3yo Gelding by Castelvecchio×Word Games
Group 1 record 2024
2024 Australian season1Win
0Placed
1Recorded G1 result
A$1.2MPrize money
Recorded results are the Group 1 wins and placings in this database. Unplaced runs are not recorded, so no win rate is shown. Prize money is what the horse earned in these results; it stays empty where a prize is not on file.
Group 1 performance 2024
1 win · 0 placesTrainer / Jockey / Track
Spring Champion Stakes2000 metres · A$ 1,950,0001stAnthony CummingsJoshua Parr26.10.2024RandwickPrize money €712,456Race detailsWatch
Total Group 1 career
Group 1 since 2024 · 1 win · 0 placesTrainer / Jockey / Track
20250 wins · 0 places
King Charles III Stakes1600 metres · A$ 4,875,00010thJoseph PrideAdam Hyeronimus18.10.2025RandwickPrize money €24,674Race detailsWatch
Epsom Handicap1600 metres · A$ 1,462,50011thJoseph PrideA Adkins04.10.2025RandwickPrize money —Race detailsWatch
20241 win · 0 places
Victoria Derby2500 metres · A$ 2,000,0005thA J CummingsJoshua Parr02.11.2024FlemingtonPrize money €30,842Race detailsWatch
Spring Champion Stakes2000 metres · A$ 1,950,0001stA J CummingsJoshua Parr26.10.2024RandwickPrize money €712,456Race detailsWatch
Champagne Stakes1600 metres · A$ 975,0008thA J CummingsTyler Schiller20.04.2024RandwickPrize money €6,168Race detailsWatch
Group 1 video record
5 races on filmMore Videos (4)
King Charles III Stakes18.10.2025 · RandwickWatch the Race
Epsom Handicap04.10.2025 · RandwickWatch the Race
Victoria Derby02.11.2024 · FlemingtonWatch the Race
Champagne Stakes20.04.2024 · RandwickWatch the Race
Pedigree
As of race day 26.10.24El Castello
CastelvecchioSire
Word GamesDamby Fastnet Rock
DamWord Games
El Castello is out of Word Games (Fastnet Rock), a metropolitan winner, and is her second foal and first winner. Word Games is a half-sister to the dual Group 1 winner Fiveandahalfstar (Hotel Grand), whose wins include the Gr.1 Victoria Derby and the Gr.1 BMW S. Her full-sister Wordplay, placed in the Gr.3 Spring S., is the dam of Cryptogram (So You Think), placed in the Listed Christmas Cup, and of Word For Word (So You Think), second in the Listed Princess S.
Second damCryptic Miss
Second dam Cryptic Miss (Snippets).
Third damCross Words
Third dam Cross Words (Grosvenor) is a full-sister to Cross Swords, winner of the Gr.1 Sydney Cup.
Next generation
Word Games has a filly by Almanzor foaled last year and a further Almanzor filly born in early September.
Connections
Achievements
- Winner of a €1M+ Group 1