Registration:  ApHC #150907
Foaled:  April 14, 1971
Died:  May 1999
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Owner Victoria Ennis of Kingston, Oklahoma, agreed to have the Appaloosa racing stallion, Mr Spotted Bull, euthanized in May 1999, after veterinarians were unable to surgically save the stallion's broken leg.

Jerry Nunneley bred the Appaloosa mare, Zip's Silver Maid, to Z-Bull (JC), producing Mr Spotted Bull on April 14, 1971. Mr Spotted Bull earned $6,912.67 during his racing career with a 5-1-2-1 record and one stakes win. In April 1983, Appaloosa News featured a portrait of Mr Spotted Bull on its cover and an article about his accomplishments as a sire.

As a breeding stallion, he produced a versatile crop of 405 registered foals. In 1977 and 1980, Mr Spotted Bull was the leading sire of money earners. Currently, he's the number six all-time leading sire of racing money earners with his son, Bull Nunneley, in third place. Mr Spotted Bull has produced 196 race starters who've earned $870,613.51, 14 stakes wins, 33 stakes placed, 33 racing registers of merit and 11 meadlions.

His get have also excelled in the show ring, earning more than 290 performance points, 144 halter points, 16 registers of merit and 13 bronze medallions.

{This article was originally published in the Appaloosa Journal, November 1999, Vol 53, No. 11, "Field Notes - Great Spirits" and is used here by permission.}

Copyright © 1999 Appaloosa Horse Club. All rights reserved.

(Added note: Mr. Spotted was inducted into the ApHC Racing Hall of Fame for 1999.)