140th Belmont Stakes

SI Staff | Jun 24, 2008

140th Belmont Stakes /

140th Belmont Stakes

Jockey Alan Garcia takes Da' Tara to the wire in winning the 2008 Belmont Stakes.

Da'Tara, a 38-1 longshot, won the 2008 Belmont Stakes by 5 1/4 lengths.

A heavy favorite to win the Triple Crown, Big Brown (1) runs third in the backstretch behind winner Da' Tara and Tale of Ekati (7).

The one photo that says it all. Jockey Kent Desormeaux pulls up Triple Crown hopeful Big Brown (right) as the rest of the field -- led by Da' Tara -- heads to the finish.

Jockey Kent Desormeaux pulls up heavily-favored Big Brown, the first horse going for a Triple to finish dead last.

Big Brown raced with a loose shoe on his right hind hoof, but some experts say it had nothing to do with the horse's loss at Belmont.

Big Brown's co-owners Richard Schiavo, left, and Michael Iavarone react as their horse brings up the rear.

Jockey Kent Deormeaux won the 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes aboard Big Brown, but he came up shockingly short in the Belmont Stakes.

When it became apparent Big Brown could not win, jockey Kent Desormeaux pulled up and focused on bringing him home safely.

The moment of victory for Da' Tara and Jockey Alan Garcia at the 2008 Belmont Stakes as the pair denied Big Brown a Triple Crown.

Veteran Trainer Nick Zito hoists the trophy in the Winner's Circle after Da'Tara's victory in the 2008 Belmont Stakes.

Published Jun 24, 2008

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