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[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

OMG. Nick Zito did it again.

Does seem to be Nick's race doesn't it?

I'm betting that it was the heat that affected BB.

I guess we'll be buying our own beers.

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140th Belmont Stakes Odds to win – Saturday June 7, 2008 – Belmont Park – Elmont, New York

Big Brown 2/7

Casino Drive 9/2

Denis Of Cork 10/1

Tale of Ekati 16/1

Behindatthebar 25/1

Macho Again 40/1

Mint Lane 50/1

Tomcito 50/1

Is it significant that the winner isn't on the list????

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What are the possible reasons why a 1-4 favorite to win gets last place without an apparent injury?

I am not a horse person, but it looks to me that when the 2 frontrunners slowed down and boxed Big Brown in, he just gave up. Took his ball and went home. Weird.

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

Is it significant that the winner isn't on the list????

Late entry.

What are the possible reasons why a 1-4 favorite to win gets last place without an apparent injury?

I am not a horse person, but it looks to me that when the 2 frontrunners slowed down and boxed Big Brown in, he just gave up. Took his ball and went home. Weird.

I just don't know. They got to the eighth pole and the jockey asked and just had no horse. Horses have good days and bad ones just like us. I'm thinking it was the heat and humidity here that got to him. We had a 25 degree weather change from yesterday. Maybe a lack of training because of the hoof issues. There was nothing wrong with him I could see.

Kent Desormeaux did the right thing pulling him up and cantering home.

That's why there's no such thing as a sure thing in horse racing.

Ah well. There is always next year.

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Someone had to have been paid off.