Didn't happen. I didn't bet on the race, (I watched on TV!). Big Brown was the prohibitive favorite, (1-4 odds) which means you'd have to be a real idiot to bet on him. There was a shit-load of idiots betting on him yesterday (over 5 million dollars to win at the track alone).
Big Brown is owned by a Hedge Fund. Which is fucked up. Haven't the hedge fund managers done enough harm? Do they have to fuck up horse racing too? What happened to the country gentlemen owners? Big Brown's trainer (Rick Dutrow) is a real loudmouth, an arrogant dude who has been in hot water before for doping up horses - the guy's all bluster, no humility. He talked like the other horses might as well not even show up for the race. Yes, he was running a good horse, but good horses lose races all the time.
The ABC commentators were ridiculous too. I mean, have any of them ever actually been to a horse race? One guy actually said they should have suspended betting and just run the thing as an exhibition, since it was a foregone conclusion that Big Brown was gonna just bury the field and coast home a champion. Does the stupid just burn?
So a 38-1 shot Da' Tara went to the lead early, and never looked back. Big Brown finished dead last. And that's horse racing ladies and gentlemen. The long-shot, the underdog can beat the odds, can vanquish the money men, the big talkers - there ain't no such thing as a sure thing. I'm sure of it!
