Big Brown (foaled April 10, 2005 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and winner of the 2008 Kentucky Derby. Bred by Dr. Gary B. Knapp’s Monticule Farms in Lexington, Kentucky, the three-year-old is undefeated in four career starts. He was sired by Grade III winner, Boundary, a son of North American Champion sire, Danzig who was a son of the 20th Century’s most influential sire, Northern Dancer. Big Brown’s dam was Mien, also a granddaughter of Northern Dancer through her sire, Nureyev. Read the rest of this entry »