14 May 1967. Carlos Gardel During his long career, Natalio Cirilo Banegas enjoyed the friendship of the foremost personalities of the Argentine equestrian world. Among them was his close friend, the legendary tango singer, composer and actor Carlos Gardel (1890 – 1935), with whom Banegas had a friendship that began before the start of Gardel's artistic life and spanned for more than a quarter of a century. The friendship between Carlos Gardel and Natalio Cirilo Banegas traced back to the time when Banegas was part of the group of close friendships Gardel had with jockey Irineo Leguisamo and trainer Francisco Maschio, also one of Banegas' mentors. According to Simon Collier in The Life, Music and Times of Carlos Gardel "Maschio's stable named Yeruá, on Olleros Street, was, for Gardel the focus of an alternative barra (group of friends or fans), as strong as any other he ever associated with over the years. In his last performance in the City of Rosario, on 21–22 April 1933, at the Broadway Theater Carlos Gardel gifted Natalio Cirilo Banegas with one of his gaucho jackets, made with a black satin and embroidered with red roses. Gardel was photographed wearing this jacket by photographer José María Silva in 1923 and he wore it afterwards in his 1923 concert tour of Spain for 40 performances at the Apollo Theater of Madrid, one of which was attended by one of the Spanish Infantas, Infanta Isabel de Borbón y Borbón, "La Chata." A similar gaucho jacket to the one Banegas received from Gardel appeared in films and movie posters as The Tango on Broadway of 1934 and El día que me quieras of 1935. This jacket was also worn alternatively in El día que me quieras by actors Tito Luciardo and Manuel Peluffo. In one of such scenes they sang the tango Suerte Negra in a trio with Carlos Cardel. Carlos Cardel died tragically on 24 June 1935, Colleagues Horse trainers Natalio Cirilo Banegas maintained close friendships with his colleagues, among them the trainers: Juan Concepción, Francisco Maschio, Naciamo Moreno, Elías Zamora, Tellería, Felipe Viscay, Andrés Guadalupe, Anacleto Galimbertti, Anibal "Chiquito" Giovanetti, Della Randart and Lora. As the leading thoroughbred horse trainer of his time in the City of Rosario, he mentored and earned the esteem of many colleagues, such as Cecilio Rodriguez, Agapito Gomez, Arturo Capra, Antonio Lema, Carlos "Gallego" Varela, Miranda, Agud, Demarchi, Alonso and the