That horse is special no matter who the competition is. He has that extra gear that only the great ones have. He literally ran a little over a quarter mile in that race and still won by over 5 lengths. That's legendary stuff, no matter who the competition is.
I started following horse racing when I was a kid. It just so happened that the first year I knew what the Triple Crown was, Seattle Slew won it. The following year, Affirmed won it in legendary fashion. I thought: what's the big deal? I've been waiting 30 years to see it again. Big Brown is the real deal. He has the best shot to do it in 30 years. Even better than War Emblem, who I think would have won had he gotten out of the gate clean.
One of my favorite horses of all time, Sunday Silence, just couldn't handle the distance at Belmont. I don't think that's gonna be a problem for Big Brown.