It's a hard goal to achieve but there is another shot this year.
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BALTIMORE (AP) -- Not once but twice, jockey Kent Desormeaux sneaked a peak to see if anyone was gaining on Big Brown.
"I looked between my legs, under my arms, and they were eight [lengths] behind me," Desormeaux said. "I stopped pushing. I said, `That's enough."'
His big bay colt ran away with the Preakness on Saturday and now is pointed squarely down the path toward the Triple Crown.
The 3-year-old with the perfect record heads for the Belmont Stakes in three weeks as the fourth horse this decade to try for the triple, a sweep last accomplished by Affirmed in 1978. The last to try was Smarty Jones in 2004.
Odds say he won't win. The last triple crown was 30 years ago. How say you?
Big Brown should be a Triple Crown Winner, this year. He has the speed, stamina and heart, to be one. However, the Belmont is a mile and a half and some of the finest racing thoroughbreds were defeated at the one and a quarter pole. If you want to make any money, don't bet on him, go with second and third place finishers.
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Side note... Don't you wish that we could put members of congress to sleep when they screw us?
