In the wake of Big Brown’s collapse and last place finish at the Belmont Stakes the horse’s trainer is now blaming……the jockey.
Rick Dutrow was at a loss for words after his unbeaten horse came galloping home several dozen lengths behind with the winner.
This is the same Dutrow who said Big Brown winning the Belmont and the Triple Crown was a “forgone conclusion.”
This is same trainer of utmost pomposity that strutted around Belmont park proclaiming his horse to be the second coming of Affirmed.
This is also the same trainer that fed Big Brown the steroid Winstrol for six months…but decided to quit giving the horse the drug three weeks before the Kentucky Derby because the horse was running so well. Now, we all know that steroids help performance, the big question is how quickly do the benefits of roids’ wear-off. It is clear a case can be made that Big Brown was riding high in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness primarily because he was all jacked up on Winstrol. Honestly, the horse looked like Barry Bonds circa 2001.
In the Belmont, Big Brown looked like Mark McGwire after he quit taking Andro……
Dutrow has been sanctioned by horse racing’s governing board for giving his horses illegal drugs for the past seven years. That is seven straight years Dutrow has given his horses illegal drugs…..and we aren’t even talking about allowable steroids.
So now, this buffoon of a trainer is throwing Big Brown’s jockey, Kent Desormeaux under the proverbial bus. He says, “As long as the horse stays the way that I see him right now, then things are just going to keep building up for me to know that it was the ride that did him in.”
Huh ?
Desormeaux is the only party in this drama that had the best interests of the horse in mind. Desormeaux told the media after the race that when he called for Big Brown to make his move, he just had no horse underneath him. In essence, Big Brown had nothing left. So, instead of pushing the horse when he didn’t know whether horse might be injured…….Desormeaux did the humane thing he pulled him up….KNOWING he had no chance of winning the race.
Cheers for Desormeaux………
Dutrow has no credibility. He is a loud-mouth, egotistical blow-hard and his 15 minutes are thankfully almost up.
