Owner Peter Brant, who has enjoyed immense success over the last eight years since teaming up exclusively with Chad Brown, has moved approximately 75 percent of his stable from the five-time Eclipse Award winning trainer, sending runners to Bill Mott, Riley Mott, and Miguel Clement, Brant confirmed Thursday.  Among the most notable horses leaving Brown’s care was Gezora, last year’s Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf winner who is now with Bill Mott. Gezora, in her seasonal debut and first start for Brown after racing in Europe, finished second in the Grade 3 Modesty on May 1 at Churchill Downs. Brown won the race with Kathynmarissa, owned by Mike Dubb and Michael Caruso.  Brant said that defeat, in and of itself, was not the impetus to move horses from Brown, but Brant was not happy running Gezora in a race where his mare had to give five pounds to the rest of the field as was the case in the Modesty.  :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. “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 said. “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, 79, has owned Thoroughbreds since the 1970s, campaigning such notable runners as Just a Game, Waya, and Gulch. He was away from the game for 20 years before returning in 2016. He currently has 50-60 horses in training. Brant teamed up with Brown in 2018 and that year the two campaigned Sistercharlie, who won three Grade 1 stakes, including the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf. Sistercharlie was crowned champion female turf horse. Brown trained champions Regal Glory (2022 female turf) and Sierra Leone (2024 3-year-old male) for Brant.  Overall, Brown won 26 Grade 1 stakes with nine individual horses owned solely by Brant or, in the case of Sierra Leone, were partly owned by him.   “We’ve won a ton of Grade 1s together and I’m very confident we haven’t won our last one together,” Brown said.  Brant said he plans to continue to maintain a working relationship with Brown.  “I would continue to give horses to Chad, absolutely,” Brant said. “I’ve done very, very well with him. I think he’s a great trainer and he’s a good friend.”  The majority of horses Brown still has for Brant are owned in partnership, such as currently sidelined 3-year-olds Paladin and Canaletto - who Brant owns with Coolmore - and Asbury Park, a Grade 2 stakes winner Brant owns in partnership with St. Elias Stable. Brant said there are a number of 2-year-olds he owns in partnership with Coolmore that are still designated to go to Brown.  Brant said Arizona Territory, a recent allowance winner at Aqueduct, and the unraced 3-year-old colt Collado Hueco, are examples of horses Brant owns by himself that are still with Brown. Collado Hueco is a son of Into Mischief and the first foal out of Dunbar Road, a Grade 1 winner Brown trained for Brant.  Brant said he sent horses to Riley Mott, in part because he wants to run more frequently in Kentucky, though Brown does have a barn set up at Churchill.  One horse Brant sent to Clement was George Briggs, a stakes-winning New York-bred who is entered to run Sunday at Aqueduct.  “It’s really a question of where I thought I’d be able to make the most starts,” Brant said. “In terms of the quality of horses, they’re distributed pretty equally. I wanted to get a number of horses in Kentucky so that’s what I did.”  :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.