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Big Brown and Curlin Are Unlikely to Meet

After the Curlin and the Big Brown camps issued challenges, proposals and counterproposals, the sport’s two biggest stars will most likely never meet.

Posted Wednesday, August 13, 2008 10:13 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Curlin (Race Horse), Big Brown (Race Horse), Dutrow, Rick

Confidence but Also Caution as Big Brown Returns

Big Brown drew the No. 4 post Thursday after entries were taken for Monmouth’s signature race, which will be worth $1 million and is run at a mile and an eighth.

Posted Thursday, July 31, 2008 10:17 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Big Brown (Race Horse), Dutrow, Rick, Monmouth Park

Concern About a Light Suspension for Dutrow

Representative Bobby L. Rush is questioning the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority about Rick Dutrow’s 15-day suspension.

Posted Monday, July 28, 2008 11:59 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Steroids, Suspensions, Dismissals and Resignations, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Horse Racing, Dutrow, Rick, Kentucky Horse Racing Authority, Rush, Bobby L, Letters

Dutrow Says Drug Violation Is Overblown

Concerned that he has been unfairly labeled a cheat, Big Brown’s trainer insisted that he did not purposely break any rules.

Posted Friday, June 27, 2008 10:01 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Steroids, Horse Racing, Big Brown (Race Horse), Dutrow, Rick

Horse Tests Positive and Trainer Faces Ban

A horse that finished second in a $100,000 stakes race at Churchill Downs has tested positive for twice the allowable level of a banned medication

Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 12:02 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Steroids, Horse Racing, Doping, Churchill Downs Incorporated|CHDN|NASDAQ, Dutrow, Rick, Veitch, John

Did Loose Shoe Hurt Big Brown?

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Big Brown’s co-owner Michael Iavarone rejected the notion Monday that his colt was suffering from steroid withdrawal when he finished last in the Belmont Stakes on June 7.

Posted Monday, June 23, 2008 11:21 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Big Brown (Race Horse), Belmont Stakes, Dutrow, Rick, Iavarone, Michael

House Panel Takes Aim at Horse Racing Practices

Members of a Congressional subcommittee scolded the horse racing industry Thursday for endangering thoroughbreds with lax drug policies and faulty breeding.

Posted Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:00 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, House of Representatives, Big Brown (Race Horse), Desormeaux, Kent, Triple Crown (Horse Racing), Dutrow, Rick, Schakowsky, Janice D, Whitfield, Ed

Illness Will Keep Dutrow From Attending Hearing

Big Brown’s trainer, the man who put the use of steroids in horse racing front and center, will not testify as expected before a Congressional subcommittee examining the sport.

Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:57 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Steroids, Horse Racing, House of Representatives, Dutrow, Rick

Big Brown’s Trainer Ready to Testify

Big Brown’s trainer, Rick Dutrow, said Wednesday he intends to be prepared next week when he appears before a Congressional hearing examining safety issues in thoroughbred racing.

Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 9:38 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Horses, Big Brown (Race Horse), Dutrow, Rick

Despite Dutrow’s Criticism, Big Brown’s Jockey Will Stay

Already planning ahead for Big Brown’s next race, members of his team said that they planned to stick with jockey Kent Desormeaux and resume the colt’s treatments of Winstrol.

Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008 10:06 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Horses, Big Brown (Race Horse), Desormeaux, Kent, Dutrow, Rick

Big Brown, in Good Shape, Could Be Pointed Toward Haskell

Big Brown may run in the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park rather than the Travers Stakes at Saratoga.

Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 9:17 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Big Brown (Race Horse), Dutrow, Rick, Iavarone, Michael

A Day Later: Kudos for Zito, Questions About Big Brown

Big Brown was considered such a stone-cold lock to become the 12th Triple Crown champion. But in the aftermath of his loss at the Belmont Stakes, the second-guessing was rampant.

Posted Sunday, June 08, 2008 9:28 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Horses, Big Brown (Race Horse), Desormeaux, Kent, Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown (Horse Racing), Dutrow, Rick, Zito, Nick

Prine, a Former Chef, Is Feeding His Dream at Belmont

David Prine has been training horses for less than two months, after working for years as a chef, and had one of the most auspicious starts in recent memory.

Posted Saturday, June 07, 2008 7:17 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Horses, Belmont Stakes, Dutrow, Rick, Prine, David

Big Brown’s Trainer as Confident as Ever After Belmont Draw

Big Brown will start from the No. 1 hole Saturday at the Bellmont stakes when the colt tries to win the Triple Crown as a 2-5 favorite.

Posted Wednesday, June 04, 2008 1:01 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Big Brown (Race Horse), Belmont Stakes, New York Racing Assn, Triple Crown (Horse Racing), Dutrow, Rick

Following The Money Behind Big Brown

James Tagliaferri’s St. Thomas Island-based asset-management company is the real money behind Big Brown and International Equine Acquisitions Holdings.

Posted Monday, June 02, 2008 10:17 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Big Brown (Race Horse), Triple Crown (Horse Racing), Dutrow, Rick, Auctions, Virgin Islands (US), Jockey Club Incorporated (The)|JKCL|other-OTC, Iavarone, Michael, St Thomas (Virgin Islands), Millionaires and Billionaires

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