Borrego (horse)

Borrego
Sire	El Prado
Grandsire	Sadler's Wells
Dam	Sweet as Honey
Damsire	Strike the Gold
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	2001
Country	United States
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Jon S. Kelly, Ralls & Foster LLC, Brad Scott, et al.
Owner	Jon S. Kelly, Ralls & Foster LLC, Brad Scott, et al.
Trainer	C. Beau Greely
Record	20: 5-6-2
Earnings	$2,052,090
Major wins
Pacific Classic Stakes (2005) Jockey Club Gold Cup (2005)
Last updated on September 21, 2007

Borrego (foaled May 17, 2001 in Kentucky, United States) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Borrego was bred to sell by a partnership Jon Kelly, Ralls and Foster LLC, Brad Scott and C. Beau Greeley. The partnership twice bought Borrego back at auction when bidding did not reach the reserve price set by the partnership. He was campaigned by Lexington-native C. Beau Greely throughout his 20 race career, which included victories in a pair of Grade 1 races and a start in the prestigious Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

Borrego's career as a racehorse began in October 2003. Being by the Irish sire El Prado, a sire known for producing both turf and dirt runners, trainer C. Beau Greely debuted his homebred colt on the turf in a one mile Maiden Special Weight at Santa Anita Park. After running 4th in his debut, he won for the first time in his next start, and went on to win once more in his juvenile season.

Greely started Borrego on the road to the Kentucky Derby in 2004, first in the Sham Stakes at Santa Anita Park.

He earned his spot in the Derby after respectable finishes in the Louisiana Derby and Arkansas Derby, but could do no better than 10th on Derby Day. He wheeled back two weeks later in the second leg of the Triple Crown, Pimlico's Preakness Stakes. He ran 7th in that race, but rebounded that fall to finish 2nd in a pair of stakes races.

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