Big Brown To Go From the #1 Post

ELMONT, New York (Ticker) -- Triple Crown hopeful Big Brown will break from the rail Saturday in the 140th Belmont Stakes. Trying to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978, Big Brown will face nine other rivals in the grueling 1 1/2-mile race dubbed the "Test of the Champion." The unbeaten Big Brown roared to victories in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. However, the colt enters his biggest test with health questions after developing a slight quarter crack to his left front hoof. Big Brown enjoyed an impressive final workout Tuesday, breezing five furlongs in 1:00, an effort that left trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. as confident as ever. "I feel as good as I can possibly feel about Big Brown," said Dutrow, who earlier predicted his horse would win the Derby and Preakness. "I feel very good. I was not expecting to see anything other than what we saw."