Jockey Kent Desmoreaux said that at a couple of points during the race he had to slow Big Brown down. It wasn't until the 3/4 mark that he "pressed the button" and let Big Brown kick it up a notch to win the Preakness Stakes."He just set sail," Desmoreaux said, "He just kept kicking his legs up and went riding for the wire. There was not a grain of sand in face."
There was some concern that the only way Big Brown could lose the race was if another horse got in front of him and kicked a little sand in his face to distract him. While he did get a bit of sand on him at one point, it wasn't enough to keep him from attaining his goal.
What's next? The Belmont Stakes and a shot at making the history books as the first Triple Crown winner in 30 years.
Macho Again took second place while Icabad Crane placed third.
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