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SC 13D/A, 2000-02-14
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20645



                                  SCHEDULE 13D

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                (Amendment No. 1)


                            BROWN-FORMAN CORPORATION
                                (Name of Issuer)

                              Class A Common Stock
                         (Title of Class of Securities)


                                   115637-10-0
                                 (CUSIP Number)


                                 James S. Welch
                              Ogden Newell & Welch
                               1700 Citizens Plaza
                            500 West Jefferson Street
                           Louisville, Kentucky 40202
                                 (502) 582-1601
                  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
                Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)


                                 January 1, 2000
             (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)


         If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G
to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is
filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the
following box [X].



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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             CUSIP NO. 115637-10-0
===============================================================================================================
<S>                                                                                  <C>
(1)    Names of reporting persons...................................................     Owsley Brown Frazier
       S.S. or I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons .........................         (###-##-####)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2)    Check the appropriate box if a member of a group                              (a)
                                 (see instructions)                                  --------------------------
                                                                                     (b)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3)    SEC use only ................................................................
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(4)    Source of funds  (see instructions)..........................................               N/A
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(5)    Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items
       2(d)or 2(e)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(6)    Citizenship or Place of Organization ........................................   United States of America
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of shares beneficially owned by each reporting person with:

       (7)  Sole voting power ......................................................             580,601
                                                                                     --------------------------
       (8)  Shared voting power.....................................................           11,560,978
                                                                                     --------------------------
       (9)  Sole dispositive power .................................................             580,601
                                                                                     --------------------------
       (10) Shared dispositive power ...............................................           11,560,978

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(11)   Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person                            12,141,579
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(12)   Check if the aggregate amount Row (11) excludes certain shares                             N/A
       (see instructions).
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(13)   Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)...........................             41.88%
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(14)   Type of reporting person (see instructions) .................................               IN
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>



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ITEM 1.  SECURITY AND ISSUER.

                                             Brown-Forman Corporation
                                               Class A Common Stock
                                                 850 Dixie Highway
                                            Louisville, Kentucky 40210

ITEM 2.  IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND.

         a)       Name:                              Owsley Brown Frazier

         b)       Principal Business address:        850 Dixie Highway
                                                     Louisville, Kentucky 40210

         c)       Vice Chairman of the issuer, Brown-Forman Corporation.

         d)       Criminal Convictions: No criminal convictions in the last five
                  years (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).

         e)       Securities Proceedings: No judgments, decrees or final orders
                  enjoining further violations of, or prohibiting or mandating
                  activities subject to federal or state securities laws or
                  finding any violations with respect to such laws.

ITEM 3.  SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.

         N/A

ITEM 4.  PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION.

         N/A

ITEM 5.  INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

         The amount of shares beneficially owned by the undersigned as of
December 31, 1999, is as follows:



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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                  Aggregate         Percent
                                                    Number          of Class
                                                  ---------         --------
<S>                                               <C>                <C>
         (a)      Beneficially Owned              12,141,579         41.88%

         (b)      Sole Voting Power                  580,601
                  Shared by Voting Power          11,560,978
                  Sole Disposition Power             580,601
                  Shared Disposition Power        11,560,978
</TABLE>

         (c)      With the exception of a November 29, 1999 gift of 3,000 shares
                  of Brown-Forman Corporation Class A stock, no transactions in
                  Brown-Forman Corporation Class A Common Stock of the issuer
                  were effected by Owsley Brown Frazier in the last sixty days.

         (d)      Other persons have the right to receive income from trusts
                  holding Brown-Forman Corporation Class A Common Stock, as to
                  which stock the undersigned has sole or shared voting power.
                  The following person is sole income beneficiary of one of
                  these trusts which holds more than 5% of the outstanding
                  shares of such Class A Common Stock: Sarah S. Brown.

         (e)      Not applicable.

ITEM  6. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH
         RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

         None.

SIGNATURE

         After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.


Date: February 7, 2000


/s/ Owsley Brown Frazier
- -----------------------------------
Owsley Brown Frazier



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