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Big Brown's Trainer Makes Big Boast

Confident Dutrow calls Triple Crown 'foregone conclusion'

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted May 30, 2008 10:41 AM CDT
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(Newser) – When Big Brown enters the gate for the Belmont Stakes next week, one member of the crowd won't be on pins and needles: Rick Dutrow is confident his horse will win, reports USA Today. "I feel that he will do it. It's actually a foregone conclusion for me," the trainer said yesterday of his colt's Triple Crown chances.

Dutrow's confidence may be well founded: Big Brown has won his first five races by a combined, and commanding, 39 lengths. A win in the June 7 Belmont would wrap up the first Triple Crown since Affirmed became the 11th horse to take it all in 1978. "I know it's going to be a beautiful picture for us," Dutrow said.

Big Brown's trainer, Rick Dutrow, insists that Smarty Jones, the last horse to try for racing's biggest prize, lost the Belmont Stakes because his connections were not smart.
Big Brown's trainer, Rick Dutrow, insists that Smarty Jones, the last horse to try for racing's biggest prize, lost the Belmont Stakes because his connections "were not smart."   (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson,file)
Rick Dutrow is perfectly confident that Big Brown will win next week's Belmont Stakes to become the first horse in 38 years to capture the Triple Crown.
Rick Dutrow is perfectly confident that Big Brown will win next week's Belmont Stakes to become the first horse in 38 years to capture the Triple Crown.   (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
In this May 6, 1978 file photo, Affirmed, with jockey Steve Cauthen up, crosses the finish line to win the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Ky. He was the last horse to take the Triple Crown.
In this May 6, 1978 file photo, Affirmed, with jockey Steve Cauthen up, crosses the finish line to win the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Ky. He was the last horse to take the Triple Crown.   (AP Photo/File)
In this May 20, 2008, file photo, Preakness and Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown is walked in his barn at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.
In this May 20, 2008, file photo, Preakness and Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown is walked in his barn at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.   (AP Photo/Ed Betz,file)
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