Especially To The Critics Of Big Brown

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Originally Posted by RollerDoc

Obviously if he returns to his old self he's vindicated for yesterday's clunker . . . but I don't think anyone is arguing that he was exposed for what he really is yesterday- it's obvious that he didn't fire.


I have a hard time with your quote "exposed for what he really is." I think we saw a lot of what he really is in the Preakness, Belmont, and FL Derby. Something wasn't right yesterday. Da' Tara lost to Big Brown by 20 something lengths in FL. No other horse raced as much as he did in the past five weeks, and no other horse in the history of the Triple Crown races went against as many horses as Big Brown did (based on a stat ABC showed prior to the race).

The thing I agree with the most that somebody said on another thread is that if Big Brown was a real TC winner, he would have beaten the adversity and won the race. I just feel it was unfortunate that we didn't see the real Big Brown yesterday.

You misread what I said - I agree with you that he's obviously a better horse than he showed yesterday. . . No rational person would disagree with that.