Proud Spell

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Proud Spell Retired

Trainer: J. Larry Jones Last Jockey: Gabriel Saez Owner(s): Brereton C. Jones

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2008 Record: (8-4-2-2)

2008 Earnings: $1,514,840

2008 Win %: 50% In-The-Money %: 100%

Strengths: She’s been very professional in all of her runs, chilling mid-pack before unleashing her rally at just the right time.

In the Genes: Her grade 2-winning sire Proud Citizen finished second in the ’02 Kentucky Derby and earned $638,822 in a 16-race career. This year (2007) he ranks fifth amongst first crop sires and eighth amongst juvenile sires. Her dam Pacific Spell won just two of 16 career starts, and both of those victories came sprinting.

Status: Not originally nominated to the Triple Crown, she is a late $6,000 nomination. A lukewarm favorite in the Kentucky Oaks, she crushed her rivals by five lengths.

Bet You Didn’t Know: Her owner and breeder is former Kentucky governor, Brereton Jones.

Date	Purse	Race Name	Track	Grade	Finish
September 20, 2008	$750K	Fitz Dixon Cotillion S.	Philadelphia Park	2	2
August 16, 2008	$600K	Alabama S.	Saratoga	1	1
July 12, 2008	$500K	Delaware Oaks	Delaware Park	2	1
June 28, 2008	$250K	Mother Goose S.	Belmont Park	1	3
May 2, 2008	$500K	Kentucky Oaks	Churchill Downs	1	1
April 5, 2008	$500K	Ashland S.	Keeneland	1	3
March 8, 2008	$400K	Fair Grounds Oaks	Fair Grounds	2	1
February 9, 2008	$200K	Silverbulletday S.	Fair Grounds	3	2
October 27, 2007	$2M	Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies	Monmouth Park	1	2
September 15, 2007	$250K	Matron S.	Belmont Park	2	1
August 25, 2007	$55K	White Clay Creek S.	Delaware Park		1

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.