Chad Brown (horse trainer)
Chad C. Brown (born December 18, 1978) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer known for his expertise with turf horses and with fillies and mares. He has trained ten Eclipse Award winners including Stacelita, Big Blue Kitten, Lady Eli, Flintshire, and Horse of the Year Bricks and Mortar. After receiving the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer of 2016, he won his first Triple Crown race with Cloud Computing in the 2017 Preakness Stakes. He also won the Eclipse Award in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Background Brown was born and raised in Mechanicville, a small city in upstate New York, and became interested in horses at an early age during family visits to nearby Saratoga race track. While in high school, he worked with Standardbreds at Saratoga Raceway. While studying animal science at Cornell University, he had a summer job with Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey. After graduation, Brown stayed with McGaughey for some time, then obtained an internship with veterinarian Steve Allday. Training career Brown went to work as an assistant to Hall of Fame trainer Robert Frankel in 2002. Brown came to national attention at the time of the 2007 Breeders' Cup, when Frankel returned to California