It was inevitable that Big Brown's failure in the Belmont was bound to attract some satire, mostly because of trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. shooting off his mouth.
So we have two lampoons. First, sports business writer Darren Rovell comes up with a mock ad campaign for delivery service FedEx skewering rival UPS for its blatant commercial association with the colt. Slogan: "Big Brown, if you're not first ... you're last." See it here.
And then there's this video send-up of a Congressional hearing looking into steroid use by Big Brown. Dutrow admitted to administering steroids to Big Brown but then discontinued the practice. The steroid Big Brown was receiving was not a banned substance for horses in the states where the Triple Crown is run.
