The Monmouth Stakes will be Big Brown's first start on grass since breaking his maiden at Saratoga racecourse last year.
Monmouth Park racecourse enhanced the purse from $200,000 to $500,000 to attract Big Brown to the race and do battle against horses 3-and-up.
Big Brown is fresh from a gritty win in the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park racecourse on 3 August 2008 . He has won six of his seven career starts. Big Brown was a strong winner in his only other start on a grass surface, winning his first career start by 11¼ at Saratoga racecourse last September. |