Diego Velazquez Wins £20,000 October Book 1 Bonus and Earns €34,956 in Prize Money

The Aidan O'Brien trained DIEGO VELAZQUEZ became the 333rd winner of a £20,000 Book 1 Bonus with an impressive debut win at The Curragh in the Irish EBF Maiden. The son of FRANKEL claimed a total of €34,956 for victory, with prize money of €11,800 supplemented by a £20,000 Book 1 Bonus. A three-parts brother to the Group 1 winner BROOME and Group 2 winner POINT LONSDALE, DIEGO VELAZQUEZ was bought at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale for 2,400,000 guineas by M V Magnier & White Birch Farm from the draft of Croom House Stud.