No Triple Crown, Big Brown loses.

[Bunny]

:(

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

1. It happens

I just want them to be okay. Sad, though.

[Bunny]

2. I was wondering if that cracked hoof would be tragic.

Apparently it's not, which is a relief.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

3. I know - I couldn't bear to watch, but Mr. DTBK insisted

[TZ]

4. Cracked hooves are never life threatening

Just like breaking your toe won't be. Just very painful to run on. Which is may be what happend

[michaz]

8. Cracked hoofs can cause you to loose your balance because of pain

just like a broken toe, when you come down on it wrong. I don't think they should have taken the chance, period. I wouldn't do it with one of my horses. Money, I guess!

[Justpat]

9. His feet had nothing to do with it.

He was not fit enough and just got tired. The jock did the right thing in not persisting
with him.

[michaz]

10. And we know that for sure?

[GOPisEvil]

12. If anyone here knows, Old Broad knows.

She's probably typing from her barn at Belmont, eh? :D

[Justpat]

13. Uh, yes. n/t

[GOPisEvil]

14. There's a reason I look for your posts on matters equine.

:hi:

[Justpat]

15. Yes, because he was walking completely sound on the way back to the barn.

If his quarter crack was bothering him he would have been favoring that left foot.
But he wasn't.

You cannot train a horse up to the most longest, most important race of its life
by missing almost a week of training and then bluffing your way through the
rest.

I'm very glad that the jock pulled him up. The horse was tired, But he is sound.

[MichiganVote]

17. Why did he miss a week of training?

[GOPisEvil]

18. Quarter crack to his hoof had to heal.

[MichiganVote]

19. Oh I see. Thank you. That's too bad. But glad the jockey used his head.

[GOPisEvil]

20. Jockeys really do care for their horses.

Reminds me of Chris Antley. He saved Charismatic's life after the horse broke a bone in the 1999 Belmont. He held the horse's leg up so he wouldn't damage it by putting weight on it. Charismatic stands at stud today because of Antley. Too bad Antley died about a year later.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Antley

[MichiganVote]

35. They're so beautiful...........

[TZ]

11. meh.

Lots of horses do run with a small quarter crack. I think though that maybe he needed an extra week to get fit.
I've been watching horse racing for almost 30 years never seen a serious injury resulting from a foot injury.

[lost-in-nj]

36. not life threatening

but hurtful

think of running with a ripped toe nail, but bigger.....

the legs of a horse are their lifeline
it's their only defense

the jockey saved the horse

the owner and the trainer should be
whipped



he never should have run




lost

[femmocrat]

6. Same here... very relieved.

I don't think they should have let him race, but what do I know.

[yellowdogintexas]

5. seems like horse just tuckered out, from what the jockey said.

pooh, I wanted it for him.

[MrCoffee]

32. He just didn't show up

Happens all the time, especially with a moderately good horse like Big Brown.

[GOPisEvil]

7. Nice work by Kent Desormeaux.

He knew the horse didn't have it, and he pulled the horse up.

[Justpat]

16. Yes, he did the right thing.

At the quarter pole he ran out of trainer.

[pokerfan]

21. I hope that the Big Brown supporters

can get over their disappointment and support Da'Tara as the winner of the Belmont Stakes.

[Bunny]

22. I, myself ,will never forgive Da'Tara for his/her treachery.

Unity my ass!






:D

[Justpat]

23. LOL

:hi:

[Bunny]

24. .

;)

:hi:

[GOPisEvil]

25. I've never forgiven Victory Gallop for nosing out Real Quiet.

:D

[Justpat]

27. Me either.

For real, I still can't watch that race.

[TZ]

29. My grudge is agaisnt Birdstone

Smarty Jones was my all time favorite TC horse.

[aaronbees]

33. Same here

x( Couldn't watch that replay for a long time.

[greenbriar]

26. sad

I so wanted a triple crown

[Justpat]

28. Well, we have not just one, but two two year colts in our barn right now

that have us dreaming.....


There is always next year.

There is a saying in horse racing; "There was never a man committed suicide that had a barn
full of two year olds."

[greenbriar]

30. here is hoping

I am so disappointed


Dutrow looked like he was going to cry

[mentalsolstice]

31. Kent Desormeaux is a hero

He didn't run his horse to death. I'm a KY girl by birth, so I know a little bit about the industry. Thoroughbreds love to run and compete. They also enjoy a wonderful quality of life, during and after their racing careers. Warm, comfortable stables, pools, and beautiful fields to run and graze in.

Hopefully, Big Brown simply pulled up and didn't run a good race. If so, the worst he has it is siring future foals...I told my husband if he could sell his sperm for a 1/10 of what Big Brown's will go for, we would be retired and very comfortable.

[MrCoffee]

34. He's not stupid, he knew he was on a $50M stud

The horse wasn't there. Desormeaux knew that, and pulled him up. Why risk something if you know you're out of the money?

[yellowdogintexas]

37. hi, KY gal. I am a KY girl by birth too.

or as a friend of mine calls it "Kentucky expatriate"

I'm from near Bowling Green, how about you?

[mentalsolstice]

39. Lexington area.

The road that runs between my parents' hometowns (Winchester and Carlisle) goes right by Claiborne Farm, Secretariat's retirement homehome. And my second cousin was GM of Calumet. He died (prolly drank himself to death) right when it went into bankruptcy, and his estate was sued.

I'm in AL now, but we'd like to retire to WV in a year or so which will get us close enough.

[Awsi Dooger]

38. Find your Triple Crown winner by November at age 2

If no one stands out as a certified freak at that point, there's no Triple Crown 7 months later.

We need a War Pass, with breeding and stamina. Vindication a few years ago had a big chance but he was injured and never raced again, after unbeaten at age 2.

I cherish the near misses. Tonight I was supposed to regrip golf clubs but spent all night savoring the Big Brown collapse, watching at least 30 times.

This had to be the fewest bets ever for me in a Triple Crown series. I took Big Brown to defeat Colonel John in the Derby, a head to head matchup, then passed the final two legs. No way I could have deciphered that outcome today. If anyone beat Big Brown I thought it would be from the rafters.