El Bodegon
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| El Bodegon | |
|---|---|
 Racing silks of Nas Syndicate & A F O'Callaghan | |
| Sire | Kodiac |
| Grandsire | Danehill |
| Dam | Al Andalyya |
| Damsire | Kingmambo |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | 26 April 2019[1] |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Cecil & Martin McCracken |
| Owner | Nas Syndicate & A F O'Callaghan |
| Trainer | James Ferguson |
| Record | 5: 3-1-1 |
| Earnings | £181,148 |
| Major wins | |
| Prix de Conde (2021) Criterium de Saint-Cloud (2021) | |
El Bodegon (foaled 26 April 2019) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He was one of the best European two-year-olds in 2021 when he won three of his five races including the Prix de Conde and the Criterium de Saint-Cloud.
El Bodegon is a bay colt with a white star and snip and two white socks bred in Ireland by Cecil & Martin McCracken. As a yearling in October 2020 he was consigned to the Tattersalls sale and was bought for 70,000 guineas by the trainer John Ferguson.[2] He entered the ownership of the Nas Syndicate & A F O'Callaghan and was taken into training by Ferguson at Newmarket, Suffolk.
He was sired by Kodiac, a sprinter who won four minor races from twenty starts and finished second in the Hackwood Stakes and fourth in the Prix Maurice de Gheest.[3] Like his full-brother Invincible Spirit, he became a very successful breeding stallion, siring many major winners including Tiggy Wiggy, Fairyland and Hello Youmzain.[4] El Bodegon's dam Al Andalyya showed little racing ability, failing to win in five attempts,[5] but did better as a broodmare, producing the Caulfield Cup winner Best Solution. Her dam Kushnarenkovo was a daughter of the Park Hill Stakes winner Eva Luna, whose other foals included Brian Boru, Sea Moon and the dam of Workforce.[6]