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The entire sports world is riveted by that question. How did Big Brown possibly lose Saturday's Belmont? Why was he "not himself," as his trainers and "experts" have said.

I have an answer to that question. It's an answer to this question I've had many times before: Why does my kitten keep peeing on my bed?

Because he's an animal. Because he ever-so-faintly even comprehends that he is suppose to win the race. It's possible he doesn't even understand what winning a race means, or even what a race is. Maybe he saw a shiny thing in the bleachers and got distracted. Maybe his fur itched and his jockey wasn't whipping him in a spot that satisfied the itch.

Are we really asking this question? Why was this horse not himself? Big Brown was suppose to be a lock to win the Belmont. No animal is ever a lock to win anything, because it's an animal.

Also, Big Brown has a cracked hoof. His trainer, after a long heart-to-heart with the horse about the injury and how he felt about it, declared it a non-issue before the race. Maybe you don't have any clue how much pain the animal is in because it's an animal, guy.