World Champion Brigand died on June 3, 2012, from complications of colic. He was owned by Drs. Fred and JoAnn Frank of Gallatin, Tenn., and in the care of Jeff Givens Stables. The 11-year-old gelding won the Amateur Novice Gentlemen on Novice Mares & Geldings World Championship at the 2007 Celebration. He will be greatly missed by the Frank and Givens families.