Career record: 4 starts – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third, Pedigree: Super Saver – Mythical Bride, by Street Cry. Weekend Hideaway blazes his way to a 107 Beyer (121 Equibase Speed Figure) in the 2015 Sunshine Millions Sprint at Gulfstream Park. [1], Beginning in 2009, Big Brown stood at stud at Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Kentucky. [12] The official Beyer Speed Figure for the race was 109. Michael J. 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. That pair were both champions and two of the most popular racehorses of this century. Maker. President of Truck-Rite Corp. in Brooklyn, N.Y., Pompa purchased the Boundary colt for $180,000 from Eddie Woods, agent, at the 2007 Keeneland April Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training. Equibase Profile. 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). In Training With: H. James Bond. 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. Career record: 4 starts – 1 win – 0 seconds – 0 thirds, Pedigree: Cairo Prince – Visavis, by Indian Charlie. No one will ever know for sure why a horse that personified perfection suddenly came apart at the seams. 2018 Dark Bay / Brown Filly. But it was Big Brown that put Pompa on the map as a Thoroughbred owner. 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. 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. "He just keeps on getting better and keeps on getting stronger," said Dutrow. Keeneland’s Blue Grass Stakes, shown in its 2015 running, is a major Kentucky Derby prep race that annually draws thousands of fans to the Lexington track. 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. Big Brown has proved to be a moderately successful sire. 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 … [27] Standing at Dutchess Views Farm in Pine Plains, New York, his 2016 fee increased to $10,000. 9/5. That should place him on the borderline for earning a spot in the Derby starting gate, based on the results of the qualifying points system over the past several years. 3 Her Giant. [23], The one agonizing aspect of the Belmont is the mystery surrounding Big Brown's performance. 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. 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. [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. 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). Career record: 5 starts – 3 wins – 1 second – 1 third, Pedigree: Hat Trick – Miss Smarty Pants, by Smarty Jones. 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. [10], Unraced for more than six months, Big Brown debuted as a three-year-old on March 5, 2008 with a 12+3⁄4 length win in an allowance race at Gulfstream Park. He’s also a close relative to 2014 Belmont Stakes runner-up Commissioner. Big Brown. But the Blue Grass will be an enormous class test for a colt who only beat five opponents in his maiden win. [9] The new partnership sent the horse to the Palm Meadows Thoroughbred Training Center in South Florida under the care of new trainer Rick Dutrow. But in his only start on dirt, he was defeated by 13 ½ lengths. 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. 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. Big Brown (foaled April 10, 2005, in Kentucky) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2008 Kentucky Derby and 2008 Preakness Stakes and was the 2008 Champion Three-Year-Old. Such an impressive performance by a lightly raced horse led Big Brown to be called a "freakish colt". Jockey Julien Leparoux has won the Blue Grass Stakes twice, aboard Java’s War in 2013 and Irap in 2017. Then Desormeaux tried to swing Big Brown to the outside during the first turn and bumped into Tale of Ekati. Two weeks after the Belmont, a picture revealed a dislodged shoe on Big Brown's right hind leg that could have been the cause of his poor performance. 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. This year’s 95th edition of the Blue Grass drew a full field of 14 horses. A list of links to Brisnet past performances by sires that are free and publicly available on the internet. (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. That effort followed a 1 ½-length win in a one mile and 70-yard allowance optional claiming race at Tampa Bay Downs, his first start at 3. Saturday’s $1 million, Grade 2 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland Race Course is one of three major prep races for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve scheduled for April 6. During big racing days like the Derby, Preakness, Belmont and Breeders’ Cup, the racing press greatly influences betting patterns of casual fans who show up in droves. Kentucky-based McPeek has two Blue Grass Stakes wins to his credit: Harlan’s Holiday in 2002 and Java’s War in 2013. 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. Scratched—Three Potatoe Four, Big Brown Eyes. Legend – ₩ = Triple Crown winners, ♥ = Filly, Legend – ₩ = Triple Crown Winners, ♥ = Filly. 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 .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}11+1⁄4 lengths. "Riding him was like bounding through a meadow. He was urged in mid-stretch but failed to respond, stopping as he came around the final turn. Equibase Profile. Big Brown is inbred 3 × 3 to Northern Dancer and 3 X 4 to Damascus. Notable achievements and interesting facts: This son of prominent sire Malibu Moon enters the Blue Grass off of his best performance since breaking his maiden last September, a third-place finish in the 1 1/8-mile Jeff Ruby Steaks on Turfway Park’s synthetic main track. 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. It likely was a combination of occurrences that led to his shocking performance.[24]. 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. Michael J. That effort was enough to convince trainer Michael Trombetta and owner Charlotte Weber of Live Oak Plantation to ship Win Win Win to Kentucky and the 1 1/8-mile Blue Grass. Pedigree: Big Brown – Marilyn Monroan, by Tapit. 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. Temple City. Despite the unfavorable post, he was made the 3-2 favorite. On the far turn, Desormeaux urged the horse and Big Brown responded with a burst of speed that swept him to the lead. 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 Signalman has been training very well since then for Ken McPeek, and perhaps he needed a race after the three-month layoff. Desormeaux sent the horse to the lead with fast opening fractions and was never challenged: Big Brown won by five lengths. In Training With: Charlie Baker. ", "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. 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. 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. Archaggelos was sharp in victory Sept. 24 at Laurel Park , going 1 1/16 miles on the turf against 11 others in a maiden special weight field in his second start. Big Brown's dam was Mien, also a granddaughter of Northern Dancer through her sire, Nureyev. 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. 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. 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. Running style: Pacesetter/press the pace. I was able to catch Nola races 12 & 13 however. He has made both of his 3-year-old starts on dirt in graded stakes, and stayed on late to cut into the winner’s margin in both the Feb. 2 Withers Stakes (finishing fourth) and the Grade 2 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby (finishing fifth). 4 West Coast Temple. Also Ran—a-Aegean Sea, Originaly From Dot, Bahama Breeze, Our Dixie Blue, a-Hay Nineteen. 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. By Heavy Breathing out of Lavender Hill. 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. Color: Bay. 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. Discover more every day. 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While Win Win Win did not live up to his name in that race, he did not embarrass himself either. 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. He earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 107 for his win. 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. He’s been training well since the Tampa Bay Derby and, with better racing luck on Saturday, is due for a bounce-back performance. Pennsylvania Leaderboard: Northview Stallion Station leads … He was rank in the early stages of the race and nearly ran up on the heels of eventual winner Da' Tara. Brands (G1), Preakness (G1), and Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) winner, Archaggelos started his career on the turf. Prior to that, he had won two of three starts at 2, both one-mile races at Parx Racing near Philadelphia. Javier Castellano. 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. This son of Pletcher-trained 2010 Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver could make it a foursome with a top-two Blue Grass finish. 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. Stay up-to-date with the best from America's Best Racing! Born at 12:10 am, March 30, 1970, the foal who became Secretariat first appeared chunky to stud manager Howard Gentry. Career record: 7 starts – 2 wins – 0 seconds – 1 third, Pedigree: Awesome Again – La Gran Bailadora, by Afleet Alex. "He was just galloping, floppy-eared, off the bridle, cruising," said Desormeaux. ", "Big Brown photo reveals loose shoe early in Belmont Stakes", "Haskin Belmont Wrap: Why Down on Brown? By Ed McNamara and Richard Rosenblatt. In his return to the track as a 3-year-old, he showed little in the Xpressbet.com Fountain of Youth Stakes on March 2 at Gulfstream Park, finishing seventh. Luis Saez won the 2016 Blue Grass on Brody’s Cause. Stallion Spotlight: Bolt d’Oro‘s first yearlings look for a blazing start. He got off to rough start in that race and was never really in contention, running past tired horses in the stretch. 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. 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. In that race, he opened a clear lead in early stretch and drew away to win by 5 ¾ lengths. "[21], Big Brown went off as the 3-10 favorite in the Belmont. He was bred to more than 100 mares his first season, including 71 stakes mares or stakes producers. 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. O’Neill and Reddam also won the 2017 Blue Grass with a maiden, 31.30-1 shot Irap. Find everything you need to know about horse racing at Equibase.com. "[15], On the Friday following the Preakness, a three-inch quarter crack was discovered on the horse's left front hoof, the same injury that he experienced in both of his front hooves the previous fall. In his defense, that dirt start was his career debut, taking place last July at Saratoga Race Course on a sloppy track. Dk B/ .f.3 Brilliant Speed - Sweet Maple by Big Brown Bred in Kentucky by JOSE LUIS ESPINOZA (Mar 02, 2014) Owner: STONEWALL DOMINION, LLC AND ESPINOZA, JOSE LUIS Trainer: JAY TORREZ 2017: 0000 $0 2016: 3201$55,131 Life: 3201$55,131 Turf: 2101 $46,551 Course: 0000 $0 OffDirt: 0000 $0 Edgar Morales. Look for Eclipse Award-winning jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. to settle his mount in a stalking position and save some ground on Saturday before making a move for the lead in early stretch. English Channel. Aquadini is by 2006 Preakness winner Bernardini out of Grade 2-placed stakes winner Indian Pond. 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. He just galloped around. It was his first start on grass since breaking his maiden in 2007 and his first start against older horses. [5] Pompa turned him over to trainer Patrick Reynolds for race conditioning.[6]. The richest Maryland-bred runner of 2015, The Big Beast had an abbreviated four-start 4-year-old season. 2018 Dark Bay/Brown Colt. Hoof specialist Ian McKinlay changed the sutures a week before the race and attached an acrylic and fiberglass adhesive patch to the hoof. Jose L. Ortiz. [10], Entered in the Grade 1 Florida Derby on March 29, Big Brown drew the outside post position in a field of twelve. 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. 5/2. 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