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...Count Fleet 11.8 sec. back [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] Derby 2:04.0 Preakness 1:57.4 Belmont 2:28.2 Total...
...mile and a half, the Belmont is the Triple Crown's most grueling test; 10 bids have failed there over the past 30 years. Most recently, Smarty Jones lost a heartbreaker in 2004. At Big Brown's Belmont stall, his big brown (naturally) eyes glow with confidence. His coat shines; he flirts with a filly in the next stall. Aw, heck, how are we supposed to know what the horse is feeling? Best we can do is ask the trainer. "We're going to win the race," Dutrow says...
...would Big Brown run against the Triple Crown champs? If you added up each winner's times in the three big races and projected Big Brown's Belmont time, on the basis of his results in the first two races, he would finish second to Secretariat. You can't bet on that--track conditions vary, for one--but here are the five fastest Triple Crown times and where Big Brown could stack...
...Admiral 12.4 sec. back [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] Derby 2:03.2 Preakness 1:58.4 Belmont 2:28.6 Total...
...Owned by car-rental baron John D. Hertz, the feisty brown speedster crushed two rivals to win the Belmont by 25 lengths. But a minor ankle injury didn't heal, and he never raced again...