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Article: Big Brown gets crowned; Triple Crown dreams implode again.(Sports)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- June 8, 2008
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Byline: TIM WILKIN - Staff Writer
ELMONT - Big Brown was a big bust in his attempt to become the 12th horse to win thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown.
As a crowd of 94,476 wilted in 96 heat at Belmont Park, so did Big Brown.
The charismatic colt from trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. was pulled up late in the 1(-mile Belmont Stakes and lost his chance to be anointed a racing legend.
Instead, Big Brown goes into the books as the 21st horse to win the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and then lose the Belmont. But he did make some dubious history - Big Brown is the first of them to finish last.