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The 38th Annual Eclipse Awards will be broadcast by TVG live on Monday, January 26, at The Fontainebleau in Miami Beach, Florida.
Live coverage of the Eclipse Awards begins at 7 p.m. EST. and will be hosted by TVG’s Todd Schrupp, Simon Bray and Jill Byrne. Horse racing and sports announcer Kenny Rice will serve as master of ceremonies.
Eclipse Award finalists for all categories were announced on January 8 headed by 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin, 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown, and undefeated Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic winner Zenyatta.
2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Big Brown and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Raven’s Pass on Thursday were named as finalists to win an Eclipse Award as the top 3-year-old male horse.
The 2008 Eclipse Award winners will be announced on January 26 in Miami where finalists for Horse of the Year will be announced.
After winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, Big Brown was slowed by a quarter crack on his left front hoof, then finished last in the Belmont Stakes in June as he attempted to become horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner since 1978.
Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown has settled in at his new home at Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Kentucky over the weekend after being shipped from New York.
The 3-year-old colt Big Brown’s horse racing career ended last month when he injured his right front foot while working out at Aqueduct. Big Brown retired with 7 wins in 8 career starts, including victories in the first two legs of the Triple Crown before finishing last in the Belmont Stakes.
Race horse Big Brown’s initial stallion fee for 2009 has been set at $65,000. That number could change in the future depending on how his offspring do on the track.
Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown has been retired after suffering a hoof injury while training on Monday on turf at Aqueduct.
After running 6 furlongs, race horse Big Brown was found to have damaged a heel bulb - an area of soft tissue - at the back of his right front foot.
“Big Brown has been retired,” co-owner Michael Iavarone said. “He not only tore the bulb off his foot, but half the foot was torn off. We did everything we could to get to the Breeders’ Cup. It’s devastating. And what makes it even worse is that he worked great.”
The injury ended the hope that Big Brown would face 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin in the Breeders’ Cup Classic on October 25.
Reigning Horse of the Year Curlin arrived from New York to California at 5 pm today to begin training on Santa Anita Park’s new synthetic surface in anticipation of a possible start in the $5-million Breeders’ Cup Classic on October 25.
Owner Jess Jackson has said he first wants to test Curlin on the Pro-Ride surface before committing to run him against Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown and some of Europe’s top horses in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.
Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown has already been committed to run in the Breeders’ Cup Classic and will ship to California from New York a few days before the race.
With the Breeders’ Cup just a month away, Bodoglife.com has announced it will be taking a financial position against Big Brown winning the country’s richest horse race, the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic.
Having won both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, Big Brown is considered the best three-year-old in the country. Expected to face off against 10 rivals, including 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin, Big Brown will be the favorite amongst fans to win the Classic everywhere except Bodoglife.com.
Bodoglife.com believes Big Brown is a vulnerable favorite in the race and is giving horse players the chance to prove otherwise. Place a bet to win on any horse other than Big Brown in the Breeders’ Cup Classic and if your horse wins, you’ll win. If Big Brown wins, you’ll have your bet refunded.
IEAH Stables and partners’ Big Brown, ridden by jockey Kent Desormeaux, wins the $500,000 Monmouth Stakes Saturday, September 13, at Monmouth Park.
Trained by Richard Dutrow Jr., Big Brown covered 1 1/8 miles on turf in 1:47.41 and paid $3.20, $2.60 and $2.20. Proudinsky, under jockey Ramon Dominguez, placed second and returned $3 and $2.40. Shakis with jockey Joe Bravo aboard came in third and paid $2.80 to show.
Big Brown will face older race horses in his final prep for the Breeders’ Cup Classic, the $500,000 Monmouth Stakes on Saturday, September 13, at Monmouth Park.
The 1 1/8-mile Monmouth Stakes field of race horses with jockeys and weight:
- Nightscape ridden by jockey Emilio Flores carries 119 lbs.
- Hotstufanthensome ridden by jockey Jose Lezcano, 119 lbs.
- Shakis (IRE) ridden by jockey Joe Bravo, 121 lbs.
- Big Brown ridden by jockey Kent Desormeaux, 120 lbs.
- Kiss the Kid ridden by jockey Elvis Trujillo, 119 lbs.
- Proudinsky (GER) ridden by jockey Ramon Dominguez, 119 lbs.
- Drum Major ridden by jockey Kendrick Carmouche, 119 lbs.
- Get Serious ridden by jockey Pablo Fragoso, 119 lbs.
- Fagedaboudit Sal ridden by jockey Pedro Cotto Jr, 121 lbs.
- Ballonenostrikes ridden by jockey Daniel Centeno, 119 lbs.
- Silver Tree ridden by jockey Eddie Castro, 121 lbs.
The Monmouth Stakes is the 9th race in Monmouth Park’s September 13 horse racing program. Monmouth Stakes post time is 4:52 pm.
Big Brown, winner of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Haskell Invitational, walked the shedrow at Aqueduct Wednesday morning, the day after he had his final breeze for Saturday’s $500,000 Monmouth Stakes Presented by IEAH Stables.
On Tuesday morning, Big Brown, worked five furlongs in 1:05.35 over a turf course labeled “good” at the Big A. Race horse trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. was pleased with the move, saying it was “just what we wanted.”
Saturday’s race at Monmouth Park will serve as a prep for Big Brown’s appearance in the $5-million Breeders’ Cup Classic on October 25 at Santa Anita Park.
By GREG MELIKOV
The Monmouth Stakes on Saturday is all about one 3-year-old: Big Brown. The other horses in the 1 1/8 mile contest aren’t exactly well known.
Kentucky Derby-Preakness winner duplicate his breathtaking 2-year-old debut on the grass a year ago at Saratoga?
Big Brown broke his maiden going 1 1/16 miles in a swift 1:40 1/5 to win by 11 1/4 lengths.
“We felt this was a horse who showed tremendous quality in his debut and stamped himself as a runner we just needed to have in the barn,” Michael Iavarone, co-president of IEAH Stables, said a year ago when his outfit bought 75 percent interest in the colt.
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