beat the drums, sound the gong, Big Brown is here

[ShadowRoll]

As I think BTW mentioned (probably more than once), there sure is a lot of hype in the media about this horse. Bill Finley goes out of his way to portray BB as some sort of happenstance messiah:
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/hor...ill&id=3282031

Seems to me there's a little journalistic liberty being taken here, like in this excerpt:
"Leading up to the March 5 race, Dutrow was only able to give the colt a pair of short, easy works. For that reason, he wasn't expecting a big effort."

Here's the posted works:
03/01/2008-PALM MEADOWS TRAINING CENTER-Five Furlongs-Dirt Fast-1.00:50 Handily
02/24/2008-PALM MEADOWS TRAINING CENTER-Four Furlongs-Dirt Fast-48:00 Handily
These are short, easy works?

I think Randy Moss's take on BB is more realistic:
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/hor...ndy&id=3282004

I guess we won't know until the Florida Derby just how good BB really is. But even if BB holds it together until then, what are the odds such a seemingly fragile animal (even by thoroughbred standards) will stay fit until the Derby? Even a minor set back is going to knock this one off his training, since he's already playing catch up. I can't get real excited about this band wagon. I'm sure they'll be another one along any minute.