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Title: Big Brown denied Triple Crown; Da' Tara wins Belmont Stakes
Source: The Sports Network
URL Source: http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/ ... orse/news/news.aspx?id=4155474
Published: Jun 7, 2008
Author: Unknown
Post Date: 2008-06-07 18:57:20 by Critter
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Views: 2634
Comments: 30

Elmont, NY (Sports Network) - Big Brown failed in his chance to become the first horse in 30 years to win the Triple Crown, as 38-1 long shot Da'Tara captured the 140th running of the Belmont Stakes Saturday.

Big Brown was third at the three-quarter pole, behind Da'Tara and Tale of Ekati. Da'Tara, ridden by Alan Garcia, pulled away down the stretch to win the race.

Ridden by Kent Desormeaux, Big Brown was trying to become first thoroughbred to win the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont in the same year since Affirmed in 1978.

After drawing the rail and going off as the overwhelming favorite in the race at 1-4, Big Brown was eased in the stretch in the grueling 1 1/2 mile race.

Owned by IEAH Stables and Paul Pompa Jr., Big Brown had been undefeated in five previous career starts.

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06/07 18:40:47 ET

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#1. To: Critter (#0)

Nice to see Nick Zito win.

Guess they should have given Big Brown his shot of Winstrol.

Looked like he was on Prozac today.

Steel  posted on  2008-06-07   19:19:33 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

Nice to see Nick Zito win.

Guess they should have given Big Brown his shot of Winstrol.

Looked like he was on Prozac today.

Big Brown has not received his legal injection of Winstrol since April. He won a race since then.

Big Brown's slowness is more likely related to one of two other things:

1. electrolyte imbalance

www.mercurynews.com/sports/c i_9499292

On the advice of Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel, Dutrow also reduced Big Brown's dose of electrolytes.

"The horse looks like an absolute picture so I didn't want to mess with anything, you know," Dutrow said.

Greg Bennett, Dutrow's primary veterinarian, said Thursday that a sterile solution of electrolytes is given intravenously by a stomach tube.

He said Dutrow may change his mind and give Big Brown a dose before the Belmont to keep him hydrated because Saturday's forecast calls for highs in the 90s. Big Brown runs on Lasix, a legal anti-bleeding medication that can cause a horse to lose electrolytes.

OR

2. hoof injury not properly heeled

The final step of the cracked hoof repair was not done until the Friday before the race.

scrapper2  posted on  2008-06-07   22:10:11 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

One story says April for the last steroid injection, and another says May. One has to wonder aobut the withdrawal time for that.

I also wonder about the heat--if that could have been a factor.

Also, horses can throw clunkers--for any reason, or no reason. It surely isn't because he, the horse, knew he could or could not win.

Bottom line, it just wasn't his day. But he can and will go to the breeding shed, if the fertility gods deign it to be thus, and hopefully be a good sire and not poop out like his daddy.

rowdee  posted on  2008-06-07   23:38:03 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

I'm certain he'll race again and again. His trainer might be going to detox or have a nervous breakdown in the next 24 hours. That is what one of my horseman friends predicted. He also said something about Big Brown not being juiced up enough.

You mentioned Da'Tara last night and next time I'll listen to you. A $4 win bet would have got me $158. At the track $4 can almost get me a beer. Good on you!

Fred Mertz  posted on  2008-06-08   0:27:45 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

I'm certain he'll race again and again. His trainer might be going to detox or have a nervous breakdown in the next 24 hours. That is what one of my horseman friends predicted. He also said something about Big Brown not being juiced up enough.

You mentioned Da'Tara last night and next time I'll listen to you. A $4 win bet would have got me $158. At the track $4 can almost get me a beer. Good on you!

Sorry, Fred, for being so exhuberant about Big Brown. He seemed like such a magnificent horse, a sure Triple Crown winner.

I've read in one of the comments to an article that a camera angle showed that Big Brown got kicked in the hoof early in the race. Whether this will be borne out after all the films of the race are analyzed and reported on remains to be seen.

Certainly both the horse and the jockey will have to submit to post-race drug testing, too, I'd imagine.

scrapper2  posted on  2008-06-08   0:47:15 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

Sorry, Fred, for being so exhuberant about Big Brown.

You weren't alone. I'd guess 95-98 percent of the public and horse players expected him to win based on his past performances.

Rowdee is a two-percenter.

Fred Mertz  posted on  2008-06-08   1:24:47 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

I'm glad Kent pulled up on Big Brown when he recognized something was amiss with the horse, instead of whipping him to go forward and risking a serious injury.

scrapper2  posted on  2008-06-08   1:49:00 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

With all due respect thats part of the PETA myth about horses...as the saying goes you can lead a horse to water but can't make him drink...likewise if a horse does not want to run he won't no matter what the jock does ...judging by his actions in the stall before the race there was something bugging him maybe after a month of hype and attention he was just pissed off.

‘I Had No Horse’: Jockey Reacts to Big Brown’s Big Loss www.breitbart.tv/?p=109143

robnoel  posted on  2008-06-08   8:15:20 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

#14. To: robnoel, rowdee, Fred Mertz (#13)

robnoel: judging by his actions in the stall before the race there was something bugging him maybe after a month of hype and attention he was just pissed off.

rowdee: Someone mentioned he is a smart horse--in the sense that he is one of those that knows something is wrong and won't go all out.

Yes, it could be that his hoof was not fully healed - he did not like the idea of racing again on it - it wasn't making him lame but it felt bad to him like an achy tooth.

Or it was too hot and he felt really uncomfortable - his electrolytes were out of balance - he was on Lasix.

Or he was just not feeling right - robnoel, yes I read that prior to the race he was jumpy and high strung not very friendly with the press for example - the trainer thought it was the stress of too many new faces and flash bulbs going off all the time so he kept the press away.

This jumpiness, the strung temperment was really out of character for Big Brown - he used to be a camera hog - he loved the press, he loved attention - this sudden and dramatic change in temperment alone tells me he was not feeling himself, he was uncomfortable, he was not feeling good for some reason.

scrapper2  posted on  2008-06-08 12:45:19 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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