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Horse Sense

Posted Jun 10th 2008 8:18AM by Ben Greenman

Big Brown was a sure thing for the Belmont, except that he never broke out of the pack, was pulled up by his jockey, and finished last. Almost immediately, conspiracy theories started to circulate: that Big Brown's injury was far worse than suspected, that criminal presences forced the horse to throw the race. Bob Mieszerski of the Los Angeles Times points out the obvious: that maybe Big Brown wasn't good enough when it counted. Perhaps health issues contributed. Perhaps the weather was too hot and humid. It's disappointing to come up short in what could have been a Triple Crown year, and it will hurt the already-ailing sport of horse racing. But does anyone really think that there is some mysterious, nefarious explanation for the way the race turned out?

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