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 2009-Sep-22, 04:35 PM
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............Carty said he bought El Prado privately for Frank Stronach in the early 1990s from Coolmore Stud and Brereton Jones initially stood the stallion on Stronach’s behalf at his Airdrie Stud.
When Stronach launched his Adena Spring’s stallion operation, El Prado was one of the first sires to stand there.
“No one wanted a son of Sadler’s Wells in America,” said Carty. “Everyone saw him as just a grass horse, but now he’s a broodmare sire, a sire of sires, and he’s made history. It was a gamble…to buy a son of Sadler’s Wells was a major move, but it paid off.”
A Group One winner in the UK, El Prado’s best offspring include 2004 champion grass horse Kitten's Joy, grade winner and sensational young sire Medaglia d'Oro, dual Group One winner Borrego and 2005 NetJets Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) winner Artie Schiller, who shuttles to Independent Stallions in Victoria.
Currently in 16th spot on the leading North American sires list, El Prado has had 62 winners from 151 runners this year, his star performer the French Group One victor Spanish Moon.
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