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CHAD BROWN

CHAD BROWN
Birthdate - Dec. 18, 1978
Birthplace - Mechanicville, NY
Residence - Saratoga Springs, NY
Family - Wife Terrill, daughters Ava and Andi

2016 RECORD

763 - 182, 146, 106 

$23,135,084

2016 NYRA RECORD

527 - 135, 95, 82 

$15,041,606

NATIONAL/ECLIPSE CHAMPIONS

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)

NEW YORK TRAINING TITLES

* 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

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

* 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

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

* 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

FIRST WINNER

* Dual Jewels, Nov. 27, 2007, Churchill Downs

NEW YORK AND GRADE 1 WINS

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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