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Article: A royal thrashing; Win has Big Brown eyeing Triple Crown.(Sports)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- May 18, 2008
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Byline: TIM WILKIN - Staff Writer
BALTIMORE - If Big Brown had done the talking all week, he would have told trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. not to worry about a thing.
He would have told him the two-week gap between the Kentucky Derby and Preakness was no big deal.
He would have told him the lack of training was no problem.
He would have told his trainer to keep quiet and let him run.
That's what Big Brown did Saturday in the 133rd running of the Preakness Stakes in front 112,222 fans, the fifth-largest crowd in the race's history.
Big Brown inched closer to the elusive Triple Crown with a 5 1/4-length romp in the 1 3/16 ...