Dedumbeaux's Ride

[Travis Stone]

I'm shocked at all this Sunday morning quarter backing regarding Big Brown. I guess the blame has to fall somewhere.

They broke from the gate, and Kent did the same thing he's done every race and let Big Brown find his stride. Now, Garcia sends and ducks with Da' Tara, while Coa moves in with Tale of Ekati. When Kent wanted to move outside with Big Brown, Coa said, "No way jose" and kept him inside.

Big Brown has ALWAYS raced outside of horses. Dirt has never been kicked in his face. Kent needed to get him outside.

But instead, let's say he stays inside. At what point in any point of this horse race, did you think any one of those jockey's would have let him out down the backside? None.

It wasn't Big Brown's day to win. Plain and simple. Blaming the jockey is always so convenient.

If Big Brown was truly deserving of a Triple Crown, he would have overcome the few strides of adversity and won the race regardless.