Caracolero [SEP] father
only subsequent race and was retired to stud, where he had little success as a sire of winners.
Background.
Caracolero was a chestnut horse with a white star and short white socks on his left feet bred in Kentucky by Leslie Combs II. His sire Graustark had a brief but promising racing career before becoming a very successful breeding stallion whose progeny included Prove Out, Key To The Mint, Avatar and Jim French. Caracolero's dam Betty Lorraine went on to produce Betty's Secret, who in turn produced The
settled Caracolero in third behind Steinway and Kamaraan with Mount Hagen, Top Command and Moulines close behind. Mount Hagen took the lead early in the straight but was soon overtaken by Caracolero, who established a clear advantage 200 metre from the finish and stayed on strongly to win by one and a half lengths Dankaro, with Kamaraan and in third and fourth.
Piggott reclaimed the ride from Paquet when Caracolero started 7/2 second favourite for the Irish Sweeps Derby at the Curragh on 29 June. Racing on firmer ground than he had previously