Big Brown Won the Monmouth Stakes

Big Brown captured the $500,000 Monmouth Stakes on Saturday in his final prep race for the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic. Big Brown was challenged by Proudinsky the entire length of the stretch and won by a neck. This is Big Brown's seventh victory in eight starts.

Big Brown covered the 1 1/8 miles in 1:47.20 in returning to the grass for the second time in his career. Unlike the romp in his first grass start, Big Brown was all out to win in his first race against older horses.

Ridden by Kent Desormeaux, Big Brown paid $3.20, $2.60 and $2.20 as the 3-5 favorite in the field of nine. Proudinsky paid $3 and $2.40, while Shakis finished third and was worth $2.80 for show.