Big Brown Favored to Win Haskell Invitational

Big Brown will race from post position 4 at the Haskell Invitational.

With a 15-day suspension for a Kentucky Derby incident on appeal, trainer Rick Dutrow is focusing now on this weekend's $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park.

This time around Dutrow isn't guaranteeing a win by Big Brown, but he is saying that the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes horse looks great and by all accounts should put in a great run on Sunday. Big Brown is currently the odds on favorite to win.

"He looks amazing," Dutrow said. "He's shiny, he's happy. He looks as good as he always has."

Big Brown has been stabled at Aqueduct and according to Dutrow, is scheduled to have a three-furlong blowout on Friday morning and then ship to Monmouth on Saturday.

Prior to the Belmont Stakes, Big Brown was unbeaten in five starts.

Here's the prospected field of seven for this Sunday's $1 Million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park:

Magical Forest
Cool Coal Man
Alaazo
Big Brown
Nistle's Crunch
Coal Play
Atoned

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