Photo: Lee Thomas
Questroyal Stud, LLC announced today the relocation of El Corredor from Kentucky to Questroyal North for the 2013 breeding season. Sire of more Grade 1 stakes winner than any New York stallion, Mr. Greeley’s most successful son at stud joins Roaring Fever (Storm Cat) and Patriot Act (A.P. Indy) where the trio will hold court at the newly acquired breeding facility (formerly Sez Who North) located eight miles from Saratoga Race Course in Stillwater, NY.
Questroyal principal, Barry Ostrager commented, “El Corredor is the type of multiple Grade 1 stakes sire the expanding New York breeding market needs and wants.”
El Corredor won seven races from 10 starts from age two to four including the Grade 1 Cigar Mile and earned $727,920. A half-brother to Grade 1 millionaire Roman Ruler, El Corredor is sire of 31 stakes winners including 13 graded winners of seven Grade 1 races with progeny earnings of nearly $30 million.
From eight crops of racing age he is the sire of 107 2-year-old winners and 23 juvenile stakes horses. Representing the Gone West sire line, El Corredor has consistently sired superior runners. He has Grade 1 winners on all surfaces and in 2012 is sire of eight stakes winners including Beautiful But Blue ($270,950), New York-bred winner of five of her last six starts by a combined 14 1/2 lengths with three stakes victories. El Corredor is sire of 71 2-year-olds of 2013.
Among El Corredor’s top lifetime performers are Crisp, winner of the Grade 1 Santa Anita Oaks who sold in-foal to Bernardini for $1.2 million at the 2011 Fasig-Tipton November sale; Adieu, winner of the Grade 1 Frizette S. ($907,934); Dominican winner of the Grade 1 Toyota Blue Grass ($753,783).
El Corredor stands the 2013 season for $7,500 due when foal stands and nurses. For more information please contact Midge Hawver at Questroyal Stud (518) 828-0777 or Sara Dunham (518) 928-6615.
