Just as a bird takes to wing, he is suddenly in the air, all rippling muscles and streaming black mane against blue sky. Neck arched, ears upright, front legs extended toward the heavens, he is a breathtaking vision of power and grace, his bay body bronzed by gentle morning light.
And then, with the same quick yet effortless movement, he returns to ground, eyes afire with a mischievous kind of delight.
Now 11, Big Brown clearly has lost none of the energy that propelled him through a magical yet ultimately star-crossed Triple Crown campaign in 2008. From the time he emerges from his stall at Dutchess Views Farm in Pine Plains, New York, he radiates vitality and that electric, yet indefinable quality that stokes the hearts of champions.
“Big Brown likes getting up on his hind legs,” says Dutchess Views owner/manager Michael Lischin. Photo: Michele MacDonald
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), I don't think I've ever seen a horse run so happy (including Runhappy himself 
). He just bounded away in the stretch, springing over that grass like a freaking pronking antelope. 
