Super Corinto, the Argentine champion, has been retired and will enter stud duty

Winner of the Gran Premio Hipódromo Chile (G1) and the owner of an outstanding racing career, he will stand at Haras Jet Set in Peru

By Néstor Obregón Rossi (El Crack Perú)

LIMA, Peru (Special to Turf Diario).- A new chapter is beginning in the story of Super Corinto. The outstanding Argentine runner, winner of the Gran Premio Hipódromo Chile (G1) in 2022, has officially been retired from racing and is already settled at Haras Jet Set - Pope, in Chincha, where he will begin his stud career during the second half of the current breeding season.

The news was confirmed by José Toribio Pacheco, co-owner and manager of the farm.

“We believe the time has come to give him the retirement he deserves. He’s a horse that brought us enormous satisfaction and earned an important place in the history of the stable,” Pacheco said.

Bred in Argentina by Haras Firmamento, and a son of Super Saver out of Tradizione Slam (Grand Slam), Super Corinto was imported to Peru by the Jet Set operation and promptly won his first three starts.

He later finished fourth in the Clásico Alfredo Benavides y Alfredo Benavides Diez Canseco (G3), encouraging his connections to send him to Chile for the 2022 Gran Premio Latinoamericano (G1) at Hipódromo Chile.

There, over the Santiago dirt surface, the colt turned in a tremendous effort when runner-up to local star O’Connor (Boboman), remaining in Chile afterward to gain revenge one month later in the Gran Premio Hipódromo Chile (G1).

Following that success, he was transferred to the United States, where he placed and later won during his early appearances at Gulfstream Park. After an unexpected setback in the Pegasus World Cup (G1), he was aimed toward the 2023 Dubai World Cup (G1), where injury struck.

He became the first horse with a Peruvian campaign to compete in one of the world’s most prestigious races.

After returning to the United States and recovering from the injury, Super Corinto was forced to deal with lingering physical issues that prevented him from fully recapturing his immense ability. He returned to Peru in the middle of last year and raced four more times, earning placings in stakes company.

In fact, he even experimented on turf while attempting to secure a place in the recent Latinoamericano. He finished third in the Clásico Snow Cort, placed in the Rumbo al Latino, was fourth in the Baldomero Aspíllaga (G3), and ended his career finishing out of the money in the Enrique Meiggs (G2).

Super Corinto retires with a record of five victories—including a major international win in Chile and another triumph in the United States—along with three runner-up finishes and one third from 19 career starts, while earning US$153,553.

His sire, Super Saver, responsible for 48 stakes winners across Peru, the United States, Argentina, Chile, and Mexico, has also begun to establish himself as a promising sire of sires through the success of sons such as Runhappy (17 stakes winners), Competitive Edge (15 stakes winners), and Super Nao, last season’s leading first-crop sire in Peru.