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Was the Belmont Stakes fixed? - 6/7/2008 9:44:46 PM
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Jeff_from_Kentucky
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Millions of dollars was bet on Big Brown today. His jockey pulled up and at last report no physical injury could be found on the horse. Was the fix in? What do you think conspiracy buffs?
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RE: Was the Belmont Stakes fixed? - 6/7/2008 9:52:05 PM
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I would never have thought of it until you mentioned it. I have never witnessed a horse like him and was very surprised at the finish, to say the least.
It does seem a bit strange that he finished last. He (Big Brown) is one powerful horse that I can only compare to Secretariat.
I am very grateful, regardless, that he was not injured as I saw Barbaro and the filly in the Kentucky Derby fall. Made me cry.....both of them.
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RE: Was the Belmont Stakes fixed? - 6/7/2008 10:06:37 PM
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The Big Guy suffered a small crack in his hoof in training this week. Aparently, he pulled up and the jockey was smart enough not to push him.
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RE: Was the Belmont Stakes fixed? - 6/7/2008 10:25:28 PM
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I just saw an interview on the local news. The trainer said that Big Brown is NOT injured. He just ran out of gas. I'm not sure I buy that excuse.
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RE: Was the Belmont Stakes fixed? - 6/7/2008 10:56:41 PM
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I just saw an interview on the local news. The trainer said that Big Brown is NOT injured. He just ran out of gas. I'm not sure I buy that excuse.
He still had so much gas (umph) left at the end of the Preakness that I am not certain I buy that excuse either..
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RE: Was the Belmont Stakes fixed? - 6/7/2008 10:59:34 PM
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Jeff_from_Kentucky
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I just saw an interview on the local news. The trainer said that Big Brown is NOT injured. He just ran out of gas. I'm not sure I buy that excuse.
He still had so much gas (umph) left at the end of the Preakness that I am not certain I buy that excuse either..
That is exactly why I don't buy it.
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RE: Was the Belmont Stakes fixed? - 6/8/2008 5:40:28 PM
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For those of you who believe it was fixed, what was to be gained by throwing the race.
If the horse had won and secured the first triple crown in thirty years:
the horse's stud value would have skyrocketed
the trainer/jockey's earnings would have skyrockted
the track had nothiing go gain since the payout was fairly low,
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RE: Was the Belmont Stakes fixed? - 6/8/2008 7:42:26 PM
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For those of you who believe it was fixed, what was to be gained by throwing the race.
If the horse had won and secured the first triple crown in thirty years:
the horse's stud value would have skyrocketed
the trainer/jockey's earnings would have skyrockted
the track had nothiing go gain since the payout was fairly low,
I don't really think it was fixed. I think, more than anything it was Big Brown's trainer's arrogance  I never have quite seen anything like it.
BTW, the horse is already sold for 50 million. They bought him for 180,000.
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RE: Was the Belmont Stakes fixed? - 6/8/2008 7:46:51 PM
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For those of you who believe it was fixed, what was to be gained by throwing the race.
Gamblers would gain the most by fixing the race, especially because of all the money that was bet on Big Brown to win. Don't forget, gamblers fixed the 1919 World Series.
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RE: Was the Belmont Stakes fixed? - 6/8/2008 8:33:50 PM
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It still boggles my mind. I mean if anyone saw that horse run in the Preakness, especially that aireal view - it was unbelieveable! He made it look like the other horses were standing still!
and then to see what happened yesterday....
Now they are using the excuse that maybe he didn't like the tract - that it was too deep or something like that 
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RE: Was the Belmont Stakes fixed? - 6/8/2008 8:52:14 PM
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Gamblers would gain the most by fixing the race, especially because of all the money that was bet on Big Brown to win.
But the odds on the horse was fairly low and had a low payout. I believe most individuals purchased a ticket so they could have a ticket from the first Triple Crown in thirty years.
(I saved all my four ticket stubs from the 06 Stanley Cup and had then put in the matting around the headline of "Canes Reign."
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RE: Was the Belmont Stakes fixed? - 6/8/2008 9:39:30 PM
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Here is a video of him winning the Preakness for anyone interested He is the one with the white bridle.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24684700#24684700
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RE: Was the Belmont Stakes fixed? - 6/9/2008 12:18:26 PM
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My theory is that Big Brown's trainer read the sports section aloud every day. Big got complacent and ate too many Twinkies and Big Macs.
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RE: Was the Belmont Stakes fixed? - 6/9/2008 1:23:47 PM
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My theory is that Big Brown's trainer read the sports section aloud every day. Big got complacent and ate too many Twinkies and Big Macs.
Did you read the story about how long Twinkies last? and to think I used to eat them. I mean I still love um 
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RE: Was the Belmont Stakes fixed? - 6/9/2008 3:07:15 PM
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I wish I had a dollar for every horse that ran away with the Derby and/or the Preakness and then tanked in the Belmont. The race is a full quarter mile longer. That may not sound like much, but it's enough to do in some pretty spectacular horses over the years. Brown was running third through the entire race til he pulled up, but you could tell he was never going to catch the winner. I give the jockey a lot of credit for realizing his horse didn't have it and pulling him up instead of trying to whip him back into a race he could not have won.
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RE: Was the Belmont Stakes fixed? - 6/9/2008 3:13:28 PM
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I agree about the track being longer. Plus, the jockey had to gumption not to run a horse harder that may have been injured.
I don't think it was a fix.
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