We've waited 30 years.....

....for a triple crown winner. I guess it won't hurt to wait a little longer. I have to say I was not shocked that Big Brown didn't win the Belmont yesterday. His connections were too cocky....too sure they were going to deliver a win. I think they jinxed themselves pretty early. I'm sad that we didn't have a triple crown winner this year. It just shows the public that it really does take an extraordinary athelte to get the job done. One of my most favorite racehorses, Seattle Slew did it and remained undefeated. He is the only horse in history to do such a thing.
Racing over the years has really turned into too much business and not enough about the great horses of the past....and trying to duplicate that.

They've interviewed the track vet, the jockey and also the trainer and noone could figure out what went wrong yesterday. Big Brown is sound. I know there will be all kinds of "hooplah" on the news and internet about his feet and how that MUST have been the problem. I just roll my eyes at that. It wasn't the horse's day. He was rank coming out of the gate, never settled and just couldn't get the job done. Yes, it was HOT and the track was deep and cuppy. So it is possibly that he wasted all his energy being a dummy early in the race. It's also possible that he bled (pulmanary hemorige) or it's possible that he just didn't want to run that day. Hopefully they will figure out what the problam was and get it fixed....and then head to the Breeders Cup.