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Cherry Mix
Cherry Mix (foaled 15 February 2001) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. After winning one minor race as a juvenile in 2003 he made steady progress in the following year. He was placed in the Prix Noailles and the Prix Hocquart and went on to win both the Prix Frederic de Lagrange and the Grand Prix de Deauville before producing his best performance when narrowly beaten in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. When transferred to Godolphin in 2005 he won the Gran Premio del Jockey Club. In 2006 he recorded further major wins in the Rheinland-Pokal and the Premio Roma. He was retired from racing at the end of the 2007 season.
Cherry Mix was a grey horse bred by Lagardere Elevage, a company which managed the bloodstock interests of Jean-Luc Lagardère. Lagardère died in March 2003 and the colt passed into the ownership of the Lagardère family. He was sent into training with André Fabre.
He inherited his grey coat from his sire Linamix, who won the Poule d'Essai des Poulains for Lagardere in 1990 and went on to sire the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Sagamix. Cherry Mix's dam Cherry Moon was bred in California and won four minor races from 21 starts in North America. She was descended from the American broodmare Fairy Day, making her a distant relative of the Belmont Stakes winner Summing.
Cherry Mix began his racing career on 28 September when he started 1.5/1 favourite in a twelve-runner maiden race over 1600 metres on soft ground at Fontainebleau Racecourse and won by half a length. Two weeks later he attempted to follow up in a minor race at Longchamp Racecourse but was beaten a neck into second place by Barnacle.
Cherry Mix's second season began when he finished third when favourite for the Listed Prix Maurice Caillault over 2100 metres at Saint-Cloud Racecourse on 18 March. He then ran second to Voix du Nord in the Prix Noailles at Longchamp in April and third behind Lord du Sud in the Prix Hocquart at the same track in May. On 4 July he started odds-on favourite for the Listed Prix Auriban at Saint-Cloud but was beaten a neck by Staramix. Twenty days later the colt was made 1.6/1 favourite against eight opponents for the Listed Prix Frederic de Lagrange over 2400 metres at Vichy. Ridden by Thierry Gillet he tracked the front-running Anabaa Republic before taking the lead 400 metres from the finish and ran on well to win by three lengths.
Gillet was again in the saddle when Cherry Mix was stepped back up to Group 2 level and matched against older horses in the Grand Prix de Deauville over 2500 metres on heavy ground at Deauville Racecourse on 29 August. He started at odds of 8/1 in an eight-runner field which included Fair Mix (Prix Ganay), Martaline (Prix Maurice de Nieuil) and Bailador (Grand Prix de Vichy). After racing towards the rear, Cherry Mix went to the front 200 metres out and drew away from his opponents to win by four lengths from Martaline.
On 3 October at Longchamp, Cherry Mix, ridden by Christophe Soumillon started a 33/1 outsider for the 2004 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. He was always in contention, took the lead in the straight and looked likely to record an upset victory as he opened up a two length advantage. In the final 50 metres however, he was run down by Bago and beaten half a length into second place. The horses finishing behind him included Ouija Board, North Light, Tap Dance City, Warrsan, Blue Canari, Pride and Grey Swallow.
In the 2004 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings, Cherry Mix was given a rating of 125, five pounds the leader Ghostzapper, making him the sixth best racehorse in the world.
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Cherry Mix
Cherry Mix (foaled 15 February 2001) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. After winning one minor race as a juvenile in 2003 he made steady progress in the following year. He was placed in the Prix Noailles and the Prix Hocquart and went on to win both the Prix Frederic de Lagrange and the Grand Prix de Deauville before producing his best performance when narrowly beaten in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. When transferred to Godolphin in 2005 he won the Gran Premio del Jockey Club. In 2006 he recorded further major wins in the Rheinland-Pokal and the Premio Roma. He was retired from racing at the end of the 2007 season.
Cherry Mix was a grey horse bred by Lagardere Elevage, a company which managed the bloodstock interests of Jean-Luc Lagardère. Lagardère died in March 2003 and the colt passed into the ownership of the Lagardère family. He was sent into training with André Fabre.
He inherited his grey coat from his sire Linamix, who won the Poule d'Essai des Poulains for Lagardere in 1990 and went on to sire the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Sagamix. Cherry Mix's dam Cherry Moon was bred in California and won four minor races from 21 starts in North America. She was descended from the American broodmare Fairy Day, making her a distant relative of the Belmont Stakes winner Summing.
Cherry Mix began his racing career on 28 September when he started 1.5/1 favourite in a twelve-runner maiden race over 1600 metres on soft ground at Fontainebleau Racecourse and won by half a length. Two weeks later he attempted to follow up in a minor race at Longchamp Racecourse but was beaten a neck into second place by Barnacle.
Cherry Mix's second season began when he finished third when favourite for the Listed Prix Maurice Caillault over 2100 metres at Saint-Cloud Racecourse on 18 March. He then ran second to Voix du Nord in the Prix Noailles at Longchamp in April and third behind Lord du Sud in the Prix Hocquart at the same track in May. On 4 July he started odds-on favourite for the Listed Prix Auriban at Saint-Cloud but was beaten a neck by Staramix. Twenty days later the colt was made 1.6/1 favourite against eight opponents for the Listed Prix Frederic de Lagrange over 2400 metres at Vichy. Ridden by Thierry Gillet he tracked the front-running Anabaa Republic before taking the lead 400 metres from the finish and ran on well to win by three lengths.
Gillet was again in the saddle when Cherry Mix was stepped back up to Group 2 level and matched against older horses in the Grand Prix de Deauville over 2500 metres on heavy ground at Deauville Racecourse on 29 August. He started at odds of 8/1 in an eight-runner field which included Fair Mix (Prix Ganay), Martaline (Prix Maurice de Nieuil) and Bailador (Grand Prix de Vichy). After racing towards the rear, Cherry Mix went to the front 200 metres out and drew away from his opponents to win by four lengths from Martaline.
On 3 October at Longchamp, Cherry Mix, ridden by Christophe Soumillon started a 33/1 outsider for the 2004 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. He was always in contention, took the lead in the straight and looked likely to record an upset victory as he opened up a two length advantage. In the final 50 metres however, he was run down by Bago and beaten half a length into second place. The horses finishing behind him included Ouija Board, North Light, Tap Dance City, Warrsan, Blue Canari, Pride and Grey Swallow.
In the 2004 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings, Cherry Mix was given a rating of 125, five pounds the leader Ghostzapper, making him the sixth best racehorse in the world.