Does anyone believe that Big Brown's connections mislead the public?

Question

Could it be possiable that Rick Dutrow knew Big Brown wasn't 100% and with held this information from the public, and if a select few did know this, they could have made a fortune at the betting windows.

Answer 1

I don't like Dutrow at all but I don't think he knew the horse wasn't 100%.  I think he was too busy doing interviews and basking in the media limelight to pay enough attention.

I think his comments before the Belmont were misleading.  He repeatedly guaranteed a win, he said a Belmont win was a foregone conclusion, he said his horse would be in the winners circle when the others hit the quarter pole, and on and on and on.  

I think people who don't usually follow horse racing believed him because they didn't understand that you cannot guarantee the outcome of any horse race.  So in that respect he misled the public.  

As it turned out, his horse was at the quarter pole when Da Tara crossed the wire.  You gotta love it.

Answer 2

And if BB bettors knew that, they might have saved a bundle also.

Well, now, do you suppose that could have been the reason BB's customary morning workout on the day of the race was skipped?  Hmmm....

Answer 3

It's hard to believe that they could pull off that sort of thing without getting caught.  If the horse is doing really poorly, people are going to notice.  People are at the track during morning workouts and being the Triple Crown hopeful, the horse attracts a lot of attention.  His workout early in the week before the Belmont was widely talked about.  The video was on TVG (the major horse racing television network) multiple times.  All of the horse racing experts (all those people on TVG and NTRA [ESPN]) seemed to agree that the horse moved great and worked in an excellent time.  It's hard to think that the horse looked that well a few days before the Belmont, but Dutrow knew he wasn't 100%.  I really think that Dutrow was shooting his mouth off like he normally does... he wasn't trying to lie... he was hoping he was correct... he was showing off his arrogance that the horse was god and nothing could ever beat him.  He just turned out to be wrong.