Big Brown to face 10 in Monmouth Stakes

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09/11/2008 - Oceanport, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Leading three-year-old Big Brown faces older horses for the first time in Saturday's inaugural $500,000 Monmouth Stakes at Monmouth Park. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner returns to the turf for the first time since his initial career start a year ago.

Trained by Rick Dutrow, Jr. for IEAH Stables and others, Big Brown goes after his second win at the Jersey Shore track, having taken the $1 million Haskell Invitational on August 3. Saturday the colt will face 10 challengers in the 1 1/8 mile grass event.

The bay colt will break from post four with his regular rider aboard, Kent Desormeaux. Big Brown has a career record of six victories in seven lifetime starts for better than $3.3 million. His first start this year was a five- length win in the Florida Derby. After taking the first two legs of the Triple Crown, he threw in a clunker when he was eased in the Belmont Stakes.

Bob Kulina, vice president and general manager of Monmouth Park, announced Wednesday that Big Brown's majority owner IEAH Stables will be the presenting sponsor of Saturday's Monmouth Stakes.

"We are thrilled to be the presenting sponsor of the Monmouth Stakes," said Michael Iavarone, co-president and co-CEO of IEAH Stables. "With this year's Breeders' Cup Classic being run on a synthetic track, running on grass was the next logical step for Big Brown, and what better place to do that than here, where he won the Haskell. The fans were incredible and we are excited to be bringing Big Brown back to them at Monmouth Park."

Following Saturday's race, Big Brown will be rested until the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic on Santa Anita's synthetic track on October 25.

Shakis, winner of the Bernard Baruch Handicap at Saratoga, will start from post three, along side of Big Brown. The eight-year-old will be ridden by local jockey Joe Bravo for Shadwell Stable and trainer Kiaran McLaughlin.

Before winning last month's Baruch for a second straight time, Shakis was ninth in the Manhattan, fifth in the Dixie and sixth in the Maker's Mark. In his career he has won seven of 32 starts for $685,532.

Set to break from the far outside post is Silver Tree with Eddie Castro aboard. The eight-year-old is coming off a victory in the Oceanport Handicap at Monmouth for owner Peter Vegso and trainer Bill Mott.

In April, Silver Tree won the Fort Marcy at Aqueduct and has three runner-up finishes this year in five starts. A veteran of 40 career races, Silver Tree has earned more than $1.7 million while winning 14 times.

Here is the complete field in post position order for the Monmouth Stakes: Nightscape, Emilio Flores; Hotstufanthensome, Jose Lezcano; Shakis, Joe Bravo; Big Brown, Kent Desormeaux; Kiss the Kid, Elvis Trujillo; Proudinsky, Ramon Dominguez; Drum Major, Kendrick Carmouche; Get Serious, Pablo Fragoso; Fagedaboudit Sal, Pedro Cotto, Jr.; Ballonenostrikes, Daniel Centeno and Silver Tree, Eddie Castro.

The Monmouth Stakes has a scheduled post-time of 4:52 p.m. (et).

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Pacific-10 Conference odds

Teams that should be in: Stanford

Oregon and USC get their tickets punched after taking care of business this weekend. Yes, the Trojans' computer numbers aren't great, but there's no way the third-place team in this league is getting nixed. Grudgingly, I added Arizona after consultation with our Bracketologist. I don't know that Arizona will lose its last three (including a Pac-10 quarterfinal game), and even if the Cats do, I still can't see how they'd be left out, given the overall profile. That said, it bears watching, as three more L's would leave them at 18-12 (9-9) and on a 6-11 skid entering the Dance. It would be nice to see the Wildcats get at least one W in the Bay Area next week, as Cincinnati (albeit without Armein Kirkland and with a worse profile) was axed after a similar slide last season. I just couldn't rationalize having some of the other teams as locks and not having Arizona in that category -- there just aren't enough good teams behind the Cats to threaten their spot, it seems. Stanford has its fate in its own hands with the Arizona schools coming to the Farm to close out the regular season next weekend.

Should be in:

Stanford [17-10 (9-7), RPI: 40, SOS: 21] No shame in not getting a win in L.A., but that makes the home game against Arizona State a must-win ahead of what could be an intriguing meeting with Arizona should the Cats lose at Cal. Getting to 11 Pac-10 wins would make Selection Sunday much more comfortable, but 10's probably more than enough this season. The Cardinal have nonconference wins over Texas Tech and at Virginia to lean on, although they also lost badly to Air Force and Santa Clara at home.

Southeastern Conference odds
Work left to do: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Mississippi State

It looks more and more possible that no one from the SEC West will make the NCAAs. How weird is that? Tennessee and Vandy move into the locks category after more good work this weekend. Kentucky stays there, although it would be smart for the Cats to handle Georgia at home Wednesday ahead of a trip to the Swamp. Could a disaster scenario (two more L's and a first-round SEC tourney exit) somehow dislodge the Cats despite their incredible computer numbers? Still unlikely, but not worth chancing it.

Work left to do:

Alabama [19-9 (6-8), RPI: 43, SOS: 47] The tough L at Tennessee was understandable, and even created some hope. Unfortunately, that hope was dashed by a home loss to Auburn, which leaves the Tide in some real trouble. There's still no signature win on the profile (no, Kentucky doesn't count), and the computer profile is weakening rapidly. The Tide conceivably could beat Ole Miss and win at Miss. State to get to 8-8 and clinch at least a share of the West crown, but that's probably not enough right now. The Tide will need to do some work in the SEC tourney.

Georgia [16-10 (8-6), RPI: 52, SOS: 23] This is the team with the best chance to make it from this section right now. The Bulldogs rebounded from a terrible performance at Ole Miss to beat down Miss. State. Now they are at Kentucky (king of the RPI 51-100 win) and home to Tennessee. That would be worth a lot of computer points to get both (which is doable), as both teams are in the top 11 in RPI. Finishing at least 9-7 is an absolute must, and I would feel much better about the Dawgs' chances if they got both to get to 10 SEC wins. They also beat Gonzaga, but lost to ACC bubblers Georgia Tech and Clemson.

Mississippi [18-10 (7-7), RPI: 63, SOS: 79] Like everyone else in this division, Ole Miss gacked up a chance to stake a claim, losing by double figures at South Carolina. Even 9-7 likely is not nearly enough with a nonconference profile devoid of anything notable.

Mississippi State [16-11 (7-7), RPI: 66, SOS: 37] With a chance to get in the mix, these Bulldogs were leashed by their Georgia counterparts. Could they get to 9-7? I guess -- although winning at Arkansas, then beating Alabama is no lock -- but would that mean all that much for a team with this overall profile? Probably not. There's nothing of note (on the good side) in the nonconference profile.

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