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Exercise rider Michelle Nevin, right, holds Belmont Stakes hopeful Big Brown as he gets washed down Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. When Big Brown tries for a win in the Belmont and the first Triple Crown since Affirmed completed the sweep 30 years ago, the colt will do it with an acrylic patch on his left front hoof. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)