Big brown has a big reputation, attracts big crowds and acres of newsprint whenever he runs and his latest race at Monmouth was no different with over 17,000 fans turning out as reported by the Philadelphia Daily News:
"There was about a football field of racing left for Big Brown to negotiate Saturday at Monmouth Park when three horses, with the combination of 25 wins, 10 graded stakes and nearly $3 million in earnings, came at him from the inside and outside. The $500,000 Monmouth Stakes was not really the race the Big Brown people wanted to win. They were getting the Kentucky Derby winner ready for the Oct. 25 Breeders' Cup Classic.
Big Brown was trained with that race in mind. That will be the all-in contest."
However the Breeders Cup Oct. 24-25, 2008, Santa Anita, may not prove to be as easy to win for Big Brown, his trainer Dutrow reckons Big Brown is better on grass than dirt. So the first big question is how Big Brown will handle the new artificial surface at Santa Anita for the Breeders' Cup. the 2008 meeting at Santa Anita will be the first Breeders' Cup site to hold the main track races on a synthetic surface
The second question about Big Brown's ability to take this prestigious race, and possibly most crucial factor, is the sheer class of this years Breeders’ Cup contenders with some very strong European challengers. At the moment it looks as though 4 of the 6 top rated horses in the world - Duke Of Marmalade, Curlin, Big Brown and New Approach - may run, a classy field indeed!
If they do run, then the Breeders' Cup will truly be able to call itself "the world championship" of racing. But which continenent will win?
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