Will Big Brown do it?

[cpawfan]

Today at 6:25 pm Eastern, the 140th Belmont Stakes goes off with a field of 10 3 year olds. The race is 1.5 miles and the weather forecast is A slight chance of a thunderstorm, temperatures in the upper 80s.

Will Big Brown pull it off and be the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978?

 

[ghoti]

Did I hear on the radio coming to work that Casino Drive was scratched?
This is going to be more like a coronation than a horse race.

 

[Kid Chocolate]

Yes, Casino Drive was scratched this morning.

I guess Denis of Cork is the only long shot worth noting now.

 

[TheBeef]

I get a bad feeling about today....with all the work that they have done on Big Brown's hoof, i wonder if he would even start if this wasnt his shot at history....something is not right, I hope Im not sitting here explaining a tragedy to my kids....

 

[Moo2K4]

He's got this locked up. His only real competition was Casino Drive, and he was scratched. Plus, Ian McKinnley is saying that Big Brown is 100%, which I think spells doom for the rest of the field.

 

[ghoti]

You could always record the race and make sure everything went smoothly before watching with the little ones.

 

[Kid Chocolate]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ Jun 7 2008, 03:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Did I hear on the radio coming to work that Casino Drive was scratched?
This is going to be more like a coronation than a horse race.</div>


say whaaaaaaaaat?

 

[ghoti]

Not sad that Rick Dutrow lost. He will blame the hoof.

 

[TheBeef]

Im actually glad that Big Brown lost this race for a few reasons....#1, this would have been a tainted triple crown in my opinion becasue his chief rival at the Derby died on the track and his biggest competition at the Belmont couldnt go....#2, I think Detrow is a prick that would have done anything including endangering the horse, which I think he may have done, for the triple crown....

 

[ghoti]

All this horse's connections are really seedy and the whole thing was off-putting.

It's better another horse finally wins the Triple Crown.

 

[Kid Chocolate]

Dutrow is such a d-bag.
He won't give interviews now, and said to the reporters "don't think about it".

He was full of quotes before the race and was a huge d-bag, guaranteeing victory, and now won't give any. F U with a rubber D.

 

[ghoti]

Horse racing people wanted a Triple Crown winner but they all hate Dutrow.
Smarty Jones was the horse everyone wanted to be the one, and it just didn't happen.

 

[cpawfan]

Still can't believe Da’ Tara managed to go wire to wire

How many times now has a Nick Zito horse spoiled a potential Triple Crown?