No One Died in the Preakness Stakes!

post from Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) on 17 May 2008 10:15:56 PM. © Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)

tags: Big Brown, horseracing, Preakness Stakes, Triple Crown

Kent Desmoreaux rides Big Brown across the finish line at the 2008 Preakness Stakes today. The horse's ears are pricked forward, indicating that he is running easily.

Image: Jonathan Ernst (Reuters).

Odds-on favorite and Kentucky Derby winner, Big Brown, won the Preakness Stakes today by 5 1/4 lengths. This victory makes him 2/3rds of the way to winning horse racing's Triple Crown. But Big Brown's win isn't really news, if you ask me, since he is the only talented living 3-year-old racehorse in America this year, so of course he should win this race. However, what IS news is the none of the racehorses competing in the Preakness Stakes were injured or died. Whew.

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