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Richard Dutrow, Jr. Blames Jockey Kent Desormeaux For Big Brown’s Loss in The Belmont Stakes
Big Brown’s trainer, Richard Dutrow, Jr., believes that jockey Kent Desormeaux’s ride in the 2008 Belmont Stakes last Saturday, June 7, at Belmont Park cost Big Brown the Triple Crown.
Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown was eased in the final quarter-mile of the Belmont Stakes by jockey Kent Desormeaux and failed to finish the race.
“I had no horse. He was empty,” jockey Kent Desormeaux said after the Belmont Stakes horse race.
“I don’t want to hurt anyone, especially Kent,” Dutrow told the Associated Press. “But I still don’t understand what happened. I don’t see the horse with a problem, so I have to direct my attention toward the ride. That’s all I can come up with.”
Dutrow said he hadn’t spoken to Desormeaux, but “if he calls me I’ll talk to him, sure.”
If Big Brown is healthy, the plan is for him to run next in the Travers Stakes on August 23 at Saratoga. where horse racing fans might see a rematch between 2008 Belmont Stakes winner Da’ Tara and Big Brown.
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