[TexasNative2000]

Makes sense as a reasonable explanation for Big Brown's terrible performance in that race.

[Eddie01]

Who loosened it?

[gate2wire]

Won’t discount it as a factor.

[raybbr]

Why was nothing said about this earlier? Weren’t they paying attention then?

[texas booster]

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.

[snarks_when_bored]

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...

[Phlap]

I don’t see no picture. Where is it?

[wordsofearnest]

“All for the want of a horseshoe nail”

[Bringbackthedraft]

For the want of a nail, a crown was lost?

[Homer1]

So what’s Roger Clinton been up since his Alydar days?

[bobjam]

For want of a nail, a shoe came loose

For want to a secure shoe, a horse lost (badly)

For want of a horse, a triple crown was lost

For want of a triple crown, an ESPN-media orgasm was avoided.

[ETL]

This might explain why BB was acting up a lot going into the first turn. Also, it was extremely hot here in New York that day (near 100 degrees).

[TRY ONE]

If the shoe don’t fit, you’ve got to acquit!

[jdub]

I can believe that they might have missed it at the time of the race. But i have a hard time believing that a loose shoe wouldn’t have been discovered in the time since the race.

[wildbill]

You try running in flip flops.

[Doctor Raoul]

There’s an Earl Butz joke in here somewhere...

[penowa]

"Makes sense as a reasonable explanation for Big Brown's terrible performance in that race."

No, it makes NO sense as an excuse for his performance. Losing a shoe is not an uncommon event in a race and has little effect on a horse's performance. Unless the shoe hits somebody behind the horse, most of the time nobody, most of all the horse, knows it's missing until returning to the barn.

[bmwcyle]

ping

[TexasNative2000]