Their southern hemisphere record-holding pacer, Field Marshal, is enjoying 10 well-earned days in a spelling paddock after his mammoth effort to pace 1.46.9 in the Miracle Mile in Sydney on Saturday night.
The thrill of winning the prestigious grand circuit race meant the Browns did not hear the announcement of their pacer's record-breaking time.
''We had no idea and we were just going out on to the track for the presentation and they told us and I couldn't believe it,'' Shona Brown said.
That feeling has not quite sunk in yet for the couple even after they returned home earlier this week.
''Being the fastest horse in the world is something that is quite hard to get your head around. It's taken a fair bit of sinking in really and I still haven't come to terms with it yet,'' Syd Brown said.
Minutes before accepting the owners' trophy, the couple were happy to see their Tim Butt-trained gelding run into a highly creditable third placing in the $A750,000 ($NZ807,500) race.
''Being there, it was such a hot night, you couldn't see down the straight so I was watching the big screen. I saw him coming and I looked through the field and nothing else is coming and I thought we were going to get third.
''Then I thought we were going to get second and just short of the line I thought 'Holy hell, we are going to win'.''
The victory served as the ultimate payback for Field Marshal's connections bypassing shots at the Interdominions and Hunter Cup.
''I sat down at the start of the season with Tim at the start of the season and I said we can't win everything.
''We passed up that opportunity of those group 1s, but we peaked when some of the others were starting to feel the effects of them.''
The Browns and trainer Tim Butt quickly moved to secure a good grass paddock with extra safe fencing for their record-breaking pacer to enjoy some time out after his win.
When Field Marshal returns to work, defending his Len Smith Mile crown at Menangle and the Blacks A Fake at the Queensland winter carnival will be his main aims.
