Post position: 20
Odds: 3-1
Jockey: Kent Desormeaux, 38, will ride in 16th Derby. Won on Real Quiet (’98) and Fusaichi Pegasus (’00).
Owner: IEAH Stables (see Court Vision) and Paul Pompa Jr., chairman of a trucking company in Brooklyn, N.Y., who has 25 horses in training with Patrick Reynolds.
Trainer: Rick Dutrow Jr., 48, is the son of a trainer. He started on his own in 1990s with one claiming horse in his stable. Trained 2005 Horse of the year St. Liam.
Breeder(s): Monticule
Bloodline: By Boundary-Mien, by Nureyev
Color and gender: Bay colt
Career record: 3 starts, 3-0-0, $662,700.
Road to the Derby: Won allowance race at Gulfstream Park March 5; Won Grade 1 Florida Derby on March 29.
Potential trouble: No horse has won the Derby off only three career starts in 93 years.
Meaning of name: Big Brown’s part-owner, Paul Pompa Jr., is in the trucking business, and he said he named the colt Big Brown “as a tribute out of respect for a long-term client,” UPS.
VIDEO: Big Brown wins the Florida Derby at Gulfstream on March 29, 2008.
Credits: Button - Camille Weber, Herald-Leader; text - Alicia Wincze, Rob Kandt, Erik Miller, Herald-Leader; name - Linda Niemi, Herald-Leader; photo - Big Brown and Kent Desormeaux won the Florida Derby on March 29, 2008. Horsephotos.com/NTRA
