So Big Brown choked at the Belmont stakes and finished dead last. I thought the story would die then and there, but three days later the discussion is still going. Reporters are scratching and clawing for a specific reason Big Brown failed.

Was it the injured hoof? Should they have injected the horse with Winstrol? Did the heat play a factor? Did the horse suffer any injuries while running? Did the ghost of Eight Belles haunt him?

How about the most logical reason…. The other horses simply ran faster. They beat him fair and square. By the time third grade rolled around I figured we should have all learned that you can’t win every footrace you enter.

There REALLY is no story here… move along.