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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: 2493
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  


#2. To: Steel, rowdee, Fred Mertz (#1)

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  


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#3. To: scrapper2 (#2)

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  


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