By now, we’ve all seen an extreme magnification that shows clearly a separation between the shoe nailed to Big Brown’s right-hind hoof and the foot itself, a loose nail perhaps, and another vague potential excuse for the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner’s failure to complete the course in the Belmont...

Shortly after Big Brown brought the house down at Pimlico on Saturday a one-work email from a friend arrived. It said: Wow! It was most assuredly a performance rich in the wow factor and Big Brown is three weeks and 12 furlongs from the immortality that accompanies a Triple Crown. He is also three week...