He won his 2005 debut race as well as the Norfolk Stakes before finishing fourth to winner Stevie Wonderboy in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.

Family: Son Fred Peacock, grand daughters Lindsay Reiling, Tammy Peacock and Janelle Ivey In 2006, following three straight stakes wins in California including the Grade I Santa Anita Derby, Brother Derek was regarded as a leading contender for the Triple Crown.

He was made the pre-race betting favorite for the Kentucky Derby but as a horse who traditionally is a front runner, after drawing the very difficult outside post position #18 his odds dropped sharply.

Then two weeks later in the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore, Maryland Brother Derek broke slow and had to be steadied by his jockey Alex Solis after being bumped.

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.