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• Warren A. Croll Jr., Trainer, Is Dead at 88

  Mr. Croll Jr. was a Hall of Fame trainer who won the 1987 Belmont Stakes with Bet Twice and trained four thoroughbred champions. Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 8:44 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Deaths (Obituaries), Horse Racing, Horses, Triple Crown (Horse Racing)

• 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

• The Belmont Stakes: Big Brown Tires as Sweep Proves Elusive Again

  Big Brown was supposed to run off with the Belmont Stakes and be anointed as the 12th Triple Crown champion. But Da’ Tara, a seemingly impossible 38-1 long shot, prevailed. Posted Saturday, June 07, 2008 8:59 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Horse Racing, Horses, Big Brown (Race Horse), Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown (Horse Racing)

• Desormeaux Falls Short, but Has No Regrets

  Kent Desormeaux has twice ridden horses to the verge of the Triple Crown. First Real Quiet, now Big Brown — two horses, two Belmont Stakes, two very different losses. Posted Saturday, June 07, 2008 8:50 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Horse Racing, Horses, Big Brown (Race Horse), Desormeaux, Kent, Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown (Horse Racing)

• Before the Disappointment, a Morning That Held Promise

  The horse had appeared as some rippling bolt of destiny, his very name conjured from myth: Big Brown, as timeless and plain as Shane or Paul Bunyan. Posted Saturday, June 07, 2008 8:48 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Horse Racing, Horses, Big Brown (Race Horse), Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown (Horse Racing)

• Test of Beefed-Up Champions

  When Big Brown and his rivals compete in the Belmont Stakes on June 7, horse racing will still be in the midst of its steroid era. Posted Sunday, June 01, 2008 10:18 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Steroids, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Horse Racing, Horses, Big Brown (Race Horse), Testosterone, Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown (Horse Racing)

• Long and Bumpy Journey in Search of a Triple Crown

  Big Brown, winner of this year’s Kentucky Derby, is perfect. The colt’s trainer, Rick Dutrow, once a drug-addled horseman, admittedly is not. Posted Sunday, May 11, 2008 9:50 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Horse Racing, Horses, Big Brown (Race Horse), Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown (Horse Racing), Preakness Stakes

• Sports of The Times: Filly’s Death Brings Issues to Fore, but Where Is the Accountability?

  The general public cares far less about the economics and far more about Eight Belles. Her public death should resonate in a way that forces reform. Posted Tuesday, May 06, 2008 9:37 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Cruelty to Animals, Horse Racing, Horses, Triple Crown (Horse Racing), Eight Belles (Race Horse)

• Tv Sports: Horse’s Fall Faded in the Glare of Another’s Triumph

  Eight Belles’s death on Saturday raised anew a major question about how to cover parallel stories of elation and heartbreak: which one takes precedence? Posted Sunday, May 04, 2008 9:13 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Horse Racing, Barbaro (Race Horse), Horses, Television, Triple Crown (Horse Racing), National Broadcasting Co

• The Rail: So Where Does the Horse Racing Industry Go From Here?

  Unless the thoroughbred industry stops demoralizing TV audiences with tragic endings, it will continue to make public enemies and slide further into oblivion. Posted Sunday, May 04, 2008 9:13 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Horse Racing, Horses, Kentucky Derby, Breeding of Animals, Horsemanship and Equestrian Events, Churchill Downs Incorporated|CHDN|NASDAQ, Triple Crown (Horse Racing), Preakness Stakes

• With Little Time, Big Brown Aims for Preakness

  A subdued Richard Dutrow Jr. said the Preakness, the second leg of the Triple Crown, could give his horse trouble because it came just two weeks after the Derby. Posted Sunday, May 04, 2008 8:00 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments Filed under: Horse Racing, Horses, Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown (Horse Racing), Preakness Stakes