Big Brown
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Big Brown and Kent Desormeaux head into the gate for the 2008 Belmont Stakes.
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| Sire | Boundary |
| Grandsire | Danzig |
| Dam | Mien |
| Damsire | Nureyev |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 2005 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Monticule Farms |
| Owner | IEAH Stables & Michael Iavarone |
| Trainer | 1) Patrick Reynolds 2) Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. (2007–2008) |
| Record | 8: 7-0-0 |
| Earnings | $3,614,500 |
| Major wins | |
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Florida Derby (2008) Kentucky Derby (2008) Preakness Stakes (2008) |
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| Awards | |
| American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse (2008) | |
Florida Derby (2008)
Haskell Invitational Handicap (2008)
Monmouth Stakes (2008)
Big Brown (foaled April 10, 2005 in Kentucky) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2008 Kentucky Derby and 2008 Preakness Stakes. He suffered his only defeat in the Belmont Stakes, and was later named the champion three-year-old colt of 2008.
Big Brown was bred by Dr. Gary B. Knapp's Monticule Farms in Lexington, Kentucky. He was sired by Grade III winner Boundary, a son of North American Champion sire Danzig, a son of Northern Dancer. Big Brown's dam was Mien, also a granddaughter of Northern Dancer through her sire, Nureyev.
Big Brown was first sold for $60,000 at the Fasig-Tipton 2006 Fall Yearling Sale. He was then sold again at the Keeneland Sales 2007 April Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale to Brooklyn trucking company owner Paul Pompa, Jr. for $190,000. Pompa named by the colt in honor of the United Parcel Service (UPS), popularly nicknamed Big Brown. Pompa turned him over to trainer Patrick Reynolds for race conditioning.
Ridden by Jeremy Rose, the colt made his two-year-old racing debut on September 3, 2007, at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York on the turf, winning by 11 1⁄4 lengths. Pompa then sold an interest in Big Brown to IEAH Stables, 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. The new partnership sent the horse to the Palm Meadows Thoroughbred Training Center in South Florida under the care of new trainer Rick Dutrow.
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