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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...   Read full story »

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