Miesque

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Sire: Nureyev
Dam: Pasadoble
Damsire: Prove Out
Sex: Filly
Foaled: 1984
Country: USA
Colour: Bay
Breeder: Flaxman Holdings Ltd.
Owner: Stavros Niarchos
Trainer: Francois Boutin
Record: 16:12-3-1
Earnings: $ 2,096,517
Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards
Major Racing Wins
Prix de la Salamandre (1986)
Prix Marcel Boussac (1986)
Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (1987)
Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (1987)
One Thousand Guineas (1987)
Breeders' Cup Mile (1987 & 1988)
Prix d'Ispahan (1988)
Prix Jacques le Marois (1988)
Racing Awards
Champion 2 Year Old Filly of France (1986)
Champion 3 Year Old Filly of France (1987)
United Kingdom Champion 3 Year Old Filly (1987)
Champion Miler of France (1987 & 1988)
United Kingdom Champion Miler (1987 & 1988)
United States Champion Turf Horse (1987 & 1988)
Honours
United States Racing Hall of Fame (1999)
#82 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century
Miesque Stakes at Hollywood Park
Prix Miesque at Hippodrome de Maisons-Laffitte

Infobox last updated on: September 17, 2006.

Miesque (born March 14, 1984 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States) is a champion thoroughbred filly race horse best known as the first horse to win two Breeders' Cup Championships back-to-back.

Born from the mare Pasadoble, Miesque was sired by Nureyev, a son of Northern Dancer. Owned by Greek shipping tycoon Stavros Niarchos, Miesque spent most of her career racing in Europe. Stabled in France and trained by François Boutin, Miesque won three of her four races as a two year old, including two Grade 1 Stakes Races and was voted the 1986 Champion 2 year old filly in France.

Under jockey Freddy Head, at age three Miesque won the One Thousand Guineas in England and the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (the French One Thousand Guineas). Miesque achieved international stardom when she defeated a talented field of mostly male horses in the prestigious 1987 Breeders' Cup Mile, in the process setting a Hollywood Park racecourse record. Her powerful performance earned her the 1987 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Female Turf Horse plus she was named 3-year-old Filly Champion and Champion Miler in both France and England.

The following year, Miesque raced only four times, winning three and finishing second once. She returned to the U.S. to defend her Breeders Cup title at Churchill Downs in Kentucky and once again was up against a very strong field of older males including Belmont Stakes winner Bet Twice and the Daniel Wildenstein-owned champion, Steinlen. Despite the fierce competition, the filly won the race by four lengths, making her the first ever back-to-back winner in Breeders Cup history. The performance earned her a second straight Eclipse Award for Outstanding Female Turf Horse for 1988 and she was again voted France's Champion Miler of the year plus was named that country's Champion Older Mare.

Miesque retired after the 1988 season. Of her sixteen lifetime races, the filly won twelve, finished second three times, and third once. She has been a successful broodmare at the Niarchos farm in Kentucky, producing several stakes winners with sires such as Mr. Prospector. Miesque's offspring include:

In the Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the top 100 U.S. thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, Miesque was ranked #82. She was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1999.

The annual Prix Miesque at the Hippodrome in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines and the Miesque Stakes at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California are held in her honor.


Pedigree of Miesque
Sire
Nureyev		 Northern Dancer Nearctic Nearco
Lady Angela
Natalma Native Dancer
Almahmoud
Special Forli Aristophanes
Trevisa
Thong Nantallah
Rough Shod II
Dam
Pasodoble		 Prove Out Graustark Ribot
Flower Bowl
Equal Venture Bold Venture
Igual
Santa Quilla Sanctus Fine Top
Sanelta
Neriad Princequillo
Sea-Change


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