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PROUD SPELL POSSIBLE BREEDER'S CUP ENTRY
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Proud Spell, winner of this year's Kentucky Oaks for fillies (GI) and Alabama Stakes (GI), may just go to the 2008 Breeders Cup Ladies' Classic (GI). Larry Jones, who trains Proud Spell and who was also the trainer of Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) second place finisher Eight Belles, said as recent as August 17 that the filly would not race in the Breeder's Cup due to her disliking of synthetic surfaces. He did not indicate why he had this sudden change of mind, however he did say he wasn't happy with Proud Spell's workouts over synthetic track.
"It is a concern," he said. "She hasn't done as well on the synthetics as some of my others have. Her times are slower than the efforts she has been putting forth should suggest. I guess all eyes will be on Santa Anita. We'll see what happens."
Proud Spell has won seven of her eleven races. She is by the stallion Proud Citizen, out of the Langfuhr mare Pacific Spell. She is pointed toward this weekend's $750,000 Fitz Dixon Cotillion (GII) at Philadelphia Park. However, Jones believes the filly is almost at the end of her career. "...She's flesh and bone. Sooner or later she's going to start showing signs of being tired."
We'll just see about the Ladies' Classic. ~Equine Lover
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Proud Spell, winner of this year's Kentucky Oaks for fillies (GI) and Alabama Stakes (GI), may just go to the 2008 Breeders Cup Ladies' Classic (GI). Larry Jones, who trains Proud Spell and who was also the trainer of Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) second place finisher Eight Belles, said as recent as August 17 that the filly would not race in the Breeder's Cup due to her disliking of synthetic surfaces. He did not indicate why he had this sudden change of mind, however he did say he wasn't happy with Proud Spell's workouts over synthetic track.
"It is a concern," he said. "She hasn't done as well on the synthetics as some of my others have. Her times are slower than the efforts she has been putting forth should suggest. I guess all eyes will be on Santa Anita. We'll see what happens."
Proud Spell has won seven of her eleven races. She is by the stallion Proud Citizen, out of the Langfuhr mare Pacific Spell. She is pointed toward this weekend's $750,000 Fitz Dixon Cotillion (GII) at Philadelphia Park. However, Jones believes the filly is almost at the end of her career. "...She's flesh and bone. Sooner or later she's going to start showing signs of being tired."
We'll just see about the Ladies' Classic. ~Equine Lover
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