Six Perfections (horse)
| Six Perfections | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Celtic Swing |
| Grandsire | Damister |
| Dam | Yogya |
| Damsire | Riverman |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 2000 |
| Country | France |
| Colour | Black |
| Breeder | Niarchos family |
| Owner | Flaxman Holdings |
| Trainer | Pascal Bary |
| Record | 14: 6-6-1 |
| Earnings | £1,171,422 |
| Major wins | |
| Prix Marcel Boussac (2002) Prix du Calvados (2002) Prix Imprudence (2003) Prix Jacques Le Marois (2003) Breeders' Cup Mile (2003) | |
| Awards | |
| European Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (2002) | |
| Honours | |
| Prix Six Perfections named in her honour | |
| Last updated on 24 September 2023 | |
Six Perfections (foaled 2000 in France) is a champion Thoroughbred race horse, bred by the Niarchos family. She is best known for her 2003 win in the Breeders' Cup Mile.
Background
[edit]Yogya, Six Perfections' dam, is a half sister of to two-time Breeders Cup Mile winner Miesque. Celtic Swing, Six Perfections' sire, had many group one wins, including a first in the Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby).
Racing career
[edit]Six Perfections was trained by Pascal Bary and finished in third or better in thirteen of her fourteen starts, including a 2nd in the 1,000 Guineas.
For her performance in the 2002 racing season Six Perfections earned the Cartier Award for Two-Year-Old European Champion Filly.
Six Perfections ran in her second Breeders Cup mile in October 2004, where she finished 3rd. Following this race, the horse was retired to broodmare duties, was mated to Storm Cat and subsequently produced a bay colt. The colt was named Planet Five and won the Prix du Gros Chêne in 2010.
In the Eclipse Awards for 2003, Six Perfections finished runner-up in the poll for American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly beaten two votes by the Kentucky Oaks winner Bird Town.[1]
Legacy
[edit]She was dam of four winners - Planet Five (2006), a bay colt by Storm Cat who won three races including the Group 2 Prix du Gros Chêne at Chantilly, Faufiler (2011), a bay filly by Galileo, who won five races including the Grade 3 Modesty Handicap at Arlington Park and Mount Everest (2016), also by Galileo, who won the Listed Trigo Stakes at Leopardstown. Her top rated offspring was Yucatan (2014), another Galileo colt, who won the Group 2 Herbert Power Stakes at Caulfield in Australia.
The Group 3 Prix Six Perfections at Deauville is named in her honour. She died in 2019 at the age of 19.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Welcome to the Thoroughbred Raci". Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
- ^ "Profile: Six Perfections". Racing Post. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- Six Perfections' pedigree and partial racing stats
- YouTube video of Six Perfections' stretch run to win the 2003 Breeders' Cup Mile
Pedigree
[edit]| Sire Celtic Swing |
Damister | Mr Prospector | Raise a Native |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Digger | |||
| Batucada | Roman Line | ||
| Whistle a Tune | |||
| Celtic Ring | Welsh Pageant | Tudor Melody | |
| Picture Light | |||
| Pencuia Jewel | Petingo | ||
| Fotheringay | |||
| Dam Yogya |
Riverman | Never Bend | Nasrullah |
| Lalun | |||
| River Lady | Prince John | ||
| Nile Lily | |||
| Pasadoble | Prove Out | Graustark | |
| Equal Venture | |||
| Santa Quilla | Sanctus | ||
| Neriad |