Report: Brant Moving Horses to New Barns

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According to a report by David Grening in the Daily Racing Form, owner Peter Brant has taken away approximately 75 percent of his horses that had been trained by Chad Brown and moved them to new trainers. The Brant runners that have been moved will now be trained by Bill Mott, Riley Mott and Miguel Clement.It is not clear when Brant made the decision to take horses away from Brown. When contacted by text by the TDN Wednesday to address speculation that he was moving on to other trainers, Brant replied, “Not true.”Brown still has the Brant-owned Lost Horizon (Into Mischief), who will start in Saturday's Serena's Song Stakes at Monmouth. A day later, Clement will send out his first Brant-owned runner when George Briggs (Fog of War) goes in an allowance race at the Belmont at the Big A meet.Brant said he plans to continue to maintain a working relationship with Brown.“I would continue to give horses to Chad, absolutely,” Brant told the DRF. “I've done very, very well with him. I think he's a great trainer and he's a good friend.”What wasn't immediately clear was why Brant would limit the number of horses Brown trains for him after all the success he has had teaming up with the Eclipse Award-winning trainer. Brant, who was out of racing for more than 17 years, returned to the game full-time in 2017 and he and Brown became as potent a force as any owner-trainer team in the sport. Brown won 26 Grade I stakes with nine individual horses owned solely by Brant or in partnership with others. The list includes three Eclipse Award winners, filly turf champions Sistercharlie (Ire) (Myboycharlie ({Ire}) and Regal Glory (Animal Kingdom) and 3-year-old male champion Sierra Leone (Gun Runner). Brant owned Sierra Leone in partnership with the Coolmore team and Brook Smith.The biggest star exiting the Brown barn is Gezora (Fr) (Almanzor ({Fr}), who will now be trained by Bill Mott. The winner of last year's GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, she finished second in the GIII Modesty Stakes at Churchill Downs in her 2026 debut. The winner was the Brown trained-Kathynmarissa(American Pharoah).Brant told Grening that he wasn't happy that Gezora had to spot the rest of the field five pounds 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 I'm spotting weight to very competitive horses in their first start of the year,” Brant told the DRF. “Chad knows very well how I feel about the weight and it's not that important to him. He doesn't really believe it affects horses that much and I do.”Brant also told Grening that he made the move because he wants to race more in Kentucky, but Brown also has a Kentucky operation.The post Report: Brant Moving Horses to New Barns appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.