As Good As Advertised ; Big Brown's Lopsided Win Keeps Crown Hopes Alive

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With still two football fields remaining in yesterday's Preakness Stakes, Kent Desormeaux peeked back at his competition and began thinking about Big Brown's date with history in three weeks.

So instead of asking for more, he asked for nothing. Instead of using the whip or even showing the stick, he hand-rode. Instead of trying to win by double-digit lengths, he settled for only a 51/4- length victory.

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As Good As Advertised ; Big Brown's Lopsided Win Keeps Crown Hopes Alive

"I eased him to the wire and saved him for the Belmont," Desormeaux said after Big Brown's victory before 112,222 at Pimlico Race Course.

Big Brown, whose breeding rights were sold earlier in the day, can become racing's first TripleCrown winner in 30 years with a win at the June 7 Belmont Stakes. Si...

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