Believe it or NOT! Big Brown Finishes in LAST place!!

[Katmandu]

UNREAL !!

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/25024954/



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[mach_u]

Yeah, crazy! I guess he needed that steroid shot after all!

[theyallslow]

i bet a lot of people lost money on that one. but thats a lot of hype for last place.

[PaulFiveOh]

38 to 1 is all I have to say.....

....talk about getting rich...

[cstreu1026]

But it still made the history books........as being the only triple crown hopeful to come in dead last in the Belmont.

[Katmandu]

Yeah, crazy! I guess he needed that steroid shot after all!Man! There's a story behind this one!

[mustang8998]

But it still made the history books........as being the only triple crown hopeful to come in dead last in the Belmont.

Thats because he was riden, by a smart jockey.

He could have kept pushing him, but felt something wasn't right and pulled him back.

[Black92LX]

Thats because he was riden, by a smart jockey.

He could have kept pushing him, but felt something wasn't right and pulled him back.

you are exactly correct.

Big Brown is worth far more in stud fees than any winnings he might get.
Why risk it when you know their will be lawsuits over the stud fees if he were to meet the same fate as Eight Bells.

The jockey did what was right. The trainer is at fault he, he kept the hype up knowing good and well Big Brown wasn't 100% from the hoof crack.

[12seclx]

I agree that the hoof crack was more of an issue than they made it out to be.... Not to mention, every other horse out there hadn't run as frequently as Big Brown so fresh muscles played a role as well....

I didn't bet any money on it but my grandpa did.... Lucky dog put it on Da' Tara....

[Katmandu]

The trainer is at fault he, he kept the hype up knowing good and well Big Brown wasn't 100% from the hoof crack.I sense their's going to be hell to pay given ALL the $$$$$$$ that was bet on him!! Wouldn't want to be in his shoes right now! :rolleyes:

[cstreu1026]

I was just wishing I would see a triple crown winner. Its been a long long long time since we had one.

[Katmandu]

I was just wishing I would see a triple crown winner. Its been a long long long time since we had one.Wasn't it back in 1973 with Secretariat ??

[12seclx]

Affirmed did it in 78'......
I think there was another one before him too... Seattle Slew in 77'....

[Katmandu]

Affirmed did it in 78'......
I think there was another one before him too... Seattle Slew in 77'....You sir are correct. :bigthumb

http://www.horse-races.net/library/tcrown-info.htm

TRIPLE CROWN WINNERS
Year Name Jockey Trainer Owner
1919 Sir Barton John Loftus H. G. Bedwell J. K. L. Ross
1930 Gallant Fox Earl Sande James Fitzsimmons Belair Stud
1935 Omaha William Saunders James Fitzsimmons Belair Stud
1937 War Admiral Charley Kurtsinger George Conway Samuel D. Riddle
1941 Whirlaway Eddie Arcaro Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm
1943 Count Fleet John Longden Don Cameron Mrs. J. D. Hertz
1946 Assault Warren Mehrtens Max Hirsch King Ranch
1948 Citation Eddie Arcaro Ben A. Jones Calumet Farm
1973 Secretariat Ron Turcotte Lucien Laurin Meadow Stable
1977 Seattle Slew Jean Cruguet William Turner, Jr. Karen L. Taylor
1978 Affirmed Steve Cauthen Lazaro S. Barrera Harbor View Farm

[Black92LX]

I sense their's going to be hell to pay given ALL the $$$$$$$ that was bet on him!! Wouldn't want to be in his shoes right now! :rolleyes:

It's called gambling you are expected to loose. There is no legal recourse one can have in loosing a bet. In any course Big Bown would not have come in win, place, or show even if he did push him to the finish. So the jockey did the right thing no doubt about it. Sure are people going to be pissed they lost a wager but that is part of it, it's called gambling for a reason.

Stud fees on the other hand are legal binding contracts. The jockey did the right thing. Not only for the horses sake but for the sake of the owner if Big Brown were to have gone down the owner would have been out MILLIONS of dollars.

[cstreu1026]

I got to watch it yesterday and I agree he did the right thing. No sense in riding the horse in to the ground if he can't win.