Brown gets favourable Preakness draw
by Michelle Fortune, 15 May 2008
Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown has enjoyed his first taste of Pimlico Racecourse ahead of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday.
Rick Dutrow Jnr’s charge arrived at the course on Wednesday evening and placed in a stable specially reserved for the Kentucky Derby winner before having a light workout on Thursday morning.
Dutrow Jnr declared himself pleased with his three-year-old and confirmed his intention to give him another outing on the eve of big race.
Big Brown overcame a wide draw to win at Churchill Downs earlier this month but he has been handed the more favourable stall seven for Saturday's race, for which a total of 13 will go to post.
"We've got a good post," Dutrow Jnr said.
"We're not going to cry if we get beat because of the post."
Big Brown is unbeaten in four races and is the strong favourite to capture the 133rd running of the Preakness Stakes, which is the second leg of the American Triple Crown.
Six of the last 11 Derby winners have gone on to claim the second leg and should he become the latest winner he will almost certainly go to Belmont Park for the Belmont Stakes on June 7.
"I'm dreaming of the Belmont," Dutrow Jnr said.