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Will Big Brown race again in 2008?
Big Brown rebounds in Haskell Invitational
By RICHARD ROSENBLATT – 6 minutes ago
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) — Big Brown has bounced back from his last-place finish in the Belmont Stakes by winning the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in New Jersey.
Big Brown was making his first start Sunday since his Belmont flop eight weeks ago ended the colt's quest to become the first Triple Crown champion since Affirmed in 1978.
This time, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner finished with a flourish to overtake 20-1 long shot Coal Play in the final strides. It was the first time Big Brown had to rally in the stretch for a victory. The colt easily won his first five races by a combined 39 lengths.
Big Brown, trained by Rick Dutrow Jr., beat six rivals and went off as the 1-5 favorite. Winning time for the 1 1/8 miles was 1:48 1/5.
Background:
So, would you risk running a $100,000,000 horse again this year or at anytime...and will he be a good stud horse....does he have feet problems, or other problems that had been masked by the steroids?
Settlement details:
As reported by a major mainstream news source.
Settled
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Suspend date: Wed 31st Dec 11:59pm PST (4 weeks to go) Settlement date: Sun 3rd Aug 3:39pm PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 3rd Aug 3pm PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: Yes: 30%
Action history:
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Suspended pending settlement link.
June 19, 2008 at 6:22PM EDT
newswrangler:
Big Brown is scheduled to race again at The Haskell on Aug. 3 at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey.
I don't know if this ought be Settled based on the announcement, OR if you want to Suspend and see if Big Brown actually races.
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&sid=aWsdgis3c9xQ&refer=home>
Prediction Cutoff:
This story reported by Bloomberg News, June 19, 2008 15:01 EDT.
Predictions made after 3:01PM EDT on June 19, 2008 should be voided.
donal 
destry: Suspending pending settlement. destry: Big Brown rebounds in Haskell Invitational
By RICHARD ROSENBLATT – 6 minutes ago
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) — Big Brown has bounced back from his last-place finish in the Belmont Stakes by winning the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in New Jersey.
Big Brown was making his first start Sunday since his Belmont flop eight weeks ago ended the colt's quest to become the first Triple Crown champion since Affirmed in 1978.
This time, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner finished with a flourish to overtake 20-1 long shot Coal Play in the final strides. It was the first time Big Brown had to rally in the stretch for a victory. The colt easily won his first five races by a combined 39 lengths.
Big Brown, trained by Rick Dutrow Jr., beat six rivals and went off as the 1-5 favorite. Winning time for the 1 1/8 miles was 1:48 1/5.
Suspend date: Wed 31st Dec 11:59pm PST (4 weeks to go) Settlement date: Sun 3rd Aug 3:39pm PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 3rd Aug 3pm PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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PLEASE REOPEN . . . it has not been settled!!
Note we settled the Tiger Woods markets once he announced that he would NOT play the rest of the season... the circumstances are quite different, but one could argue there is a somewhat similar precedent. Anyway, its now been escalated to an admin, so action will be taken soon.
There is a big difference becuase Big Brown is simply his owner saying that he will race but Tiger Woods is actually injured, and going in for surgery. The two situations are not actually comparable once you go below the surface.
I have decided to unsuspend.
Why?
- I don't want to leave this question suspended long term. A question that is suspended over a long time is worse than an open question whose outcome seems a forgone conclusion.
- The probability that we would turn out to be wrong by settling this question based on the announcement is too high. Big Brown could get injured or pulled from the race. This is a lot more likely to occur than Tiger making a miraculous recovery and winning another masters this year; ergo we settled questions on the Tiger announcement but we are not settling this question on the relevant announcement here
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hPVl6hDCRxAhJc8VCzF-F3Vm96Nw
If he races, and takes a spill (pray not), what would happen to those fees?
Will the owner's pride place that beautiful horse's life in danger and bypass those fees?
Or will the owner's greed save the horses future?
If I was the owner, I'd take the money, and save the horse.
High Five to you Big Brown~~~
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