BALTIMORE -- Big Brown is the big shot at Pimlico this week: Led to the track by police escort; installed as the 1-2 early favorite for Saturday's Preakness, and his trainer boasting about his big colt. Life sure is good when you're the champ...

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Big Brown attempts to move closer to becoming horse racing's first Triple Crown winner in 30 years in Saturday's US$1-million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. In the first jewel of the Triple Crown, Big Brown flashed his ability by...
Preakness entry Kentucky Bear, with assistant trainer and exercise rider Cassie Garcia up, jogs around Pimlico on Wednesday. Big Brown is a huge favourite to win the second jewel of American horse racing's Triple Crown. (Gail Burton/Associated...
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Odds are Big Brown is aiming to become the seventh Kentucky Derby champion in the past dozen years to capture the Preakness. All previous six winners -- Silver Charm, Real Quiet, Charismatic, War Emblem, Funny Cide and Smarty Jones -- flirted...