Especially To The Critics Of Big Brown

[lemoncrush]

It seemed that the conditioning and lack of "bottom' put into this horse by not running in the fall, and not even going to the track in January, finally caught up to him. I still don't think he's anything close to a bum, or a fraud.
He ran well fresh in his allowance win and Fla. derby win, and again on 5 weeks rest in the KY derby.

The 3 triple crown races in 5 weeks would have taken it's toll on any 3-yo this year, with or without the sweltering heat at Belmont last Saturday.
BB was the only horse that did run in all 3 triple crown races, so I give the horse credit for trying. He was just out of gas.

[slotdirt]

Lots of other horses in that race had run just as often as Big Brown had, so I don't think the fact that he was the only competitor to run in all three Triple Crown races should be an excuse. Macho Again rain in the Derby Trial on April 26th, the Preakness, and the Belmont. Da' Tara ran the same schedule as Macho Again, but instead ran in the Barbaro on the Preakness undercard. Icabad Crane was on his third race in seven weeks as well.