Oceanport, NJ (My Sportsbook) - Leading three-year-old Big Brown faces older horses for the first time in Saturday's inaugural $500,000 Monmouth Stakes at Monmouth Park. The Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner returns to the turf for the first time since his initial career start a year ago.

Trained by Rick Dutrow, Jr. for IEAH Stables and others, Big Brown goes after his second win at the Jersey Shore track, having taken the $1 million Haskell Invitational on August 3. Saturday the colt will face 10 challengers in the 1 1/8 mile grass event.

The bay colt will break from post four with his regular rider aboard, Kent Desormeaux. Big Brown has a career record of six victories in seven lifetime starts for better than $3.3 million. His first start this year was a five- length win in the Florida Derby. After taking the first two legs of the Triple Crown, he threw in a clunker when he was eased in the Belmont Stakes.

Bob Kulina, vice president and general manager of Monmouth Park, announced Wednesday that Big Brown's majority owner IEAH Stables will be the presenting sponsor of Saturday's Monmouth Stakes.

"We are thrilled to be the presenting sponsor of the Monmouth Stakes," said Michael Iavarone, co-president and co-CEO of IEAH Stables. "With this year's Breeders' Cup Classic being run on a synthetic track, running on grass was the next logical step for Big Brown, and what better place to do that than here, where he won the Haskell. The fans were incredible and we are excited to be bringing Big Brown back to them at Monmouth Park."

Following Saturday's race, Big Brown will be rested until the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic on Santa Anita's synthetic track on October 25.

Shakis, winner of the Bernard Baruch Handicap at Saratoga, will start from post three, along side of Big Brown. The eight-year-old will be ridden by local jockey Joe Bravo for Shadwell Stable and trainer Kiaran McLaughlin.

Before winning last month's Baruch for a second straight time, Shakis was ninth in the Manhattan, fifth in the Dixie and sixth in the Maker's Mark. In his career he has won seven of 32 starts for $685,532.

Set to break from the far outside post is Silver Tree with Eddie Castro aboard. The eight-year-old is coming off a victory in the Oceanport Handicap at Monmouth for owner Peter Vegso and trainer Bill Mott.

In April, Silver Tree won the Fort Marcy at Aqueduct and has three runner-up finishes this year in five starts. A veteran of 40 career races, Silver Tree has earned more than $1.7 million while winning 14 times.

Here is the complete field in post position order for the Monmouth Stakes: Nightscape, Emilio Flores; Hotstufanthensome, Jose Lezcano; Shakis, Joe Bravo; Big Brown, Kent Desormeaux; Kiss the Kid, Elvis Trujillo; Proudinsky, Ramon Dominguez; Drum Major, Kendrick Carmouche; Get Serious, Pablo Fragoso; Fagedaboudit Sal, Pedro Cotto, Jr.; Ballonenostrikes, Daniel Centeno and Silver Tree, Eddie Castro.

The Monmouth Stakes has a scheduled post-time of 4:52 p.m. (et).