It’s not often that a horse’s achievements leap out of the sports sections and on to the front page, gaining national attention for horseracing in basketball- and baseball-mad America.

However, Big Brown, a hefty three-year-old colt has made headlines by the manner of his wins in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes. If Big Brown (who is actually a bay) takes the Belmont Stakes in New York this Saturday, the third leg of the famed Triple Crown, he will have all America talking.