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Paddy O'Prado (February 15, 2007 – October 22, 2018) was an American
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. Bred by
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, he finished third in the 2010
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. His regular jockey was
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.


Racing career

Paddy O'Prado was foaled in
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. He broke his maiden at
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on March 6, 2010, in the Grade 3 $150,000
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. He went on to finish second in the
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behind winner Stately Victor, finishing in front of
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, Interactif, Make Music For Me and
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. Following his runner up performance in the Blue Grass, he raced in the 2010 Kentucky Derby and finished third behind Super Saver and
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. In the
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, he was sixth. At this point, his trainer,
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, moved him back to the
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. Paddy O'Prado then captured the Grade 2 $500,000 Colonial Turf Cup, the Grade 2 $600,000
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, and the Grade 1 $400,000
Secretariat Stakes The Secretariat Stakes is a Graded stakes race, Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds over a distance of one mile on the Grass, turf. The event was originally raced at Arlington Park in Arlington Heights, Illinois, Arlingto ...
. 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
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from Baryshnikov.


Retirement

Paddy O'Prado fractured one of his right rear
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s during the Dixie Stakes. He was permanently retired from racing on May 22, 2011. O'Prado stood at
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for a stud fee of $5,000 before being sent to stud in Turkey, where he died in a
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accident before the beginning of the 2018 breeding season.


References

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