{{Infobox thoroughbred racehorse , horsename = Brother Derek , image = , caption = , sire = Benchmark , grandsire =

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, dam = Miss Soft Sell , damsire = Siyah Kalem , sex =

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, foaled = 2003 , country =

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, breeder =

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, owner =

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, trainer = Dan L. Hendricks , record = 16: 6-1-3 , earnings = $1,593,458 , race = Norfolk Stakes (2005)

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(2005)

San Rafael Stakes The San Rafael Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run at Santa Anita Park, located in Arcadia, California. The race was a Grade III event with a purse of $150,000 and was open to three-year-olds willing to race one mile (8 furlongs) ...

(2006)
Santa Catalina Stakes (2006)

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horse. He was bred by

and owned by

. Trained by

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, Brother Derek began racing at age two in California. He won his 2005 debut race as well as the Norfolk Stakes before finishing fourth to winner

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in the

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Three-year-old season

In 2006, following three straight stakes wins in California including the Grade I

, Brother Derek was regarded as a leading contender for the

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. He was made the pre-race

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favorite for the

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but as a horse who traditionally is a front runner, after drawing the very difficult outside post position #18 his

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dropped sharply. In the Derby, he finished in a

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for fourth place with

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. Then two weeks later in the

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Brother Derek broke slow and had to be steadied by his jockey

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after being bumped. Then he checked off the heals of Barbaro and as they passed the stands for the first time, Brother Derek was four lengths back. Going into the club house turn he altered course way out in the five path rushed up to within a head of the leader Like Now down the back stretch in :46-3/5 for a half mile. At the beginning of the final turn eventual runner-up Sweetnorthernsaint passed Brother Derek and then Like Now to take the lead. Brother Derek continued to chase the leaders drifting out four wide on this turn. At the quarter poll Eclipse Award Champion Bernardini passed Brother Derek and the others and to win while Brother Derek faded to fourth earning his second straight check in a classic race, this one for $60,000.

Four-year-old season

In 2007 Brother Derek finished third in both the

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and the

Strub Stakes The Strub Stakes is an American race for thoroughbred horses run at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California each year. Currently a Grade II stakes race with a purse of $200,000, it is for four-year-olds, at one and one-eighth miles on Santa Anita ...

after which he underwent surgery to have a bone chip removed from an

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. He did not race again until 2008 but after one start, in late July his owner announced that Brother Derek was being retired from racing and would enter

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in 2009 at Airdrie Stud in

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References

Brother Derek's pedigree and partial racing stats

National Thoroughbred Racing Association's bio
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