Sore Loser

I figured that when Rick Dutrow, Jr. finally spoke up about the Belmont Stakes, he'd find a way to place blame. In this AP Wire Report, he does just that.

"I don't know why he had to do that," said Dutrow, who questioned Desormeaux's decisions in the race.

Entering the first turn, Desormeaux took a hard hold of Big Brown and yanked him to the outside, bumping with Anak Nakal before finding running room outside of Tale of Ekati while Da' Tara opened up a three-length lead around the clubhouse turn.

"I'm sure he didn't have any idea what the hell was going on going into the first turn the way (Desormeaux) was switching him all over the damn track," Dutrow said. "I don't know what he was doing."

I'm no jockey, but what I saw Kent Desormeaux do was save a horse. He realized that for whatever reason, he didn't have a horse. Based on his past experience with this horse, he suspected something was wrong, so he pulled the plug on his race. It was a brave move and the right move.

Perhaps Dutrow should just go hide in a barn. No one likes a sore loser.