El Gran Senor
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Sire:	Northern Dancer
Dam:	Sex Appeal
Damsire:	Buckpasser
Sex:	Stallion
Foaled:	1981
Country:	USA (Maryland)
Colour:	Bay
Breeder:	E. P. Taylor
Owner:	Robert Sangster
Trainer:	Vincent O'Brien
Record:	8: 7-1-0
Earnings:	$502,969
Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards
Major Racing Wins
Dewhurst Stakes (1983) National Stakes (1983) Railway Stakes (1983) Two Thousand Guineas (1984) Irish Derby Stakes (1984)
Racing Awards
United Kingdom Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt (1983) Ireland Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt United Kingdom Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1984) Ireland Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt
Infobox last updated on: October 1, 2006. Image File history File links Photo_needed. ... Northern Dancer (May 27, 1961 - November 16, 1990) was a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and the most successful sire of the 20th Century. ... Buckpasser was a beautiful bay thoroughbred racehorse born in 1963. ... A stallion is an ungelded male horse after reaching the age of sexual maturity, usually between two and three years of age. ... Bay is a color of the hair coats of horses, characterized by a body color of dark red (known as blood bay) to deep brown, with black points (mane, tail, lower legs, and sometimes the muzzle and tip of the ears). ... Edward Plunket Taylor, born January 29, 1901 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - died May 14, 1989 in Lyford Cay, New Providence, Bahamas, was a business tycoon and famous breeder of thoroughbred race horses. ... Robert Edmund Sangster (May 23, 1936 - April 7, 2004) was a well-known English racehorse owner and breeder. ... Vincent OBrien is a retired Irish race horse trainer. ... The Dewhurst Stakes is a Group 1 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for colts and fillies aged two years and above run over a distance of 7 furlongs at Newmarket Racecourse during October. ... The National Stakes is a Group 1 flat racing horse race for two year old colts and fillies run over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 m) at The Curragh racecourse in Ireland during September. ... The Finish of the Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket by Samuel Henry Alken (1810-1894) The Two Thousand Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 1 mile (1609 meters) thoroughbred flat racing horse race for 3-year-old colts and fillies run in May of each year over the Rowley Mile... The Irish Derby is a Group 1 flat horse race in the Republic of Ireland for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs (2,414 metres) at the Curragh, County Kildare in late June / early July. ...

El Gran Senor (b. 1981) was an American-bred Thoroughbred race horse, born at Windfields Farm in Maryland, who was an English and Irish Champion in both years he raced. The colt lost only once: by a nose in the 1984 Epsom Derby to his half-brother, Secreto. Sportscasters [1] and racing observers consider his performance in winning the 1984 Two Thousand Guineas as one of the best in the history of the English Classic Races. United States is the current Good Article Collaboration of the week! Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards. ... Thoroughbred race horses The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known as a race horse. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... Windfields Farm is a 1,500 acre (6 km²) thoroughbred horse breeding farm in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Motto:   (the Royal motto3) (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the Queen 4 Capital London Most populous conurbation Greater London Urban Area English (de facto5) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen HM Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister The Rt Hon Tony Blair MP (Labour) Formation    - Union of the Crowns... Epsom Derby, Théodore Géricault, 1821. ... Secreto (b c Northern Dancer - Bettys Secret (Secretariat)) was foaled on February 12 1981 and won the Epsom Derby in 1984. ... The Finish of the Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket by Samuel Henry Alken (1810-1894) The Two Thousand Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 1 mile (1609 meters) thoroughbred flat racing horse race for 3-year-old colts and fillies run in May of each year over the Rowley Mile... In British horse racing, the Classics are a series of horse races run over the flat (i. ...

Retired to stud El Gran Senor evidenced fertility problems from the outset. Veternarians were able to overcome the problem for a time and of the foals he sired, a high percentage were stakes winners (13.3%). However, the fertility problems continued and after siring 55 Graded stakes race winners he was finally pensioned at Ashford Stud near Versailles, Kentucky in 2000. El Gran Senor died on Oct.18, 2006 due to the infirmities of old age. Horse breeding is the process of using selective breeding to produce additional individuals of a given phenotype, that is, continuing a breed. ... A graded stakes race is a term applied to a Thoroughbred horse race in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay. ... Versailles is a city located in Woodford County, Kentucky. ...