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Loose Shoe Cost Big Brown Triple Crown

New photos implicate wobbly footwear in Belmont letdown

By Dustin Lushing,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 23, 2008 1:32 PM CDT

(Newser) – Big Brown may have lost the Triple Crown because of a dislodged shoe, newly released photos appear to show. The extreme close-ups reveal a loose shoe on Big Brown's right hind hoof about 200 yards into the June 7 Belmont Stakes. "The picture shocked me," one of Big Brown's owner tells Newsday.

"When the shoe spread, a nail could have been pinching him," said Michael Iavarone. "Or he could have been stepping on a hot nail, which would have been worse."

Bloodstock agent Frank Lyons, left and owner Michael Iavarone hug Big Brown following the 140th Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.  on Saturday, June 7, 2008.
Bloodstock agent Frank Lyons, left and owner Michael Iavarone hug Big Brown following the 140th Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. on Saturday, June 7, 2008.   (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Big Brown's owner Michael Iavarone hugs Big Brown after the 140th Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.  on Saturday, June 7, 2008.
Big Brown's owner Michael Iavarone hugs Big Brown after the 140th Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. on Saturday, June 7, 2008.   (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Big Brown owner Michael Iavarone speaks to reporters after Big Brown pulled out of the 140th Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.  on Saturday, June 7, 2008. (AP Photo/=560819Name=)
Big Brown owner Michael Iavarone speaks to reporters after Big Brown pulled out of the 140th Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. on Saturday, June 7, 2008. (AP Photo/=560819Name=)   (AP Photo)
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