El Prado | |
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Sire | Sadler's Wells |
Grandsire | Northern Dancer |
Dam | Lady Capulet |
Damsire | Sir Ivor |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | February 3, 1989 |
Died | September 21, 2009 | (aged 20)
Country | Ireland |
Colour | Gray |
Breeder | Lyonstown Stud |
Owner | Robert Sangster |
Trainer | Vincent O'Brien |
Record | 9: 4-1-0 |
Earnings | £141,245 |
Major wins | |
Railway Stakes (1991) National Stakes (1991) Beresford Stakes (1991) | |
Awards | |
Leading sire in North America (2002) |
El Prado (February 3, 1989 – September 21, 2009) was a Thoroughbred racehorse and Champion sire. He was sired by Sadler's Wells, who was a fourteen-time Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland. Out of the mare, Lady Capulet who won the Irish 1,000 Guineas on her racecourse debut, his damsire was Sir Ivor whose wins included the 1968 Epsom Derby, 2,000 Guineas Stakes, Champion Stakes and Washington, D.C. International Stakes.
Bred by Lyonstown Stud in Cashel, County Tipperary, El Prado was raced by leading British horseman, Robert Sangster, and trained by Vincent O'Brien. Racing at age two, he won four of his six starts including the National Stakes, Railway Stakes and the Beresford Stakes, all at The Curragh Racecourse and ridden by Lester Piggott. He was joint Irish champion 2 year-old. At age three, El Prado finished out of the money in all three starts.