More Than Ready mare Augusta Proud has been retired.  Owner-breeder Kerry O’Brien made the decision after the Adelaide flyer finished last at Morphettville on Saturday.

Augusta Proud (5m More Than Ready – Kadasha by Langfuhr) was trained by Leon Macdonald and had won first-up after a 44 week spell at Morphettville in February.  Subsequent failures in the G3 Irwin Stakes and LR Manihi Clasic left connections no choice but to curtail her career.

Augusta Proud won her first six starts including the Gold Coast and Adelaide 2YO Classics until her unbeaten run came to a halt in the 2008 G1 Golden Slipper won by Sebring.

She had been passed in at the 2007 Adelaide Magic Millions yearling sale after coming up short of O’Brien’s $50,000 reserve.  He syndicated the filly to Port Augusta based owners John Canham, Brian & Michael Gloede, Dale Larkin, Gerard McConnal, Peter Moran and Leon Macdonald’s wife Pam.

O’Brien isn’t taking any chances with Augusta Proud.  She is the only filly left to continue the family line after her dam Kadasha died in October 2007.  The mare’s only other foal Kardashian (Dubai Destination) also perished shortly after foaling a Casino Prince colt in October 2010.