Inquires To Or (Including booking mares) In his three graded stakes starts, he finished second in the Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity on Oct. 6 at Keeneland, third in the Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs on Nov. 2, and then first by a neck in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes on a sloppy track at Churchill on Nov. 24 (defeating last weekend’s UAE Derby winner Plus Que Parfait). Then Desormeaux tried to swing Big Brown to the outside during the first turn and bumped into Tale of Ekati. [12] The official Beyer Speed Figure for the race was 109. 3 Her Giant. Big Brown is the sire of 84 dams of 177 named foals of racing age, 89 rnrs (50%), 46 wnrs … Big Brown. 1 Nicky's Brown Miss (P 4) Own:Savino A Capilupi 10/1 Red, Green "c" On White Diamond, Green Hoops On Sleeves SAEZ GABRIEL (4 0-0-0 0%) B.f.3 Sire : Big Brown (Boundary) $8,500 Dam: Nicksappealinglady (Successful Appeal) Brdr: Big Brown Syndicate & Savino A Capilupi (KY) Trnr: Capilupi Savino A (0 0 … Trainer: Juan D. Arias Jockey: Kerwin Clark Son of With Distinction out of Lady Samira by Dehere. News, email and search are just the beginning. (Eclipse Sportswire), 2019 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes Cheat Sheet, Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, Tommie Lewis, Steve Crabtree, Dean Demaree, David Bernsen, Jim Chambers, and Magdalena Racing. The race offers a total of 170 qualifying points for the May 4 Kentucky Derby, distributed on a 100-40-20-10 scale to the top four finishers. Career record: 4 starts – 1 win – 0 seconds – 0 thirds, Pedigree: Cairo Prince – Visavis, by Indian Charlie. ", "Big Brown's racing career over after injury - USATODAY.com", "Big Brown to Stand 2015 Season in New York", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big_Brown&oldid=1020659837, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 April 2021, at 10:05. Find everything you need to know about horse racing at Equibase.com. This son of Pletcher-trained 2010 Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver could make it a foursome with a top-two Blue Grass finish. Owner: Just For Fun Farms LLC. "He was just galloping, floppy-eared, off the bridle, cruising," said Desormeaux. He broke his maiden on Feb. 9 in a 1 1/16-mile race, and, after finishing third in a late February sprint, was stretched back out again in the second division of the 1 1/16-mile Rebel Stakes on March 16, where he ran a distant third behind top Kentucky Derby trail horses Omaha Beach and Game Winner. Owners: Andrew Farm and On Our Own Stable, Career record: 4 starts – 1 win – 1 second – 0 thirds, Pedigree: Bernardini – Indian Pond, by Speightstown, Notable achievements and interesting facts: Aquadini started his career in a turf sprint but began to show his promise in his third start when stretching out to 1 1/16 miles on the main track at Fair Grounds. NYTB is the official authorized representative of the Thoroughbred breeding industry in New York State; the unified voice of Thoroughbred breeders in the State of New York for purposes of communicating the advantages and rewards of breeding Thoroughbreds in the State and for the purposes of conducting and coordinating activities with breeding and racing associations and agencies. Decisive Moment. [11] The last horse to win the Kentucky Derby from post position 20 was Clyde Van Dusen in 1929. Welcome to Equibase.com, your official source for horse racing results, mobile racing data, statistics as well as all other horse racing and thoroughbred racing information. Dream Maker appeared to have progressed nicely over the winter after he returned and dominated at Fair Grounds, but he then had another rough start in the Tampa Bay Derby and was never a factor. Which horses were biggest Triple Crown busts? The field began to catch up to him entering the far turn, and as Proudinsky edged up to him, Big Brown dug in and held on for a neck victory. Front Page: Checking in with Big Brown, the highest-achieving runner owned by the late Paul Pompa, as Pompa’s dispersal looms at the Keeneland January sale. Little Maddy Brown Video Replay Race 3 – FINGER LAKES – Starter Optional Claiming ($10,000) – 3 yo's & up – 5 1/2 Furlongs – Purse $15,300 Winner: Signalman has been training very well since then for Ken McPeek, and perhaps he needed a race after the three-month layoff. It will be televised on NBCSN along with the Wood Memorial Presented by NYRA Bets and the Santa Anita Derby during a broadcast from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Eastern. Notable achievements and interesting facts: After finishing 10th in the Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby, this well-bred son of Tapit needs a top-two finish in the Blue Grass Stakes to secure Kentucky Derby points and realize the promise he showed in his first start at 3, an 8 ½-length romp on Feb. 9 at Fair Grounds. His most notable offspring is Dortmund, who won the 2015 Santa Anita Derby and finished third in the Kentucky Derby, behind Triple Crown winner American Pharoah.[28]. The 2021 Kentucky Derby is the 147th renewal of The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports. Big Brown. In his defense, that dirt start was his career debut, taking place last July at Saratoga Race Course on a sloppy track. By Ray Paulick Big Brown went to the lead at the start and never looked back in winning Saturday’s 1 1/8-mile Monmouth Stakes, a $500,000 turf race … Equibase Profile. But in his only start on dirt, he was defeated by 13 ½ lengths. 5/2. Kentucky Derby: Profiles of the 18 Derby Horses. On the far turn, Desormeaux urged the horse and Big Brown responded with a burst of speed that swept him to the lead. At the break, Desormeaux did not push Big Brown, concentrating instead on getting good position on the first turn while settling instead behind the leaders. Down the backstretch, Desormeaux eased him to the outside and he ranged up beside the leaders. He has an effective forwardly-placed running style and has shown a high degree of competitiveness even in the races he didn’t win. Louisville-based Dale Romans has won the Blue Grass twice, with Dullahan in 2011 and Brody’s Cause in 2016; the latter horse was owned by Albaugh Family Stables. Career record: 5 starts – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 0 thirds, Pedigree: Tapit – To Dream About, by Monarchos. By Big Brown out of Majestic Risk. Market King earned 7.5 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby in the Rebel and also a career-best Equibase Speed Figure. He subsequently set the pace in a one-mile and 70-yard race at Fair Grounds but was caught in deep stretch despite posting a new career-best 87 Equibase Speed Figure for the runner-up finish. Career record: 4 starts – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third, Pedigree: Super Saver – Mythical Bride, by Street Cry. Calumet Farm tallied six wins in the Blue Grass Stakes during its historic era of dominance in the 20th century when owned by the Wright family, the last coming in 1978 with Hall of Famer Alydar. He got off to rough start in that race and was never really in contention, running past tired horses in the stretch. Big Brown broke well and settled behind the pace on the inside around the first turn. That pair were both champions and two of the most popular racehorses of this century. [4] He won by 4+3⁄4 lengths over filly Eight Belles, who was euthanised after breaking both front fetlocks during the post-race cool-down. Billy Turner, the trainer of Seattle Slew, later stated, "If Desormeaux had pulled up a horse like that in my day, the stewards would have run you out of the state and told you to never come back." His sire Candy Ride is a proven source of stamina, and although his female family is tilted more towards speed, there is some long-distance appeal deeper in his bloodlines, as champion and 2007 Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense is a relative. Notable achievements and interesting facts: “The Coach,” Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas, has won the Blue Grass Stakes twice, in 1987 and 2000, and he brings this improving colt to Keeneland with an outside chance of earning enough Kentucky Derby points to get into the May 4 starting gate. His sole win was a six-furlong allowance at Oaklawn Park on March 1 after a nearly seven-month layoff, his first start since his Grade 1 King’s Bishop Stakes score at Saratoga the previous August. Dutrow’s problems began the Monday of Belmont week in 2008 when he told the national media that his colt would run in the race without the anabolic steroid, Winstrol. [7] Pompa then sold an interest in Big Brown to IEAH Stables,[8] a subsidiary of International Equine Acquisitions Holdings, Inc., whose stated purpose is to create and manage an Equity Horse Fund, which operates as a hedge fund. Pedigree. Find your yodel. He took the lead out of the gate and was passed by Coal Play rounding the final turn. Stallion Spotlight: Bolt d’Oro‘s first yearlings look for a blazing start. Market King ships from Oaklawn Park, where he has made all four of his starts at age 3, and his two best efforts to date have come in his only career starts around two turns. Admire will have to step up his game considerably to be a factor in the Blue Grass Stakes, but he should be well-positioned in midpack through the early stages and has a good stamina pedigree for this distance. The time for the 1¼ mile race was 2:01.92. Discreetly Mine. He ran well in the 1 1/16-mile Fountain of Youth, stalking Hidden Scroll’s swift pace and keeping on through the stretch to finish third behind Code of Honor and Bourbon War, both of which rallied from farther back and thus benefited more from the fast early fractions. Also Ran—a-Aegean Sea, Originaly From Dot, Bahama Breeze, Our Dixie Blue, a-Hay Nineteen. We've heard many theories, and that is what they will remain. 2019 Kentucky Derby odds, top contenders, lineup: Legendary expert who nailed Triple Crown races shares picks Hank Goldberg predicted the Kentucky Derby, … He earned a 78 Equibase Speed Figure for that effort, which is about 30 points lower than what will be needed to win the Blue Grass Stakes, and he may end up as the longest shot in a full field on Saturday when the starting gate opens. The 5-year-old son of 2008 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness (G1) winner Big Brown has fared well in the occasional foray into open company, including a runner-up finish behind Grade 1 winner Firenze Fire in the Vosburgh (G2) last fall at his home base of Belmont Park. Trainer Dallas Stewart has sent out some 3-year-olds who ran huge in big races – Lemons Forever won the 2006 Kentucky Oaks at 47.10-1 odds, Golden Soul ran second in the Kentucky Derby at 34.50-1 in 2013, and Commanding Curve was the 2014 Kentucky Derby runner-up at 37.80-1 – so Aquadini might be worth a second look. But it was Big Brown that put Pompa on the map as a Thoroughbred owner. He’s also the son of a Kentucky Derby winner (Big Brown, 2008) and a close relative on his dam’s (mother’s) side to Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Stevie Wonderboy. [10], Entered in the Grade 1 Florida Derby on March 29, Big Brown drew the outside post position in a field of twelve. It looked as if Coal Play was going to pull off an upset, but Big Brown passed him in the final strides to win by 1¾ lengths. Notable achievements and interesting facts: Despite having shown an affinity for grass and synthetic surfaces during his racing career and a pedigree oriented in that direction as well, this colt shapes up as a worthy longshot candidate in Saturday’s Blue Grass Stakes. Pedigree Big Little Risk. He put together one of the best 2018 campaigns among his age group, winning two of five starts with two seconds and one third. Temple City. At the time, stanozolol was banned in 10 states but not in any of the states where the Triple Crown races were held. [13], In the days leading up to the Preakness, Dutrow admitted that he had Winstrol (stanozolol), an anabolic steroid, administered to his horses on the 15th of every month. Like Big Brown, the 2008 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! [14], On May 17, Big Brown was the 1-5 favorite in a field of twelve for the 2008 Preakness Stakes; only one of his rivals had raced in the Kentucky Derby. He raced well off the rail throughout most of the Tampa Bay Derby, rallied five-wide in early stretch, and closed to finish third. Eilish. Notable achievements and interesting facts: Trainer Todd Pletcher has jumped onto the Road to the Kentucky Derby in recent weeks with horses such as Cutting Humor, Spinoff, and Outshine after being absent from the leaderboard over the winter. He’s also a close relative to 2014 Belmont Stakes runner-up Commissioner. His Equibase Speed Figures are light compared with most of the other Blue Grass contenders, but he does have a very good pedigree for stamina, as his dam (mother) also produced last year’s Wood Memorial Presented by NYRA Bets winner Vino Rosso. Todd Pletcher has won the Blue Grass Stakes three times – most recently with Carpe Diem in 2015 – and owner Robert LaPenta won the 2004 edition with The Cliff’s Edge. Desormeaux sent the horse to the lead with fast opening fractions and was never challenged: Big Brown won by five lengths. Scratched—Three Potatoe Four, Big Brown Eyes. Norman L. Cash. Owners: Tommie Lewis, Steve Crabtree, Dean Demaree, David Bernsen, Jim Chambers, and Magdalena Racing, Career record: 6 starts – 2 wins – 2 seconds – 1 third, Pedigree: General Quarters – Trip South, by Trippi. The surface issue makes him a wild card in Saturday’s Blue Grass Stakes, and it’s worth noting that he did not have any timed workouts on Keeneland’s main track through March 30, continuing to train at Turfway. $1 Pick 3 … Notable achievements and interesting facts: This talented, fast colt boasts the top Equibase Speed Figure in the Blue Grass field, a 113 earned in the Jan. 19 Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs where he set a track record for seven furlongs. To have any chance at winning on Saturday, he’ll have to bounce back from a disheartening seventh-place finish in his most recent start and stakes debut, the Feb. 2 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct, where he got off to a poor start and was never a factor. After winning both of his starts last fall, including the Nashua Stakes at a one-turn mile, Vekoma took a break for nearly four months before returning in the March 2 Xpressbet Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park. Notable achievements and interesting facts: This son of promising young sire Cairo Prince enters the Blue Grass off of non-threatening seventh-place finish in the March 3 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby. I was able to catch Nola races 12 & 13 however. He appears to be a cut below the top-tier contenders in this race, however. Maker. He just galloped around. [23], The one agonizing aspect of the Belmont is the mystery surrounding Big Brown's performance. Career record: 7 starts – 1 win – 1 second – 2 thirds, Pedigree: Into Mischief – Divine Presence, by A.P. Pennsylvania Leaderboard: Northview Stallion Station leads … Career record: 5 starts – 3 wins – 1 second – 1 third, Pedigree: Hat Trick – Miss Smarty Pants, by Smarty Jones. B.f.4 Big Brown - Vaughndidit by A. P Jet - Bred in New York by Big Brown Mangement & John F. Dorrian (Apr 06, 2016) 125 Marcos Meneses ( 110-2-7-11 ) 2020: 1 0 0 0 $380 Turf: 6 0 1 0 $22,663 2019: 5 0 1 0 $24,200 Wet Turf: 0 0 0 0 $0 Life: 10 0 3 0 $53,263 Dirt: 4 0 2 0 $30,600 GP 1 0 0 0 $380 Wet Dirt: 2 0 1 0 $14,880 Even so, he’ll need to improve in terms of speed figures in the Blue Grass to secure a top-three finish and be comfortably positioned for a Kentucky Derby starting spot. In a prep for the $150,000 Kentucky Cup Classic Stakes there March 14, the Big Brown colt pressed the pace in second before powering away from his rivals under Gerardo Corrales to win a 1 1/16-mile race on the track's synthetic Polytrack surface in 1:43.33. Welcome to Equibase.com, your official source for horse racing results, mobile racing data, statistics as well as all other horse racing and thoroughbred racing information. The richest Maryland-bred runner of 2015, The Big Beast had an abbreviated four-start 4-year-old season. Top Equibase Speed Figure: 103. Career record: 7 starts – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third, Pedigree: Awesome Again – La Gran Bailadora, by Afleet Alex. Trainer Mike Maker won the 2010 Blue Grass with Stately Victor, a synthetic specialist who was racing on what was at that time Keeneland’s synthetic main track. 2018 Dark Bay / Brown Filly. ", "Big Brown photo reveals loose shoe early in Belmont Stakes", "Haskin Belmont Wrap: Why Down on Brown? Big Brown won the race by nearly 5 lengths. The 1 1/8-mile race is an annual rite of spring for thousands of horse racing fanatics in central Kentucky who pack the picturesque racetrack outside of Lexington, and the Blue Grass has sent many runners on to shine in Triple Crown races, most recently last year’s winner and subsequent Kentucky Derby runner-up Good Magic. Notable achievements and interesting facts: This talented colt should vie with Win Win Win for post-time favoritism in the Blue Grass Stakes, and if he can move forward from his first start as a 3-year-old he stands a good chance of securing a top-two finish. [20] Ian McKinlay said, prior to the Belmont, that Big Brown "does not need a patch on the quarter crack on his left front hoof until the morning of the Belmont Stakes. Pedigree: Big Brown – Marilyn Monroan, by Tapit. If he can bump that number up another 5 points or so and sit the same stalking trip in the Blue Grass as he did in the Rebel, he has a shot to hit the board on Saturday – although he’ll need a top-two finish to ensure a trip to Louisville. Big Brown was bred by Dr. Gary B. Knapp's Monticule Farms in Lexington, Kentucky. O’Neill and Reddam also won the 2017 Blue Grass with a maiden, 31.30-1 shot Irap. That was his second start at 3, following a fifth-place showing in the Feb. 2 Withers Stakes. By Ed McNamara and Richard Rosenblatt. He was rank in the early stages of the race and nearly ran up on the heels of eventual winner Da' Tara. Moonster had run poorly in five consecutive races between his maiden win and the Jeff Ruby, beaten by more than 10 lengths each time, and at best he figures to pass tiring horses to gain a minor placing in the Blue Grass, repeating what he did in northern Kentucky. In 2014, Andrew Cohen's Sunrise Stables and Gary Tolchin's Golden Goose Enterprises obtained a majority interest in Big Brown and announced that he would be relocated to New York for the 2015 season with a fee of $8,500. Doug O’Neill, Mario Gutierrez, and owner J. Paul Reddam won the run for the roses in 2012 (I’ll Have Another) and 2016 (Nyquist). If he can recover that form, Parsimony should be stalking the leaders through the Keeneland backstretch, but he hasn’t shown a swift turn of foot in any of his races so far and will have to improve considerably to have a chance to make the exacta on Saturday. He does have a quality pedigree with some stamina influences, including his second dam (maternal grandmother) Plenty of Grace, a Grade 1-winning router on turf who is a half-sister to U.S. champion turf female Soaring Softly. Big Brown has proved to be a moderately successful sire. Jockey Julien Leparoux has won the Blue Grass Stakes twice, aboard Java’s War in 2013 and Irap in 2017. Now, he’ll try dirt again in the Blue Grass coming off of two consecutive stakes wins on Turfway Park’s Polytrack, including the March 3 Jeff Ruby Steaks where he earned 20 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby. Based upon speed figures, he would need to improve by multiple lengths to be a factor in this race, and drawing the far outside post against a full field means he may be caught wide heading into the first turn. That marked his third win in four career starts, all in one-turn races, and it set him up for what figured to be a distance test in the Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby on March 2, held at 1 1/16 miles around two turns. Big Brown’s star-crossed Belmont began as a 2007 juvenile when he suffered a foot abscess, one in each hoof, albeit not concurrently, but resulting in wall separations. Maybe next week I’ll divert his attention away from the “big brown bear” and start him on the “big brown horse” and his past performance lines, lol. "[10], On May 3, 2008, in just his fourth race, Big Brown was the 2–1 favorite in the 2008 Kentucky Derby. Tommy C. Short. He’ll also need a fast pace to run into as he has shown little variance in his come-from-behind running style throughout his career. His co-owner Cash Is King (managing partner Chuck Zacney) campaigned 2005 Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes winner Afleet Alex, and his trainer John Servis conditioned 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Smarty Jones. He picked up the pieces in that event, closing from well back to nab third without threatening winner Somelikeithotbrown and runner-up Dynamic Racer. Notable achievements and interesting facts: The first of two Dallas Stewart-trained Blue Grass entrants broke through with his first career win by a half-length in his most recent start, a 1 1/16-mile maiden race at Fair Grounds on March 2. In Training With: Charlie Baker. "He just keeps on getting better and keeps on getting stronger," said Dutrow. As they entered the stretch, Big Brown put in a burst of speed to rapidly distance himself from the field, winning by 5+1⁄4 lengths over Macho Again. Equibase Profile. In his two races before that, both at Santa Anita Park, he finished second twice and earned triple-digit Equibase Speed Figures, so he has shown some talent. Discover more every day. Dirt may not be this colt’s preferred surface, but this Tracy Farmer homebred has shown enough to merit consideration as a trifecta and superfecta filler if the Blue Grass pace turns out to be fast enough and he has some racing luck. 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The field is set for the 146 th running of the $3 million Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs on Saturday.. Tiz the Law, the Belmont Stakes (G1) and Travers (G1) winner, is the prohibitive 3-5 morning-line favorite by track oddsmaker Mike Battaglia on Tuesday. Lucky Lee does not carry credentials that are even in the same universe, but this Blue Grass Stakes contender does have some ability and projects as one of the early pacesetters. The first reported foal for Big Brown was a filly out of Impressive Attire (by Seeking the Gold) born on January 12, 2010 at Swifty Farms in Seymour, Indiana.[26]. Notable achievements and interesting facts: This Pennsylvania-based colt races for connections who have memorable Triple Crown ties from the previous decade. Jose L. Ortiz. [18], For the Belmont Stakes, Big Brown wore a second set of stainless steel sutures on the inside of his hoof. In the recent past, racing writers compared colts like War Emblem, Smarty Jones and Big Brown to Secretariat in the same way that NBA scribes compare Kobe Bryant and LeBron James to Michael Jordan. [27] Standing at Dutchess Views Farm in Pine Plains, New York, his 2016 fee increased to $10,000. Which jockey and trainer have the most wins? Triple Crown Winners, Baffert Says Derby Winner Medina Spirit Doing Well, Has ‘Heart of Champion’, Five Key Takeaways From the 2021 Kentucky Derby, Quotable From 2021 Kentucky Derby: What the Trainers, Riders Had to Say, Medina Spirit Strikes at 12-1 Odds to Give Baffert Seventh Kentucky Derby Victory. He was ridden by Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux. Running style: Pacesetter/press the pace. Big Brown and Kent Desormeaux head into the gate for the 2008 Belmont Stakes. Da' Tara won the race by 5¼ lengths while Big Brown was eased, becoming the first Triple Crown hopeful to fail to finish the Belmont. 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