El Corridor | horse photo
GI Cigar Mile H. winner and former son of Hill ‘n’ Dale El Corridor (Mr. Greeley–Silvery Swan, according to Silver Vice) has died aged 26 in Türkiye, according to Turkish news source, Yaris Dergisi. El Corredor stood since 2015 at the Silivri Stallion Complex of the Turkish Jockey Club until his presumed death on Tuesday, June 20.
A September Keeneland worth $110,000 annually from the first Mr. Greeley, El Corredor was purchased by Bob Baffert and raced in color by Hal J. Earnhardt III. Dark Bay won the Cigar Mile and GII Del Mar Breeders’ Cup H. in third place before adding a second edition of the Del Mar Breeders’ Cup and GII Pat O’Brien H. in fourth place. Often brilliant but frequently thwarted by quarter cracks, the Retired Purebred/Liberated Farm Needham-Betz with a 10-7-1-0 record and earnings of $727,920.
After several years standing in Kentucky, as well as work at Questroyal North in New York and The Stallion Station at Copper Crowne in Louisiana, plus a couple of seasons shuttles to Argentina, El Corredor was purchased to stand in Turkey for the season. born 2015. He has 33 Northern Hemisphere-bred black type winners, including Class I winners Adieu, Backseat Rhythm, Crisp and Dominican, and other classified winners. .
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