ARCADIA, Calif. - When Maram scored a triumph in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa Anita last year, her 11-1 upset paid tribute to the high level of horsemanship of her young trainer. Chad Brown, in his first year of training his own stable, chose to credit his mentor, Bobby Frankel, for his seemingly sudden success.

A year later, the 32-year-old Saratoga Springs, N.Y., native will saddle Maram for a start in today’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Santa Anita, and he still chooses to pay homage to the Hall of Fame trainer for whom he worked as an assistant for five years before going out on his own at the end of the 2007 season.