Article: Big Brown rebounds with victory

OCEANPORT, N.J. -- Is Big Brown really back?

After a too-close-for-comfort victory in Sunday's $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park, there could be more questions than answers about Big Brown's future.

Yes, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner bounced back from his last-place finish in the Belmont Stakes eight weeks ago. But no, the win was far from overpowering against six weak rivals who had combined for two graded stakes wins.

Neither trainer Rick Dutrow nor co-owner Michael Iavarone would commit to Big Brown's next race after his 1 3/4 -length victory over Coal Play, but Dutrow all but ruled out the Travers at Saratoga on Aug. 23. Both were noncommittal about possible ...

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