Big Brown trainer says his horse is a monster
After the Preakness Stakes, where Big Brown breezed to a 5 1/4-length victory against 11 challengers, the powerful bay's trainer, Rick Dutrow, talked about the Belmont in three weeks where the Derby and Preakness winner is expected to face his toughest rival yet, Casino Drive -- a horse from Japan.
“All the Japanese people thought Godzilla was dead,” Dutrow joked. “He’s not dead, he’s here.”
The scary creature description was in vogue today.
Jockey Julien Leparoux, who rode longshot Macho Again to second place, said of Big Brown: "We just got beat by a monster. He might just be a Triple Crown winner ... I don't like to be second, but it's not bad to be second to this horse."
