Ken and Sarah Ramsey announced that they have sold Precious Kitten, Eclipse Award finalist for Champion Female Turf Horse, to Roy and Gretchen Jackson's Lael Stable. The details of the sale were not made public. The multiple Grade I winner and millionaire will remain in training with Bobby Frankel in 2008.

"We hope that she brings as much pleasure to the Jacksons as she did to us," said Ken Ramsey. "Selling her was a tough decision and we'll miss running her in the big races this year. We hope she wins a 2008 Eclipse Award for the Jacksons and goes on to an equally successful career as a broodmare. We will be following her closely and hope to see them in the winners circle with her often this year."

In her 19 starts to date, Precious Kitten has finished in the money 16 times. In addition to Matriarch (GI) and John C. Mabee (GI) wins, she won the 2007 editions of the Palomar H. [GII] and Gallorette H. (GIII) and the 2006 Mrs. Revere S. [GII] and Martha Washington Breeders' Cup S. In the Gallorette, she set a new Pimlico course record of 1:40.32 for 1 1/16 miles. To date she has earned $1,419,688.

Precious Kitten is by Catienus, out of Kitten's First. Catienus, the leading New York sire for 2006 and 2007, is standing at Ramsey Farm in Kentucky in 2008 for a stud fee of $15,000. Kitten's First is also the dam of 2004 Champion Male Turf Horse Kitten's Joy, who stands at Ramsey Farm for a $30,000 stud fee.

Roy and Gretchen Jackson's Lael Stables caught the public's attention when unbeaten Barbaro won the 2006 edition of the Kentucky Derby. Joining Barbaro in the gate in Louisville that day was stablemate Showing Up, marking the first time that two previously undefeated horses represented the same owner in the Kentucky Derby. The Jackson's reaction to Barbaro's severe breakdown in the Preakness—doing everything in their power to try to save the beloved horse—endeared them to racing fans around the world. The Jacksons also bred 2000 Guineas and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes winner George Washington.

In 1994, Ken and Sarah Ramsey purchased the former Almahurst Farm, birthplace of 1918 Kentucky Derby winner Exterminator and Standardbred legend Greyhound, and renamed it Ramsey Farm. Managed by Mark Partridge, Ramsey Farm now covers more than 1,200 acres in Nicholasville, Ky., and is home to over 160 broodmares and stallions Kitten's Joy and Catienus. Kitten's First, dam of Kitten's Joy and Precious Kitten, also is the dam of stakes winner Justenuffheart, dam of champion and 2006 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Dreaming of Anna. Kitten's First foundered and was euthanized in January 2006. The Ramseys have 65 horses in training with Bobby Frankel, Chad Brown, Mike Maker, Mark Shuman, Ronny Werner, Charlton Baker, Wesley Ward and Tom Voss. The Ramseys were one of the top 10 owners of 2007, with earnings of $3,996,973.