Peter Brant Moving Majority of Horses From Chad Brown to Other Trainers
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Owner Peter Brant, whose partnership with trainer Chad Brown over the past eight years has delivered some of the sport’s top turf champions, has moved roughly 75 percent of his stableto other trainers — including Bill Mott, Riley Mott, and Miguel Clement— Brant confirmed Thursday.
Gezora Among Horses Transferred
One of the most notable horses to leave Brown’s barn is Gezora, winner of the 2025 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, who is now with Bill Mott.
In her seasonal debut and first U.S. start for Brown on May 1 at Churchill Downs, Gezora finished second in the Grade 3 Modesty Stakes, a race won by Brown’s own Kathynmarissa, owned by Mike Dubb and Michael Caruso.
Brant said the decision to redistribute his horses was not based solely on that defeat but expressed frustration over Gezora being forced to concede five pounds to the field in the Modesty.
“I don’t want to take a horse that’s won great classic races around the world, including the Breeders’ Cup, and then start picking spots where she’s spotting weight to very competitive horses in her first start of the year,” Brant said. “Chad knows how I feel about weight. It’s not that important to him — he doesn’t believe it affects horses that much — but I do.”
A Successful Partnership
Brant, 79, has been an owner since the 1970s, campaigning notable runners such as Just a Game, Waya, and Gulch. After a 20‑year hiatus, he returned to racing in 2016 and now maintains a stable of 50–60 horses in training.
Brant and Brown teamed up in 2018, launching a run of high‑profile wins. That year they raced Sistercharlie, who captured three Grade 1 races, including the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, and was named champion female turf horse.
Brown also trained Brant’s champions Regal Glory (2022 female turf) and Sierra Leone (2024 3‑year‑old male). In total, Brown has won 26 Grade 1 races with nine Brant‑owned horses, either solely or in partnership, including Sierra Leone.
“We’ve won a ton of Grade 1s together, and I’m very confident we haven’t won our last one together,” Brown said.
Future Plans and Trainer Allocations
Brant stressed that he intends to maintain a working relationship with Brown.
“I would continue to give horses to Chad, absolutely,” he said. “I’ve done very well with him. He’s a great trainer and a good friend.”
Most Brant horses remaining in Brown’s barn are partnership horses, including 3‑year‑olds Paladin and Canaletto (co‑owned with Coolmore) and Asbury Park, a Grade 2 winner co‑owned with St. Elias Stable. Brant said multiple 2‑year‑olds co‑owned with Coolmore will continue to go to Brown.
Single‑ownership horses still with Brown include Arizona Territory, a recent allowance winner at Aqueduct, and the unraced 3‑year‑old colt Collado Hueco, a son of Into Mischief and the first foal out of Grade 1 winner Dunbar Road, who was trained by Brown for Brant.
New Trainers and Timing Motives
Brant said sending horses to Riley Mott was part of a plan to race more frequently in Kentucky, even though Brown also maintains a Churchill Downs string.
He also transferred George Briggs, a stakes‑winning New York‑bred, to Miguel Clement, who has the horse entered to run Sunday at Aqueduct.
“It’s really a question of where I thought I could make the most starts,” Brant explained. “In terms of quality, they’re distributed pretty equally. I wanted to get a number of horses in Kentucky, so that’s what I did.”
