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{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Brocco
| image =
| caption =
| sire = [[Kris S.]]
| grandsire = [[Roberto (horse)|Roberto]]
| dam = Anytime Ms.
| damsire =  Aurelius
| sex = [[Stallion (horse)|Stallion]]
| foaled = 1991
| country = [[United States]]
| colour = [[Chestnut (coat)|Chestnut]]
| breeder = Meadowbrook Farms
| owner = [[Albert R. Broccoli]]
| trainer = [[Randy Winick]]
| record = 8: 4-2-0
| earnings =  $1,003,550
| race =  [[Breeders' Cup Juvenile]] (1993)<br>[[Santa Anita Derby]] (1994)
| awards=
| honours =
| updated= June 14, 2007
}}
'''Brocco''' (foaled March 2, 1991 in [[Florida]]) is an American [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]].
==Background==
Bred at the LaCroix family's Meadowbrook Farms near [[Ocala, Florida|Ocala]], Brocco was purchased and raced by [[Albert R. Broccoli]], the producer of the iconic [[James Bond]] films.
Brocco was out of the mare Anytime Ms. and was a son of [[Kris S.]],who sired five [[Breeders' Cup]] winners and three [[Eclipse Award]] winners. Brocco's grandsire was [[Roberto (horse)|Roberto]], an American-bred  champion in [[United Kingdom|England]] and winner of the 1972 [[Epsom Derby]].
==Racing career==
Racing in 1993 for his owner in [[California]], the two-year-old Brocco won his first two races. He then scored the biggest win of his career when he upset prohibitive 7-10 favorite [[Dehere]] in the [[Breeders' Cup Juvenile]]. He ended the 1993 racing season with a second-place finish in December's [[Hollywood Futurity]].
Brocco started four times in 1994. Under regular jockey [[Gary Stevens (jockey)|Gary Stevens]], he finished second to [[songwriter]] [[Burt Bacharach|Burt Bacharach's]] colt [[Soul of the Matter]] in the [[San Felipe Stakes]] and defeated [[Tabasco Cat]] to win the most important race for three-year-olds in CaliforniaL the [[Graded stakes race|Grade I]] [[Santa Anita Derby]]. Sent to [[Churchill Downs]] in [[Louisville, Kentucky]], he finished fourth behind winner [[Go For Gin]] in the [[Kentucky Derby]]
==Stud record==
Retired to [[horse breeding|stud]] duty, Brocco currently stands at Lex Stud in [[Japan]] and Durham Lodge in [[Australia]]. Among his American offspring, millionaire daughter [[Jostle (horse)|Jostle]] won a number of stakes races, including the Grade I [[Coaching Club American Oaks]] and [[Alabama Stakes]].
==References==
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/brocco Brocco's pedigree and partial racing stats]
[[Category:1991 racehorse births]]
[[Category:Racehorses bred in Florida]]
[[Category:Racehorses trained in the United States]]
[[Category:Breeders' Cup Juvenile winners]]
[[Category:Thoroughbred family 3]]