El Prado
SireSadler's Wells
GrandsireNorthern Dancer
DamLady Capulet
DamsireSir Ivor
SexStallion
Foaled(1989-02-03)February 3, 1989
DiedSeptember 21, 2009(2009-09-21) (aged 20)
CountryIreland
ColourGray
BreederLyonstown Stud
OwnerRobert Sangster
TrainerVincent O'Brien
Record9: 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.

As a sire

Retired to stud duty, El Prado stood at Adena Springs in Midway, Kentucky. The Leading sire in North America in 2002, as of February 2009 he sired seventy-one stakes winners. Among them are:

At maturity, he reached 16 hands (64 inches, 163 cm) high.[1]

Pedigree

Pedigree of El Prado (IRE), gray stallion, 1989[2]
Sire
Sadler's Wells
bay 1981
Northern Dancer
bay 1961
Nearctic Nearco
Lady Angela
Natalma Native Dancer
Almahmoud
Fairy Bridge
bay 1975
Bold Reason Hail To Reason
Lalun
Special Forli
Thong
Dam
Lady Capulet
gray/roan 1974
Sir Ivor
bay 1965
Sir Gaylord Turn-to
Somethingroyal
Attica Mr. Trouble
Athenia
Cap and Bells
gray 1958
Tom Fool Menow
Gaga
Ghazni Mahmoud
Sun Miss(Family 1-l)[3]

References

  1. "Pedigree Analysis: Is Bigger Always Better?". BloodHorse. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  2. "El Prado pedigree". equineline.com. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  3. "Thoroughbred Bloodlines - Paraffin - Family 1-L". www.bloodlines.net. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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