Brown wins in New York, too

Though trainer Chad Brown was in Kentucky at the Breeders' Cup, his stable didn’t miss a beat Saturday, winning a pair of stakes at Belmont Park, to put the wrap on a phenomenal fall meet.

Brown won the Grade 3 Bold Ruler with Matrooh and ran one-two in the Chelsea Flower Stakes with Ava’s Kitten and Llanita. Brown, who is assisted in New York by Cherie DeVaux, won the Belmont trainer’s title with 35 wins (seven stakes) from 110 starters. Linda Rice was second with 19 wins.

Brown said the Grade 1 Cigar Mile on Nov. 28 “will be under consideration” for Matrooh.

Meanwhile, Ava’s Kitten will head to south Florida to prepare for her 3-year-old campaign, while Llanita may stay in New York to run in a maiden race at Aqueduct later in the meet.