The Lakers stars lost at the track. (Getty Images)

Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol took a loss on Sunday, and they couldn't even blame it on Andrew Bynum or Mike Brown.

The two Lakers stars are part-owners of a horse named Siempre Mio -- a gelding trained by Doug O'Neill, trainer of Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I'll Have Another -- that lost in a photo finish at Betfair Hollywood Park.

The Associated Press has the details.

Siempre Mio took the lead under Joy Scott and maintained it into the stretch, then fought back when challenged by Valkyrie Missile only to lose a photo finish to the 3-5 favorite in the $12,500 claiming race at six furlongs.

Siempre Mio was racing for the first and last time in bright gold silks that featured a Lakers emblem and purple cap for Scott.

Bryant and Gasol had purchased an interest in the horse at a Lakers charity auction in April. 

FoxSports.com explains that Siempre Mio was racing in a claiming race and that New Orleans Saints free agent quarterback Drew Brees was one of the owners who placed a claim.

Yes, Brees claimed a racehorse away from Bryant and Gasol.

In US horse racing, a great number of races are called claiming races. That means any horse entered can be "claimed" at the designated price for the race. It's a way of evening out the competition so that horses worth $100,000 aren't overwhelming less-talented stock worth $10,000 or so. It keeps the races, and the betting, competitive.

Siempre Mio earned $4,600 of the $23,000 purse. Since he was claimed for $12,500, that's a total of $17,100 for the day for the former owners. A quarter of that is $4,275, which puts Bryant and Gasol $3,725 in the hole apiece.

So Bryant and Gasol saw their horse lose the race, then they lost their horse, and then the whole thing resulted in them losing money on the endeavor. Other than that, totally awesome Sunday.