1.   And he said that his big colt was ready.

2.   And finally, the big red chestnut colt shot out of the Belmont starting gate at a seemingly suicidal pace for a mile and a half.

3.   He was just a big awkward colt.

4.   Last year, his big gray colt, Silver Charm, was headed for Triple Crown triumph when he was caught deep in the Belmont stretch by Touch Gold.

5.   The big gray colt and McCarron dug deep to beat handicap champion Broad Brush and Angel Cordero by a nose following at thrilling stretch duel as the crowd roared.

6.   The post-mortem on the big colt was longer, but easily summed up.