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Big Brown (foaled April 10 2005 in Kentucky) is a retired champion American Thoroughbred racehorse and winner of the 2008 Kentucky Derby and 2008 Preakness Stakes. Bred by Dr. Gary B. Knapp’s Monticule Farms in Lexington Kentucky he won his first five race starts. 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.