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Article: Big Brown rebounds with victory
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- August 4, 2008
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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 ...