Big Brown's loss in the Belmont left everyone wondering what happened.
Some wondered if the horse were injured or if the hoof issue was worse than reported.
Some wondered if not taking that steriod shot which the horse had been accustomed too before a race was the problem.
From where I'm sitting Kent Desormeaux was the problem.
Within the first half mile Desormeaux yanked so hard on the reigns to get Big Brown to move around on the track that he did what is referred to as choking the horse. He took the wind out of his throat and after doing that to a horse a couple of times a horse will spit the bit and then they are done and that in my opinion is what happened.
It was a long race. Desormeaux could have waited patiently on the rail but instead he freaked out Big Brown with his behavior.
Desormeaux rode Big Brown like a Merry-Go-Round horse like a 7-year old would.
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