Bred at the LaCroix family's Meadowbrook Farms near 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, an American-bred champion in 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.