The Gods have finally spoken...

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by mik9872

I guess Barbaro, Eight Bells, and countless others must have been deserving of "bad karma"

no, there's horrible things that happen in racing, like the above, and there's bad karma. dutrow is definitely a victim of the latter, thankfully big brown is not a victim of the former.

[Rudeboyelvis]

ESPN interviewed Bill Mott earlier in the day about having trained Boundary. He said that Boundary had similar foot problems and was sure that BB's issues were hereditary.

Aside from the obvious distain for the trainer/connections, the Gods may have been making a point to get the attention of the Breeders, in particular Three Chimineys, who reportedly inked a 50 million dollar agreement w/ IEAH before the race....

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

Aside from the obvious distain for the trainer/connections, the Gods may have been making a point to get the attention of the Breeders, in particular Three Chimineys, who reportedly inked a 50 million dollar agreement w/ IEAH before the race....

In fact, the Racing Gods just thought "Big Brown" wasn't an appropriately classy name for a Triple Crown winner. That's what did in Funny Cide and Smarty Jones, you know.

(I'm surprised they let "Omaha" slip through, but you know, maybe the regular Racing Gods were out sick that day.)