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| 2008 Triple Crown; Will There Be A Winner? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Saturday May 3 2008, 05:33 PM (555 Views) | |
| WeatherManNX01 | Saturday May 3 2008, 05:33 PM Post #1 |
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From Fox Sports:
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| PSUSyr5 | Saturday May 3 2008, 06:11 PM Post #2 |
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Wow. That's pretty sad. Congrats to Big Brown though. I don't think he'll win the Triple Crown, though when one hasn't been won in 30 years that's a pretty easy statement to make. It would be cool to see happen though. |
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| WeatherManNX01 | Saturday May 17 2008, 05:24 PM Post #3 |
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It's on to the Belmont as Big Brown runs away with the Preakness! |
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| WeatherManNX01 | Tuesday Jun 3 2008, 02:55 PM Post #4 |
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From ESPN:
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| WeatherManNX01 | Saturday Jun 7 2008, 05:38 PM Post #5 |
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THERE IS NO WINNER! Big Brown loses the Belmont Stakes by a large margin! |
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| Cougar | Saturday Jun 7 2008, 05:42 PM Post #6 |
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And so Big Brown shockingly does not win the Belmont. Eventually near the end of the race, Big Brown's jockey eased up on Big Brown and made sure he didn't hurt the horse. Heh...I don't know what the problem was. We all know Big Brown had a problem in his hoof. But I also heard that in the previous two races Big Brown was on steroids (which is legal in horse racing up until next year), and for some reason, perhaps a bit too cocky, they didn't give Big Brown his injections recently because they felt he would win anyways. Now I'm not supporting steroids but it's legal in horse racing, so I imagine there's a good number of horses that use them. But that's my limited horse racing knowledge. Edited by Cougar, Saturday Jun 7 2008, 05:43 PM.
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| Cougar | Saturday Jun 7 2008, 05:43 PM Post #7 |
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Indeed. I think he could've gotten a mediocre finish...but the jockey purposely slowed down near the end to save the horse from any injury. This horse is extremely expensive and word is that he'll never race again. |
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| WeatherManNX01 | Saturday Jun 7 2008, 05:46 PM Post #8 |
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See, from all we've heard, I have the feeling that there was more going on that we don't know about. Something dirty in the training, the steroids...something that made this horse what it is. Congress is set to investigate horse racing this month, and I hope that they put an end to the steroids. |
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| Cougar | Saturday Jun 7 2008, 05:49 PM Post #9 |
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Now they're talking about the not-taking-steroids issue on tv. Also, my bad, they plan to race Big Brown in another race or two, but after that I believe they plan to retire him. Although, if there's an injury, I can see them canceling anymore races. |
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| PSUSyr5 | Saturday Jun 7 2008, 05:49 PM Post #10 |
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From what I understand, steroids for horse racing are illegal in some states, but not the states that host the TC races. My feeling is that it was the hoof that caused this loss. Not so much today, but the training before hand. It's a long race, and if the horse isn't ready for it, it's not going to win. |
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