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Big Brown: Not a gods-on favorite :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Horse racing
Summary from Canada, from articles in English
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Birdstone, right, with jockey Edgar Prado aboard beats out Smarty Jones and jockey Stewart Elliott to win the 136th running of the Belmont Stakes June 5, 2004, denying Smarty Jones' bid for the Triple Crown. (article 1)
(Stan Honda/Getty Images) For about 20 seconds there, as he brought Smarty Jones thundering down the final two furlongs of the 2004 Belmont Stakes, Stewart Elliott must have felt he was holding the reigns of immortality in his hands. (article 1)
The Canadian jockey was out in front with the prospect of bringing home the first winner of American thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown since Steve Cauthen came across on Affirmed in 1978. (article 1)
With less than one furlong to go - a lousy 200 metres - Birdstone came sailing past on the right and it was all over. (article 1)
This Saturday, as the band plays The Sidewalks of New York, jockey Kent Desormeaux will bring the heavily favoured Big Brown out of the paddock in an attempt to become just the fourth winner of the triple in 50 years. (article 1)
There's a reason only three horses and riders have won the Triple Crown since Citation, with Eddie Arcaro up, in 1948. (article 1)
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Story keywords
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Horse, Brown, Dutrow, BELMONT, Crown |
Source articles
- The toughest triple in sports (cbc.ca, 06/05/2008, 1188 words)
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