Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. said he feels “like a loser” after Big Brown’s stunning last-place finish in the Belmont Stakes, and he was still searching for answers Monday about what went wrong. Big Brown became the first horse seeking the Triple Crown to finish last in 140 years of running the 1 1/2-mile Belmont. “I feel like a loser right now and I don’t know why,” Dutrow said Monday. “Usually when I get beat I can handle it the right way, and I’ve handled this the right way, but I just feel like something’s not right.” Dutrow said he’s been unable to find anything physically wrong with Big Brown and plans to point the colt to the Travers Stakes on Aug. 23 at Saratoga and then the Breeders’ Cup Classic in October. “I want him to run big next time and run big after that,” Dutrow said, “and then it can be over.” The Associated Press; Stan Honda
