763 - 182, 146, 106
$23,135,084
527 - 135, 95, 82
$15,041,606
Big Blue Kitten: Top Turf Male (2015)
Dayatthespa: Top Female Turf Horse (2014)
Flintshire: Top Turf Male (2016)
Stacelita: Top Female Turf Horse (2011)
Zagora: Top Female Turf Horse (2012)
* 2016 NYRA, 135 wins
* 2016 Belmont fall, 30
* 2016 Saratoga, 40 (record)
* 2016 Belmont spring/summer, 38
* 2015 NYRA, 131
* 2015 Belmont fall, 35
* 2014 Belmont fall, 30
* 2013 Belmont fall, 26
* 2012 Belmont fall, 21 (tie)
* 2010 Aqueduct fall, 9
* Was voted the 2016 Eclipse Award as the nation’s Top Trainer
* Capped off an outstanding year by ranking 1st in earnings amongst North American trainers ($23.1 million) and taking a career-best 12 Grade 1s including the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (New Money Honey) and Sword Dancer (Flintshire)
* Saddled his 1,000th winner at Saratoga on Aug. 24, 2016 with Mr Maybe
* Won his second straight NYRA training title in 2016; in 2015 won nine Grade 1s including the Belmont Oaks Inv. (Lady Eli), Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (Big Blue Kitten) and Beverly D. (Watsdachances)
* Won a pair of Breeders’ Cup races in 2015: the Filly & Mare Turf for the second year in a row with Stephanie’s Kitten and his first Breeders’ Cup on dirt with Wavell Avenue in the Filly & Mare Sprint
* Won three Breeders’ Cup races in 2014: the Juvenile Fillies Turf (Lady Eli), the Turf Sprint (Bobby’s Kitten), and the Filly & Mare Turf (Dayatthespa)
* On Aug. 17, 2013, won the Sword Dancer at Saratoga with Big Blue Kitten and 90 minutes later took the Arlington Million with Real Solution, both for Ken and Sarah Ramsey
* Won his first Grade 1 when Zagora captured Saratoga’s Diana in 2011; Zagora went on to give Brown his second Breeders’ Cup victory when she took the 2012 Filly & Mare Turf
* Trained Stacelita to Grade 1 wins in the Beverly D. and Flower Bowl after she was sent to the United States in 2011 by owner Martin Schwartz
* Annexed the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf in 2008 with Maram
* Graduated from Cornell with a degree in animal science in 2001
* Worked for Hall of Famers Shug McGaughey and Bobby Frankel; went out on his own in 2007
* His wife is the granddaughter of late trainer William “Red” Terrill
* Dual Jewels, Nov. 27, 2007, Churchill Downs
A Lot: Elusive Quality (2016)
Alterite: Garden City (2013)
Ancient Secret: Lake George (2016); Wild Applause (2016)
Annals of Time: Hollywood Derby (2016)
Ava’s Kitten: Chelsey Flower (2015)
Awesome Feather: Gazelle (2011)
Balance the Books: With Anticipation (2012)
Ball Dancing: Jenny Wiley (2015); Sands Point (2014)
Beach Patrol: Secretariat (2016)
Big Blue Kitten: Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (2015); United Nations (2015); Fort Marcy (2015); Lure (2014); Sword Dancer Inv. (2013); United Nations (2013); Hall of Fame (2011)
Bobby’s Kitten: Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (2014); Pilgrim (2013)
Camelot Kitten: Hill Prince (2016); Hall of Fame (2016); Pennine Ridge (2016)
Catapult: Gio Ponti (2016)
Catch My Drift: Summer Colony (2015)
Create a Dream: Chelsey Flower (2016)
Connect: Cigar Mile (2016); Curlin (2016)
Coup de Grace: Bay Shore (2014)
Dacita: Diana (2016); New York (2016); Ballston Spa (2015)
Daring Kathy: Perfect Sting (2015)
Dayatthespa: Yaddo (2013-14); First Lady (2014); Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2014); Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (2012); Riskaverse (2012)
Desert Blanc: Manhattan H. (2012)
Economic Model: Easy Goer (2016)
Expansion: Red Smith (2009)
Flexibility: Jerome (2016)
Flintshire: Sword Dancer (2016); Bowling Green (2016); Manhattan (2016)
Fourstar Crook: John Hettinger (2016); Yaddo (2016)
Goldy Espony: Waya (2015); Long Island H. (2015); River Memories (2015)
Granny Mc’s Kitten: P.G. Johnson (2013)
Guapaza: Waya (2016); River Memories (2016)
Hardened Wildcat: Fred Capossela (2012)
Hyper: Bowling Green H. (2013); John’s Call (2013)
Innovation Economy: Belmont Gold Cup Inv. (2015)
Integrity: Elusive Quality (2014)
Kid Kate: Correction (2011)
Lady Eli: Flower Bowl (2016); Belmont Oaks Inv. (2015); Wonder Again (2015); Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (2014); Miss Grillo (2014)
Last Gunfighter: Excelsior (2013); Evening Attire (2013)
Leave the Light On: Remsen (2014)
Lewis Bay: Turnback the Alarm H. (2016); Gazelle (2016)
Majestic Affair: Jazil (2016)
Maram: John Hettinger (2009); Miss Grillo (2008)
March: Woody Stephens (2015); Bay Shore (2015)
Matrooh: Bold Ruler H. (2015)
Minorette: Belmont Oaks Inv. (2014)
Mirai: Bertram F. Bongard (2016)
Mr Maybe: John’s Call (2016); Red Smith (2015)
Mrs McDougal: Noble Damsel (2016); Plenty of Grace (2016); Lake George (2015)
New Money Honey: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (2016); Miss Grillo (2016)
Noble Tune: Pilgrim (2012)
Offering Plan: English Channel (2015)
Partisan Politics: Pebbles (2015); P.G. Johnson (2014)
Pianist: Athenia (2013)
Practical Joke: Champagne (2016); Hopeful (2016)
Readtheprospectus: Commentator H. (2013)
Real Solution: Manhattan (2014); Arlington Million (2013)
Roca Rojo: Athenia (2016)
Rosalind: Sheepshead Bay (2015)
Samitar: Garden City (2012)
Sea Calisi: Sheepshead Bay (2016); Beverly D. (2016)
Shagaf: Gotham (2016)
Shakeira: Mount Vernon (2013)
Shining Copper: Lure (2016)
Silver Timber: Jaipur (2009)
Slumber: Manhattan (2015)
Stacelita: Flower Bowl Inv. (2011); Beverly D. (2011)
Startup Nation: With Anticipation (2014)
Stephanie’s Kitten: Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2015); Flower Bowl (2014-15)
Street Life: Curlin (2012)
Summer Applause: Top Flight H. (2013)
Takeover Target: Hall of Fame (2015); Hill Prince (2015)
Testa Rossi: Miss Grillo (2013)
Wake Forest: Man o’ War (2016)
Waterway Run: Beaugay (2014)
Watsdachances: Beverly D. (2015); Miss Grillo (2012); P. G. Johnson (2012)
Wavell Avenue: Shine Again (2016); Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (2015)
Zagora: Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2012); Ballston Spa (2012); Diana (2011)
Zindaya: Intercontinental (2016)
Zivo: Kings Point (2014); Commentator (2014); Suburban (2014)
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