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Brian's Time

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Brian's Time
Brian's Time in 2009
SireRoberto
GrandsireHail to Reason
DamKelley's Day
DamsireGraustark
SexStallion
Foaled1985
CountryUnited States
ColourDark Brown
BreederJoan (Jody) Phillips
OwnerJoan (Jody) Phillips
TrainerJohn M. Veitch
Record21: 5-2-6
Earnings$1,001,269
Major wins
Florida Derby (1988)
Pegasus Handicap (1988)
Jim Dandy Stakes (1988) Triple Crown Races placing:
Preakness Stakes 2nd (1988)
Last updated on September 23, 2009

Brian's Time (1985 – April 4, 2013) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was sired by Roberto by breeder Joan Phillips. Brian's Time was a grade one stakes-winning millionaire who is probably most remembered for his win in the Florida Derby and a solid runner-up finish to Dual Classic winner Risen Star in the 1988 Preakness Stakes.[1] He later became a very successful breeding stallion in Japan.

Early career

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Brian's Time was a late bloomer and raced only twice as a two-year-old, breaking his maiden in his second attempt. The Roberto colt placed second at Gulfstream Park in a very strong field of sophomores in an allowance race in the winter of his three-year-old season, so his trainer, John M. Veitch, gave him a shot in the grade two Fountain of Youth Stakes. In that race, he faced stakes winners and colts that had won three to five previous starts. He finished fourth, but came back to race in a grade one Florida Derby against ten other three-year-old colts. He won against stiff competition, including Forty Niner and Notebook. Three weeks after the Florida Derby, Brian's Time placed third in the Jim Beam Stakes at Turfway Park in Florence, Kentucky.

His trainer and his owner, Joan Phillips, were encouraged by his Florida Derby finish and decided to enter him in the 114th Kentucky Derby in 1988. In that race, Brian's Time broke poorly and was badly outrun going into the first turn, being bumped several times in close quarters. He was dead last in the field of 17 and was forced widest of seven around the first turn. Coming out of the far turn at Churchill Downs, Brian's Time closed from seventeenth to sixth. Filly Winning Colors won that day.

Preakness Stakes

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John Veitch could not dismiss his colt and his ability because of the way that he closed strongly at the end of the Derby. He also had three very good excuses as to why he got behind so early (the poor break, being bumped, and going very wide around the turn), so Veitch decided to wheel him back in two weeks into the second jewel of the Triple Crown. The three top finishers of the Derby took most of the public support in the grade one Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. Brian's Time was a lukewarm 7-1 at post time. Eight colts and the filly broke without any problems. The top two from the Derby, Forty Niner and Winning Colors, shot out to the lead.

Brian's Time sat back in seventh but was much closer than he had been in any other of his prior races. Throughout the backstretch and around the far turn, Forty Niner and Winning Colors remained in front. At the top of the stretch, a menacing Risen Star squeezed by on the rail and turned the Preakness into what looked like a romp. Risen Star finished three lengths in front of Winning Colors and 23 lengths in front of Forty Niner. Under Angel Cordero, Brian's Time closed from seventh to second, making up nine lengths in the last furlong as he passed every other horse except dual classic winner Risen Star, who won by a length. Derby winner Winning Colors held on for third, Private Terms was fourth and Forty Niner faded to seventh in the field of nine.

Later career

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Later that summer, Brian's Time placed third in the Belmont Stakes, won the grade two Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga Race Course and finished third in the grade one Travers Stakes, also at Saratoga. Late in the year, he won the grade three Pegasus Handicap run in October at Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

At age four, Brian's Time raced five times and managed three third place finishes in the grade two Nassau County Handicap at seven furlongs at Belmont Park, the grade two Bernard Baruch Handicap at 1 1/8 miles on the turf at Saratoga Race Course, and the grade one Ben Ali Handicap at Keeneland.

Retirement

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Brian's Time was retired after the 1989 racing season and was sold to a breeding syndicate in Japan. He was regularly one of the leading sires in that country.[2] His offspring included Narita Brian and Mayano Top Gun both of whom were voted Japanese Horse of the Year, as well as Time Paradox (Japan Cup Dirt), Sunny Brian (Japanese Derby), Tanino Gimlet (Japanese Derby), Silk Justice (Arima Kinen), Dantsu Flame (Takarazuka Kinen), Furioso (Japan Dirt Derby) and Phalaenopsis (Queen Elizabeth II Cup). On April 4, 2013, Brian's Time sustained a fractured femur in a paddock accident and was euthanized, he was 28.[3]

Major winners

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c = colt, f = filly

Major winners
Foaled Name Sex Major Wins
1991 Brian's Roman c Sakurambo Kinen
1991 Chokai Carol m Yushun Himba
1991 Narita Brian c Kikka Sho, Arima Kinen
1992 Mayano Top Gun c Tenno Sho Spring
1992 M.I.Blanc c Anatres Stakes
1994 Flower Tateyama m Ritto Stakes
1994 Port Brian's c Fukushima Kinen
1994 Meiner Max c Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes
1994 Sunny Brian c Tokyo Yushun
1994 Silk Justice c '97 Arima Kinen
1994 Silk Lightning c '97 Wakaba Stakes
1994 Seiryu O c ‘96 Sapporo Sansai Stakes
1995 Brilliant Road c '99 Niigata Daishoten
1995 Narita Luna Park m '99 Laurel R.C.Sho Nakayama Himba Stakes
1995 Biwa Takehide c Radio Tampa Sho
1995 Phalaenopsis m '00 Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup
1996 Toho Emperor c Tokyo Daishoten
1996 Speculation g '00 Senriyama Tokubetsu
1997 Marubutsu Brian c ‘02 Sannomiya Tokubetsu
1997 Silk Prima Donna m Yushun Himba
1997 Toho Shiden c Nikkan Sports Sho
1998 Big Gold c '02 Nikkan Sports Sho NAKAYAMA Kim Pai
1998 Fusaichi Stratos c '02 Edogawa Tokubetsu
1998 Time Paradox c '04 Japan Dirt Cup
1998 Dantsu Flame c '02 Takurazuka Kinen
1998 Shower Party c Kyoto Sansai Stakes
1998 Ibuki Limousine O c Kamigamo Stakes
1998 Osumi Stayer c ‘05 Opal Stakes
1999 Bold Brian g Tokyo Shinbun Hai
1999 No Reason c ‘02 Satsuki Sho
1999 Tanino Gimlet c ‘02 Tokyo Yushun
2000 Run to the Freeze c Kyodo News Service Hai
2000 Silky Lagoon m ‘04 Ocean Stakes
2001 One Man Shacho c ‘06 Nagakute Tokubetsu
2001 Nishino Due c ‘06 Banshun Stakes
2001 Meine Sorceress m Aichi Hai
2001 Chokai Royal c Shumbo Stakes
2001 T.M.Yamato O c Kangetsuyo Stakes
2001 Sawano Brave c Kishihara Stakes
2002 Lord Majesty c ‘06 New Year’s Stakes
2002 Toho Raiden c
2002 Tokai Flag c
2003 Win Cardinal c Gintei Stakes
2003 Ferrari Five c Yaezakura Sho
2004 Furioso c Japan Dirt Derby

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Pedigee Online, Thoroughbred Database website;
  2. ^ Pedigee Online, Thoroughbred Database website;
  3. ^ Staff (April 4, 2013). "Stallion Brian's Time Dies in Japan". Bloodhorse. Retrieved 6 April 2013.