Big Brown Gets Big Win

Although he appeared to be struggling during the opening stretch, Big Brown rebounded big time to win the $1 Million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in New Jersey on Sunday with a winning time of 1:48 1/5. Coal Play came in second while Cool Coal Man finished in third.

A crowd of around 44,000 was on hand to see Big Brown make his triumphant return to the track. In his last race, Big Brown was the favorite to win the Belmont Stakes and become the first Triple Crown winner in 30 years. But rather than win the race — Big Brown finished dead last.

That was not to be the case today.

This time around Kent Desormeaux did not pull back on the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner — he instead pushed the horse to make a late run for the finish line.

Here are the Haskell Invitational race results.
Horse Win Place Show
4 Big Brown 2.40 2.10 2.10
6 Coal Play 8.00 4.20
2 Cool Coal Man 2.80

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