Workout injury ends Big Brown Cup hopes, career..

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by philcski

Good article in the Bloodhorse, for once I actually believe Iavarone:
http://bc.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=47528

Agreed. What's not to believe? Of course he's crushed.

Like him or not, Iavarone is at Belmont to see the IEAH horses run all the time ( and co-owner Paul Pompa comes to see his horses most days as well ). They just lost a once in a lifetime opportunity and had to retire a once in a lifetime horse.

I wish the horse raced in one or two of the Travers, Woodward, or JCGC, and feel they missed an opportunity. I am sorry he went out with a win in a relatively meaningless grass race at Monmouth and now we are left not knowing how he would have performed against at least the very best dirt horse racing now. However, the BC wouldn't have answered that, and frankly even if you weren't a big fan of Big Brown, we should be glad he was around to spruce up what could have been a very disappointing TC season.

Close your eyes and imagine the series without Big Brown, IEAH, or Rick Dutrow.

[Linny]

I am not surprised. In fact, I halfway expected as I walked into Belmont for his "Triple Crown Attempt" that one of those God-Awful feet would fly right off and seriously wound a 63 year old grandma sitting in the reserved grandstand seating near the 1 /16 pole. Obviously, BB never made it that far.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Agreed. What's not to believe? Of course he's crushed.

Like him or not, Iavarone is at Belmont to see the IEAH horses run all the time ( and co-owner Paul Pompa comes to see his horses most days as well ). They just lost a once in a lifetime opportunity and had to retire a once in a lifetime horse.

I wish the horse raced in one or two of the Travers, Woodward, or JCGC, and feel they missed an opportunity. I am sorry he went out with a win in a relatively meaningless grass race at Monmouth and now we are left not knowing how he would have performed against at least the very best dirt horse racing now. However, the BC wouldn't have answered that, and frankly even if you weren't a big fan of Big Brown, we should be glad he was around to spruce up what could have been a very disappointing TC season.

Close your eyes and imagine the series without Big Brown, IEAH, or Rick Dutrow.

Well said.

[_ed_]

I've never been a fan of Big Brown but man that sounds like a nasty injury. Poor horse.

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Originally Posted by _ed_

I've never been a fan of Big Brown but man that sounds like a nasty injury. Poor horse.

From DRF



not pretty

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Close your eyes and imagine the series without Big Brown, IEAH, or Rick Dutrow.

Uh, yeah, that would have been ugly, especially as the camera would have been focused on the winner of the derby as they pulled up.

Then again, things might have played out differently.