A winner of multiple stakes races including three victories in the Breeders' Cup, Dutrow campaigned Big Brown to his wins in the Florida Derby, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Haskell Invitational in 2008 en route to champion three-year-old male honors.
Dutrow's first major success came in 2005 when he won two Breeders' Cup races with Silver Train and Saint Liam.
[3] Nevertheless, Big Brown's accomplishments helped to make Dutrow one of the finalists for that year's Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer.
The suit alleged that Dutrow was "substantially and irreparably harmed" by the suspension and claims that he was deprived of due process under the law.
[9] In 2020 the Queens District Attorney's office re-opened its investigation into Dutrow's suspension based on new allegations that incriminating evidence may have been planted in his barn.
[11] This was despite testimony supporting Dutrow given by individuals including trainer Dale Romans, equine veterinarian Dr. Larry Bramlage, and a former New York State Gaming Commission steward.