El Castello (AUS)

Country
Australia
Foal Date
15-Aug-21
Sex
stallion
Colour
bay
Dam
Word Games
Prize Money
$1689225
Owners
Anthony Cummings Thoroughbreds (A&B Cummings), A R McAnulty, Mrs L McAnulty, Bangaloe Stud (Miss J C Ritchie), R D Spratt, D O'Kane, P O'Kane, Mrs A Spratt, Wessel Thoroughbreds (C J Wessel) & R P Barwick
About

El Castello is a 4yo Australian bay stallion trained by Joseph Pride at Warwick Farm. He is by Castelvecchio out of Word Games. Having captured a Group One victory and earning $1,689,225, he is considered an elite racehorse. On 26 Oct 2024 at Randwick, ridden by Joshua Parr, he secured his biggest triumph, winning the $2,000,000 Open Set Weight and beating Henlein. Throughout his career he has been a lucrative target for bettors; backing him from the start would have delivered a 182% return on investment.

Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Rosehill Gardens 13-Sep-25 1300m SOFT 5 R9 G2 3YO+ Open Quality $13,250 (of $300,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:16.120, SP: 26.00 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.520B Nock 53.5kg 5.14L4 (9)
Warwick Farm 04-Sep-25 790m SOFT 5 R4 OPEN-BT Barrier 3, Winning Time: 00:45.650 Sectionals: 600m 00:32.600J Parr 5.85L8 (10)
Warwick Farm 22-Aug-25 740m SYNTHETIC 9 R5 OPEN-BT Barrier 5, Winning Time: 00:44.500 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.610J Parr 0.80L3 (9)
Flemington 02-Nov-24 2500m GOOD 3 R7 G1 Open Set Weight $50,000 (of $2,000,000) Barrier 16, Winning Time: 02:37.780, SP: 3.90 In-running: Settled 12th, 1200m 13th, 800m 13th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.880J Parr 57kg 2.77L5 (16)
Randwick 26-Oct-24 2000m GOOD 4 R7 G1 Open Set Weight $1,160,000 (of $2,000,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 02:03.050, SP: 3.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 1200m 2nd, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.920J Parr 56.5kg1 (10)
Rosehill Gardens 12-Oct-24 1800m GOOD 4 R4 G3 Open Set Weight $288,000 (of $500,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:49.160, SP: 6.50 In-running: Settled 4th, 1200m 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.760J Parr 56.5kg1 (12)
Randwick 21-Sep-24 1600m GOOD 4 R1 BM 72 Hcp $55,000 (of $120,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:35.480, SP: 2.90 In-running: Settled 2nd, 1200m 2nd, 800m 3rd, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.430T Clark 54.5kg1 (12)
Warwick Farm 04-Sep-24 1400m GOOD 4 R2 Mdn Hcp $48,000 (of $100,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:22.500, SP: 13.00 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 3rd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:35.180J Parr 61.5kg1 (11)
Royal Randwick 30-Aug-24 1045m GOOD 4 R9 3Y+ MDN-BT Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:03.900 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.330J Parr 0 4.02L4 (10)
Royal Randwick 19-Aug-24 1050m HEAVY 8 R7 OPEN-BT Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:04.090 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.430J Parr 0 2.89L4 (8)
Royal Randwick 05-Aug-24 850m SOFT 7 R3 GROUP-BT Barrier 6, Winning Time: 00:51.580 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.360A Hyeronimus 2.60L3 (4)
Randwick 20-Apr-24 1600m HEAVY 10 R7 G1 Open Set Weight $10,000 (of $1,000,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:42.710, SP: 21.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 1200m 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.710T Schiller 56.5kg 20.17L8 (8)
Randwick 13-Apr-24 1600m SOFT 5 R1 LR Open Quality $36,375 (of $200,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:36.280, SP: 17.00 In-running: Settled 2nd, 1200m 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.950J Parr 56.5kg 2.15L2 (11)
Warwick Farm 01-Apr-24 1300m GOOD 4 R1 Mdn Hcp $6,100 (of $65,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:16.620, SP: 81.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.330T Berry 57kg 1.26L3 (16)
Royal Randwick 22-Mar-24 740m SOFT 6 R12 2Y-BT Barrier 10, Winning Time: 00:43.250 Sectionals: 600m 00:32.920T Marquand 0 9.98L5 (10)