Big Brown Scareoff

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Originally Posted by Samarta

Or so says the article on bloodhorse. Let me get this right....none of the 18 other Derby starters are going to Baltimore?!?!? huh? Now I realize he looks like a monster, but that is total BS....take the unfortunate incident with Eight Belles and combine that with Big Brown being the only Derby starter to run in the Preakness and what do you get? Zero interest in the Preakness......Then a handfull of well rested Derby starters will have a go in 5 weeks at the Belmont when Big Brown goes for the triple crown....I realize that there will always be some defections but no one running against him....ridiculous....

This is ridiculous. If you owned the horse you would just run him in the Preakness? In this day and age where horses don't run very often, it is important to give them there best chance to win. Running against a healthy Big Brown in the Preakness is not their best chance.