Belmont hopeful Big Brown, with Michelle Nevin up, slows to a walk after a light gallop around the track Friday, June 6, 2008, at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. Big Brown, running in Saturday's Belmont Stakes, will attempt to be the first horse since Affirmed 30 years ago to win the Triple Crown.
Belmont hopeful Big Brown with rider Michelle Nevin up, foreground, slows to a walk after a light gallop around the track Friday, June 6, 2008 at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.
Big Brown, ridden by exercise rider Michelle Nevin, runs on the track at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., on Friday, June 6, 2008. Big Brown is favored to win the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 7.
Big Brown nibbles on the reins as Michelle Nevin holds him during his bath after a light jog around the track Thursday, June 5, 2008, at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. Big Brown will attempt to become the first horse to win the Triple Crown in 30 years when he runs in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.
Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown waits along the rail at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., Monday, June 2, 2008. Big Brown continues to get special attention as he prepares for the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. A victory in the Belmont would make Big Brown the 12th Triple Crown winner.
Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown with exercise rider Michelle Nevin aboard trains at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., Monday, June 2, 2008.
Kentucky Derby and Preakness winners Funny Cide (2003), left, and Big Brown (2008), right, with exercise rider Michelle Nevins aboard, stand at the rail at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., Monday, June 2, 2008.
Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown gets a bath after a workout at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., Monday, June 2, 2008.
Pins are seen in the left front hoof of Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown as he gets a bath after a workout at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., Monday, June 2, 2008. Before Big Brown can make a run at winning the Triple Crown, his slightly cracked left front hoof needs some final work.
Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown looks out from his stall at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., Monday, June 2, 2008. Hoof specialist Ian McKinlay said that he'll wait until Friday to attach an acrylic and fiberglass patch to Big Brown's hoof, the final step in the repair process ahead of the race.
Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown, foreground, with exercise rider Michelle Nevin up, walks onto the track for a light training gallop around the track at Belmont Park Wednesday, May 28, 2008, in Elmont, NY. The Triple Crown hopeful resumed training for a second day in a row while continuing to heal from a slight crack on the inside of his left front hoof.
Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown, left, with exercise rider Michelle Nevin up, is guided down the track by a pony rider after a light training gallop around the track at Belmont Park Wednesday, May 28, 2008, in Elmont, NY. The Triple Crown hopeful resumed training for a second day in a row while continuing to heal from a slight crack on the inside of his left front hoof.
Trainer Richard Dutrow Jr. walks Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Big Brown around the shed row after a light workout at Belmont Park Wednesday, May 28, 2008, in Elmont, N.Y. The Triple Crown hopeful resumed training for a second day in a row while continuing to heal from a slight crack on the inside of his left front hoof.
Exercise rider Michelle Nevin, right, and hoof specialist Ian McKinlay, second from right, look on as Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Big Brown is washed after a light workout at Belmont Park Wednesday, May 28, 2008, in Elmont, N.Y. The Triple Crown hopeful resumed training for a second day in a row while continuing to heal from a slight crack on the inside of his left front hoof.