Paddy O'Prado

Paddy O'Prado
Sire El Prado
Grandsire Sadler's Wells
Dam Fun House
Damsire Prized
Sex Male
Foaled 2007
Country United States
Colour Gray
Breeder Winchell Thoroughbreds
Owner Donegal Racing
Trainer Dale L. Romans
Record 15: 5-3-3
Earnings $1,721,297
Major wins
Palm Beach Stakes (2010)
Colonial Turf Cup (2010)
Virginia Derby (2010)
Secretariat Stakes (2010)
Dixie Stakes (2011)

Paddy O'Prado (foaled February 15, 2007, in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by Winchell Thoroughbreds, he finished third in the 2010 Kentucky Derby. His regular jockey is Kent Desormeaux.

Racing career

Paddy O'Prado broke his maiden at Gulfstream Park on March 6, 2010, in the Grade 3 $150,000 Palm Beach Stakes. He went on to finish second in the Blue Grass Stakes behind winner Stately Victor, finishing in front of First Dude, Interactif, Make Music For Me and Odysseus.[1] Following his runner up performance in the Blue Grass, he raced in the Kentucky Derby and finished third. In the Preakness, he was sixth.

At this point, his trainer, Dale Romans, moved him back to the turf. Paddy O'Prado then captured the Grade 2 $500,000 Colonial Turf Cup, the Grade 2 $600,000 Virginia Derby, and the Grade 1 $400,000 Secretariat Stakes.

In his 2011 four-year-old debut, on Preakness Day at Pimlico, Paddy O'Prado came from the back of the pack to take the Dixie Stakes from Baryshnikov.

Retirement

Paddy O'Prado fractured one of his right rear sesamoid bones during the Dixie Stakes. He was permanently retired from racing on May 22, 2011.[2] O'Prado currently stands at Spendthrift Farm for a stud fee of $5,000.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/apr/27/paddy-oprado-kentucky-drew/ Paddy O'Prado pride: Local horse owners feel lucky with Kentucky Derby hopeful
  2. ↑ Bloodhorse Staff. "Grade I Winner Paddy O'Prado Retired". Bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  3. ↑ Spendthrift Farm. "Paddy O'Prado". Spendthriftfarm.com. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
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