Article: Big Brown owners 'perplexed' by loss

NEW YORK - Big Brown's Triple Crown bid is finished. So is his undefeated career record.

In one mystifying run at the Belmont Stakes, Big Brown's legacy disintegrated with racing's 12th Triple Crown on the line in New York. The convincing Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes victories, the talk from his audacious trainer and brazen boasts out of the colt's ownership group meant nothing once Big Brown finished dead last.

The bay colt that had a racing community wondering if he could be the straggling sport's savior instead left a more unexpected question Sunday: What went wrong with Big Brown?

"Big Brown wasn't Big Brown," said Nick Zito, who trained long- shot winner Da' Tara.

Right now, no ...

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