3 more observations on Big Brown.

1) Those foot issues were well chronicled and provided some uncertainty for those not in the know. Former poster 9n here Mall posted pictures of the horses foot, bleeding with 1/3rd of his hoof ripped off. Not exactly a confidence builder 3 weeks out.

2) He drew the 20 hole. No one had ever won from there and the horse was 2-1.

3) Jockey Desormeaux crashed our pre-Derby Eve party and proceeded to get slammed. Big Browns ownership group (SPECTRE) sent a driver out to retrieve him and put him bed.

Jellish I seem to remember you posting the Super that year which paid $26K WITH Big Brown on top. Only in the Derby can you get this kind of leverage for your money....