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Tom Proctor
Top Associated Horses:Tight Precision,
Doctor Carina,
Silly Me,
Closeout,
Ready to Strike,
Dixie Causeway
2009 Record: (339-60-65-60)
2009 Earnings: $2,474,564
2009 Win %: 17% In-The-Money %: 54%
Born: April 21, 1956 in Gilmer, Texas
Residence: Louisville, Ky.
Family: children Willard and Heather
Racing Background: Proctor is the son of renowned trainer Willard Proctor, now deceased, who conditioned stakes winners Convenience, Gallant Romeo, Lovelier Linda and Major Impact ... Father and son trained for many years for Leonard Lavin's Glen Hill Farm ... Tom's brother, Hap, manages the 325-acre Glen Hill Farm in Ocala, Fla.
Racing Career: Began training career in 1978 ... First winner was I'm Smokin, whom Proctor still considers one of the best horses he's trained ... California-bred sprinter won 14 of 44 career starts, including three stakes, and earned $326,395 ... He was good enough to have a $100,000 race for 2-year-olds named after for him at Del Mar ... Biggest win came in the 1994 Breeders' Cup Distaff when One Dreamer won the race at odds of 47-1 ... Ironically, Lavin's Alberto-Culver company sponsored the Distaff at the time, so he gave the trophy to himself ... In the race, she defeated a pair of Eclipse Award winners – Sky Beauty, 1994 champion older female, and Hollywood Wildcat, 1993 champion 3-year-old filly ... One Dreamer won 12 of 26 starts and earned $1,265,967 ... Other stakes winners include Effectiveness, Linear, Split Run, Openstock, Dell Place, Major Focus, Bonus Pack and Indy Groove, sixth in the 2004 Distaff ... Proctor guided Purim through a three-year campaign that began promisingly with three consecutive wins before a nose loss in the 2005 American Derby. In 2007, Purim won the Col. E.R. Bradley at Fair Grounds, and ran a decent third in the G2 Makers Mark at Keeneland. He also ran a couple sub-par races and Proctor was ready to retire Purim; he needed throat surgery, which he had over the summer. Brought back into training, Purim won the John Henry (Arlington Park) and Keeneland's Turf Mile before running off the board in the Breeders' Cup Mile and Clark Handicap before retiring to stud ... In addition, Proctor has won stakes in ’07 with Cryptoquip (G3 Arlington Breeders' Cup Oaks), Rich in Spirit (G3 Locust Grove H), and Therecomesatiger (Sea O Erin Breeders' Cup Mile H) ... Generally trains about 30 horses and his stable is prominent at Tampa Bay Downs, Gulfstream Park, Churchill Downs and Arlington Park ... No longer runs in Southern California, where Patrick Gallagher has taken over training of that Glen Hill Farm string.
NOTE: Bio stats include North American and selected international races. Click here to view selected international race list. Biographies on jockeys, trainers and owners are from the Breeders' Cup World Championships events from 2001 through 2009, and are intended as informational resources. Biographies will be updated if an individual is again a participant in the Breeders' Cup World Championships. Biographies are available for most horses appearing in the top 100 money earnings list, and/or for those who are frequently making headlines in the news starting with the 2006 Triple Crown season.
