Medaglia d'Oro (horse)

Medaglia d'Oro
Sire	El Prado
Grandsire	Sadler's Wells
Dam	Cappucino Bay
Damsire	Bailjumper
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1999
Country	United States
Colour	Dark Bay/Brown
Breeder	Albert and Joyce Bell
Owner	Joyce Bell Edmund A. Gand
Trainer	Robert J. Frankel
Record	17: 8-7-0
Earnings	$5,754,720
Major wins
San Felipe Stakes (2002) Jim Dandy Stakes (2002) Travers Stakes (2002) Whitney Handicap (2003) Oaklawn Handicap (2003) Strub Stakes (2003) Donn Handicap (2004)
Last updated on August 29, 2008

Medaglia d'Oro (foaled April 11, 1999 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won several major stakes races including the 2002 Travers Stakes and the 2003 Whitney Handicap. He also finished second in the 2002 Belmont Stakes, the Breeders' Cup Classic in both 2002 and 2003, and the 2004 Dubai World Cup. Since retiring to stud, he has become an excellent stallion whose progeny include 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra and two-time champion filly Songbird.

Medaglia d'Oro is a dark bay or brown colt with a white star and three white socks. He was bred by Albert and Joyce Bell at their Katalpa Farm in Paris, Kentucky. His sire was Ireland's 1991 Champion 2-Year-Old, El Prado, who was a son of the fourteen-time leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland Sadler's Wells, who in turn was a son of the 20th century's most influential sire and sire of sires, Northern Dancer. El Prado was the first son of Sadler's Wells to establish himself in the United States, becoming the leading sire in North America in 2002. However, the dam's side of his pedigree is less distinguished. His dam, Cappuccino Bay, won a minor stakes race but then descended into the claiming ranks. Her sire, Bailjumper, was not a success at stud, though he was a son of Hall of Fame inductee Damascus. Her family had failed to produce a major winner in several generations.

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