Big Brown Wins Preakness Stakes
After winning the Kentucky Derby, Big Brown was again victorious at the Preakness Stakes in front of over 112,000 horse racing fans. The large crowd demonstrates the continued popularity the old sport of horse racing has even in today’s hi-tech society.
Several years ago, I attended the Preakness at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. I went with friends to the infield, which was popular with young folks betting and partying. The downsides of the infield are that you cannot see very much at all of the races and that the porta-jons become quite disgusting by the end of the day. The next time I go, I will definitely look into getting a seat in the stands.
Preakness.com offers a story followed by a press conference covering this year’s race:
Big Brown, who captured the Kentucky Derby by 4¾ lengths at Churchill Downs two weeks ago, won in hand by 5-1/4 lengths Saturday over long shot Macho Again. Icabad Crane was a half-length farther back in third and Racecar Rhapsody finished fourth.
Big Brown completed the 1-3/16ths distance in 1:54.86 over the fast main track.
That works out to an average speed of over 37 mph. Will we have a Triple Crown winner this year? What do you think will happen at Belmont?