Big Brown, Winstrol, and the Triple Crown

As reported yesterday, Big Brown, the dominator of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, burned out at the Belmont Stakes, in an attempt at horse racing's Triple Crown. The result of the big horse finishing last, when Brown was all but in the barn as a winner in everyone's mind, astonished the racing world. We questioned the wisdom of withdrawing Winstrol (stanizolol) before an important race. Apparently Rick Dutrow, Big Brown's trainer wanted the horse 'clean' at the Belmont (at clean of W