Preakness, Three Chimneys Farm in Midway Ky., purchased a percentage of Big Brown’s stallion rights in a deal valued at $60 million.
Big Brown did make history by becoming the first horse to win the KY Derby & win the Preakness, and then finish last in the Belmont.
Kentucky Derby: 2:01.82 for the 1.25 miles - 1st place!
Preakness: 1:54.80 for the 1 3-16 miles - 1st place!
Belmont: 5:12:58.92 for the 1.5 miles - last place?!
Won 2 games, lost 1 - sounds familiar.
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