
“I guess it’s something I’d like to see. But I’ve got to tell you, there’s something about it—it just gets so much more intense every time somebody loses it.”
Veteran race caller Tom Durkin in USA Today on Big Brown’s chances of winning the Belmont Stakes (G1) and securing the first Triple Crown in 30 years. Durkin has called several near Triple Crown misses in the Belmont from Silver Charm in 1997 to Smarty Jones in 2004