Chad Brown (horse trainer)

Chad Brown
Brown after winning the 2017 Preakness Stakes
OccupationTrainer
Born (1978-12-18) December 18, 1978
Mechanicville, New York
Career wins2,754+ (ongoing)
Major racing wins
American Classics wins:
Preakness Stakes (2017, 2022)

Breeders' Cup wins:
Breeders' Cup Classic (2024)
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf
(2008, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023)
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf
(2012, 2014, 2015, 2018)
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint
(2015, 2022, 2023)
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (2019)
Breeders' Cup Mile (2019)
Breeders' Cup Turf (2019)
Breeders' Cup Juvenile (2017)
Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (2014)

Racing awards
Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer
(2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024)
United States Champion Thoroughbred Trainer by earnings
(2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022)
New York Racing Association, (NYRA) Year-End Training Title
(2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Significant horses
Awesome Feather, Big Blue Kitten, Beach Patrol, Bobby's Kitten, Bricks and Mortar, Chancer McPatrick, Cloud Computing, Dayatthespa, Flintshire, Good Magic, Goodnight Olive, In Italian, Jack Christopher, Lady Eli, Maram, Newspaperofrecord, Practical Joke, Regal Glory,Search Results, Sierra Leone, Sistercharlie, Stacelita, Stephanie's Kitten, Zagora

Chad C. Brown (born December 18, 1978) is an American racehorse trainer. Brown's achievements include two Preakness Stakes victories and multiple Breeders’Cup wins. In 2024 Brown’s Sierra Leone won the Breeders' Cup Classic and the Eclipse Award for American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse He has won five Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer. In 2019, he was the first America trainer to be ranked first in the World Training Standings according to the Thoroughbred Racing Commentary (TRC) Global Rankings.

Initially labeled as a turf trainer because of his initial successes, particularly with training fillies and mares, he went on to produce winners with horses of all sexes at a variety of distances and surfaces. As of 2024, Brown has trained 19 Breeders' Cup winners, and fourteen Eclipse Award winners.