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Big Brown suffers laceration, will skip Southern Hemisphere season Champion Big Brown, winner of the 2008 Kentucky Derby and Preakness, will not be shuttling to Vinery Australia for the 2012 Southern Hemisphere breeding season, according to a release from Three Chimneys Farm. The seven-year-old son of Boundary suffered a laceration to a hind leg which became infected, leading to the recommendation not to shuttle. "Those who've been around Big Brown for any length of time know him to be a good-natured horse, which makes him a good patient," Three Chimneys President Case Clay said. "While his initial injury didn't affect his ability to cover mares, looking out for his best interest, shuttling would not be conducive to his recovery." Big Brown currently has three winners from his first crop to hit the track, including Arlington maiden winner Brown Almighty and Churchill maiden winner Brown Eyes Blue. "We are very happy for those breeders who took the opportunity to send mares to Big Brown in his first two seasons (in Australia) -- 130 plus each year," Vinery Australia's general manager Peter Orton said. "It looks like he is going to reward their support given good early results and the promise of so much more to come. We greatly look forward to Big Brown's return to Vinery in 2013." Bet Horseracing Free Online at TwinSpires.com
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