Triple Crown?

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Originally Posted by Zippy Chippy

After his Derby performance and this lackluster crop of 3-year olds, Big Brown could very well be the next Triple Crown winner.

At first I was bummed thinking about this because it's a situation where he is essentially "the best of the worst"-- not exactly the kind of champion like Secretariat or Affirmed. But on second thought, you can't really hold Big Brown "responsible" for how crappy the rest of the crop is. If he wins it, it is still legitimate because he was better than every other 3-year old that ran against him.

If he isn't retired two days after his win in the Belmont (and that's a big "if"), it would be interesting to see how Triple Crown Champion Big Brown would stand up against a horse like Curlin in the Breeders Cup Classic. That would be a decent measure of what his real class is.

I don't think it would be a decent measure of what class is -- not here in this forum. Read the threads (most of them) that, before the race, said he had no shot; and then read all of the commentary (perhaps "excuses" would be a better word) after the race. It's ironic that this year's crop got massively worse immediately after Big Brown crossed the finish line.

Personally, I said Big Brown was a "bet against" right from the get-go. No sour grapes here, nor celebrating as I didn't have the filly on one ticket. I took my stand, put up my money and watched that colt go right out and beat me.

Eric