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Big Brown was ‘empty’?

“He was empty. He didn’t have anything left,” jockey , Kent Desormeaux said. “There’s no popped tires. He’s just out of gas.”

But his last race was three weeks ago? How can he still be so tired?

The Big Brown one straggled home on Saturday, losing the Belmont Stakes to 38-1 long shot Da’ Tara, who led wire-to-wire. Eased up in the homestretch, the 1-4 favorite was so far behind at the end that his margin of defeat wasn’t even charted. He came dead last to end his Triple Crown hopes in the worst possible way.

He had arrived at Belmont Park undefeated in five starts, winning all of them by a combined 39 lengths. His path to history seemed even more assured when the also unbeaten Casino Drive was scratched on the morning of the race because of a bruised left hind hoof.

Luckily we didn’t end up betting on the race. We did initially have a sneaky bet on Casino Drive to win against the field minus Big Brown. But seeing as the Japanese horse was scratched, we got our money back.

So instead of becoming the 12th Triple Crown winner and first in 30 years -Big Brown was the first horse going for a Triple to finish last. That’s not what the 94,476 fans that showed up to watch wanted!

Well done Da’ Tara. You were the horse that was supposed to come last - you sure showed all of us punters!

Let’s hope the Lakers can beat those Celtics Sunday to give us a little happiness this weekend.

So Big Brown took the Preakness in dominating fashion and is on track to be the first Triple Crown winner since 1978…

The Bodog Racebook now has Big Brown at odds of 1.36. to take the Belmont Stakes and be crowned a Triple Crown champion (win 36c for every $1 bet). Or you can bet that he won’t win the Belmont, which is currently at odds of 3.00.

You might be tempted to take a bet at the $3 price for him to fail in the Belmont, and history would be on your side - all ten horses who have won both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness since 1978 have failed to conquer the 12 furlongs at Belmont Park. But most who saw the way he strode home in the Preakness would think it’s a shaky wager.

Jockey, Kent Desormeaux, had this to say after the win; “I looked between my legs, under my arms, and they were eight back. I just stopped riding and reeled him in and made sure he didn’t pull himself up.”

It was a powerful display from an awesome horse. The history books will say he won by 5 lengths, but anyone there knows he probably would have won by 12 if he had been allowed to stretch out.

We’re thinking your best bet for the Belmont Stakes in 3 weeks time will be to take advantage of Bodog’s generosity and take up their offer to pick 2nd place instead of 1st.

The Big Brown is too good.