HERE IT IS: Belmont Stakes 2008-- Big Brown craps out!

For the 30th year in a row, the (Visa) Triple Crown goes unclaimed....

Something went wrong during the race, and jockey Kent Desormeaux intentionally pulled up Big Brown such that he slowed down and essentially stepped out of the race; making Big Brown the first Triple Crown contender to finish last in the Belmont, and the 2nd undefeated contender to be handed his first defeat in the most important race of his career.

Da'Tara won the Belmont, Big Brown was immediately sent off to be inspected for internal bleeding.

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[BigBrown2332]

It wasn`t the crack, it had nothing to do with his soundness or the jockey. I would bet that Big Brown was overdosed. A lot of fans don`t think of that cus they are fans and they don`t get a look at the inside of the game. I`ve been inside the game and the reality is not what the fan thinks. The reality is that Big Brown was overdosed, and I don`t think that i read a comment where someone said that. That goes to show how much the fan does not actually know about racing.

[ImmortalSynn]

@BigBrown2332

*rolls eyes, yawning*

...next!

[bluetiege]

Big Brownstain would not have won had Kent not pulled him. The plain TRUTH is BB was done by the time they were halfway around turn 2, long before Kent actually eased him. Every single horse in the field was running faster than him at that point. For you morons who are bitter because you loaded up on BB to Show so you could win $2.10 on a $2.00 bet, well the word DUMB is clearly insufficient to describe your stupidity. Blame that on bad genes you got from your idiot parents, not Kent D. LOL

[ImmortalSynn]

@bluetiege

Sheesh... grow up.

[CRonaldo717910]

Secretariat will always be the best

[ImmortalSynn]

@CRonaldo717910

...and that has ___ to do with the subject at hand?

[lilbluependragon]

Come on, don't attack the horse. He tried didn't he?

[BAhern63]

The Curse of the Safety Pin strikes again

[holybulz27]

Yeah drugs has nothing to do with his failure. After the failed appeal Dotrow will be banned for 10 years! HAAA good!

[2taggs2]

Shame that Big Brown got that crack in his hoof - he would have won this for sure.

[sivret20]

I was pissed after this. I want to see a triple crown in my lifetime!

[d9y8l7a6n5]

Though people may look at this race as a fluke for Da 'Tara, I gotta say, his moment in the sun was quite impressive, setting a 23 4/5 opening quarter isn't exactly plodding for the Belmont, 48 half is honest, and he was still able to open up and pull away to win by open lengths. May have been the one day he put in a great run, but it was a great run no doubt this was a one-horse race the whole way around. Unfortunately its overshadowed by Big Brown's crash, and Tara's own post-Belmont record.

[JFRA316]

UNCLE MO!!!!!! will do what all these others havent....

That extra gear he kicks in the strentch I feel it...this is the year and Uncle Mo is the horse...

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BOO BIG BROWN!!!!!

[BettorOffSingle]

@bluetiege Actually the steroids were legal. It just used to be that guys like Dutrow knew better than to piss off the establisshment by winning races like this. Oscar had it good until Shifty Sheik came within a neck of Slew o Gold in the 1984 Marlboro, and then there was hell to pay.