2008 Preakness third place finisher Icabad Crane

Jockey Jeremy Rose said, "My trip was good to the 1/4 pole. I went after Big Brown, but he just threw dirt on me. My horse ran his heart out, and with a little better trip. I may well have gotten second." [p] Trainer Graham Motion added, "What can I say? I thought he ran huge. I thought really he was unlucky not to be second. He got stopped pretty bad at the top of the stretch when the frontrunners started backing up. He really had to get him going again, which I thought was really impressive – that he got back up to be third. Big Brown's a very, very good horse. He's the real deal. It's very exciting for the game."