El Duque emerges as sale topper at Haras El Paraíso 2024 foal auction

Il Campione colt El Duque emerged as the session topper during the Haras El Paraíso Annual Sale, hammered down for 52,000,000 pesos. The auction also featured a selection of 2025 weanlings, further highlighting the nursery's deep pipeline. Additionally, the racing prospect El Madrugador commanded the day's highest price in the horses-in-training segment, selling for 80,000,000 pesos

Il Campione (CHI) continues to be the gold standard for Haras El Paraíso sales

Haras El Paraíso kicked off its commercial season with the traditional Annual Sale, an expansive event featuring 124 lots including 2024-born yearlings, 2025 weanlings, and horses in training. Conducted by Monasterio Tattersall, the auction once again highlighted the massive market appeal of the farm’s cornerstone sire, Il Campione (CHI).

The top honors among the yearlings went to El Duque (Il Campione), who was hammered down for 52,000,000 pesos to an undisclosed buyer. Cataloged as Lot 4, the colt boasts a prolific pedigree; he is out of the blue-hen mare Brandha (Incurable Optimist), dam of multiple stakes winners including Sommerwind (Sebi Halo), El Darwin (Il Campione), and Es de Temer (Il Campione).

The second-highest price was commanded by Exaltation (Il Campione), the session opener, who brought 45,000,000 pesos. The October foal is the second produce of the triple stakes-winning sprinter Sweetest Dream (Sebi Halo). Rounding out the top three was Lets Go (Le Blues), secured by Raúl Gómez for 42,000,000 pesos.

In the yearling segment, 51 products were sold for a total of 953,500,000 pesos, yielding an average of 18,686,275 pesosand a median of 17,085,366 pesos.

The market remained buoyant across all categories. The 2025 weanling draft was topped by Ether (Il Campione) at 25,500,000 pesos, while the standout of the day was the racing prospect El Madrugador (Il Campione), who commanded a staggering 80,000,000 pesos from buyer Guillermo Baglietto.