2008 Belmont Stakes Results

Asked if crowding into the first turn affected the final result, Kent Desormeaux aboard Big Brown said, "Can't say that it didn't. Quite possibly. It was, for him, a slow pace, and I thought the perfect racing scenario for me was to get outside and engage Da' Tara at my convenience, not have them think that I'm the 3-5 and have them engage me at the 7/8 pole and then end up another Smarty Jones. When I got outside, going into the first turn, I said, that's it, the race is over, I got it. Unfortunately there's no popped tires. He's just out of gas."