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Article: Brown out: Da' Tara upsets Big Brown's Triple Crown bid in Belmont
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- June 8, 2008
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NEW YORK -- When Big Brown turned for home, something wasn't
right.
Jockey Kent Desormeaux knew the big bay colt was finished.
Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr., who guaranteed racing's first Triple Crown
in 30 years, knew it then, too.
Big Brown straggled home last on Saturday, losing the Belmont
Stakes to 38-1 long shot Da' Tara. Eased up in the homestretch, he
was so far behind at the end that his margin of defeat wasn't even
charted.
"He was empty. He didn't have anything left," Desormeaux said.
"There's no popped tires. He's just out of gas."
Da' Tara went wire-to-wire, with 1-4 favorite Big Brown being
eased up before he even finished the 1 1/2 miles, the longest and
toughest of the three ...