SportsDa' Tara Denies Big Brown's Triple Crown BidDa' Tara Denies Big Brown's Triple Crown BidThe Associated PressBig Brown finished last in the Belmont, as 38-1 long shot Da' Tara led wire-to-wire and won. Eased up in the homestretch, the race favorite was so far behind at the end that his margin of defeat wasn't even charted. (June 8)NO TRIPLE CROWN FOR BIG BROWN, JUST CONCERN ABOUT WHAT WENT WRONG.THE HEAVY FAVORITE TO CAPTURE THE BELMONT STAKES AND WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN FINISHED LAST HOBBLING ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. JOCKEY KENT DESORMEAUX KNEW BIG BROWN WASN'T THE SAME HORSE THAT ROMPED TO WINS IN THE KENTUCKY DERBY AND PREAKNESS STAKES. SOT KENT DESORMEAUX, Big Brown's jockeyCONCERN AFTER THE RACE WAS FOR BIG BROWN'S HEALTH. TRAINER RICK DUTROW, WHO WAS SO CONFIDENT THAT HIS HORSE WOULD WIN, WAS PREPLEXED ABOUT WHAT WAS WRONG. SOT RICK DUTROW, Big Brown's trainerBIG BROWN'S FAILURE OVERSHADOWED THE WIN BY 38-1 LONGSHOT DA'TARA. HE STREAKED TO A WIRE-TO-WIRE VICTORY. TRAINER NICK ZITO WAS THE SPOILER AGAIN. HIS BIRDSTONE DEPRIVED SMARTY JONES OF THE TRIPLE CROWN WITH A BELMONT WIN FOUR YEARS AGO.SOT NICK ZITO, Da'Tara's trainerDA'TARA'S WIN SILENCED THE SELLOUT CROWD AT BELMONT PARK WHO CAME TO SEE BIG BROWN BECOME THE 12 TRIPLE CROWN WINNER.BUT THE TRIPLE CROWN DROUGHT WILL NOW EXTEND TO 31 YEARS AFFIRMED BEING THE LAST TO DO IT. BIG BROWN JOINS ANOTHER GROUP. HE'S THE 19TH HORSE TO WIN THE FIRST TWO LEGS BUT FAIL IN THE DEMANDING MILE AND A HALF BELMONT. AND THE 7TH TO DO IT IN THE LAST 12 YEARS.

свернуть