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Report: Big Brown photo reveals loose shoe early in Belmont
ESPN.com news service ^
| 6.23.2008
Posted on 06/23/2008 8:00:49 AM PDT by TexasNative2000
A photo taken during the early stages of the Belmont Stakes has revealed Big Brown was running with a loose shoe as the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner attempted to become the first Triple Crown winner since 1979, Newsday reported Monday.
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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: belmontstakes; bigbrown; horseracing; triplecrown
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Makes sense as a reasonable explanation for Big Brown's terrible performance in that race.
To: TexasNative2000
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posted on
06/23/2008 8:04:09 AM PDT
by
Eddie01
(one more for the road is actually a really bad idea)
To: Eddie01
Sounds like it was not attached properly to begin with.
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posted on
06/23/2008 8:05:22 AM PDT
by
TexasNative2000
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To: Eddie01
Who loosened it? Probabaly no one. They come loose all the time. Just happens.
Just like your shoe strings come untied on occasion
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posted on
06/23/2008 8:05:50 AM PDT
by
am452
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To: TexasNative2000
Won’t discount it as a factor.
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posted on
06/23/2008 8:06:20 AM PDT
by
gate2wire
To: am452
Strange, isn’t it? Winning that Triple Crown would have been HUGH news for horse racing, and it’s all undone by a couple of nails.
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posted on
06/23/2008 8:07:09 AM PDT
by
TexasNative2000
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To: TexasNative2000
Why was nothing said about this earlier? Weren’t they paying attention then?
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posted on
06/23/2008 8:07:50 AM PDT
by
raybbr
(You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
To: Eddie01; am452
Right, they get loose, come off, all the time.
Might have clipped heels.
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posted on
06/23/2008 8:08:27 AM PDT
by
gate2wire
To: am452
Are horseshoes still made of iron?
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posted on
06/23/2008 8:08:30 AM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Without the second, the rest are just politicians' BS.)
To: TexasNative2000
Strange, isn’t it? I don't think their was a conspiracy here. Sh*t happens.
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posted on
06/23/2008 8:08:58 AM PDT
by
am452
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To: TexasNative2000
Seems that I have heard of such shenanigans in the past in order to adjust the final outcome of a race.
I am sure it was just coincidence.
On a multimillion $ thoroughbred.
On the biggest race of its career.
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posted on
06/23/2008 8:09:05 AM PDT
by
texas booster
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To: texas booster
On a multimillion $ thoroughbred.With pre-race hoof problems.
To: raybbr
"Michael Iavarone, a co-president of International Equine Acquisitions Holdings -- Big Brown's stable -- told Newsday that freelancer photographer Russ Milton e-mailed him two close-up shots, which he opened late Saturday night."The horse's owner didn't open his e-mail until Saturday.
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posted on
06/23/2008 8:10:59 AM PDT
by
TexasNative2000
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To: gate2wire
Right, they get loose, come off, all the time. Yep they do. Ever hear the term "Dang horse threw a shoe"
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posted on
06/23/2008 8:11:24 AM PDT
by
am452
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To: Steely Tom
BB wore special shoes. They may have been plastic.
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posted on
06/23/2008 8:12:46 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: am452
Didn’t mean to imply conspiracy - just irony. Such a big race foiled by such a small thing.
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posted on
06/23/2008 8:12:50 AM PDT
by
TexasNative2000
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To: Eddie01
Someone who wanted to win some money, I would think.
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posted on
06/23/2008 8:13:30 AM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Kol Hakavod Mossad!)
To: TexasNative2000
Let's see...how many millions of dollars did ordinary bettors lose on Big Brown? Over five million? More?
Nah. Nobody would've loosened a shoe on Big Brown on purpose...
To: PBRSTREETGANG
This was a rear hoof.
His front hoof(with the crack) had glue-ons.
To: TexasNative2000
I don’t see no picture. Where is it?
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posted on
06/23/2008 8:15:30 AM PDT
by
Phlap
(REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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