Ce Ce
{{short description|American thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| name = Ce Ce
| image =
| image_alt =
| caption =
| breed =
| sire = Elusive Quality
| grandsire = Gone West
| dam = Miss Houdini
| damsire = Belong to Me
| sex = Mare
| foaled = 5 March 2016
| death_date =
| country = United States
| color = Chestnut
| breeder = Bo Hirsch
| owner = Bo Hirsch
| racing_colors =
| trainer = Michael W. McCarthy
| record = 22:11-2-4
| earnings = $2,407,100{{cite web |title=Profile of Ce Ce |url=https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=10067419®istry=T&rbt=TB |website=www.equibase.com |access-date=31 December 2022}}
| wins = Apple Blossom Handicap (2020)
Beholder Mile Stakes (2020)
Princess Rooney Stakes (2021, 2022)
Chillingworth Stakes (2021, 2022)
Azeri Stakes (2022)
Breeders' Cup wins:
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (2021)
| awards = American Champion Female Sprint Horse (2021)
| honors =
| updated = 31 December 2022
}}
Ce Ce (foaled March 5, 2016) is an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2020 Apple Blossom Handicap and 2021 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint.{{cite web|title=Ce Ce|url=https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=10067419®istry=T&rbt=TB|accessdate=10 February 2022|language=en}}
Background
Ce Ce is by Elusive Quality out of Bo Hirsch's home-bred Belong to Me mare Miss Houdini, a winner at the Grade 1 level, having taken the Del Mar Debutante Stakes at 2 in 2002.{{cite web |last1=Oser |first1=Christine |title=Ce Ce a Third-Generation Success for Hirsch Family Filly notched her second grade 1 in the April 18 Apple Blossom Handicap. |url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/239731/ce-ce-a-third-generation-success-for-hirsch-family |website=bloodhorse.com |access-date=1 August 2022 |date=20 April 2020}} Miss Houdini is also the dam of 2009 Grade II Arkansas Derby winner Papa Clem and is in turn out of the Lord Avie mare Magical Maiden, who was a $26,000 2-year-old purchase by Bo Hirsch's father—the late Clement L. Hirsch—and went on to win the 1991 Grade I Hollywood Starlet and the 1992 Grade I Las Virgenes Stakes earning $903,245. Miss Houdini, trained by Warren Stute, only made a total of four starts at two and three, with earnings of $187,600.{{cite web |last1=Lambert |first1=Annie |title=The Hirsch Family Legacy |url=https://trainermagazine.com/north-american-trainer-articles/the-hirsch-family-legacy/2022/2/16 |website=trainermagazine.copm |publisher=Trainer |access-date=1 August 2022 |date=20 February 2022}}
Career
= 2019: three-year-old season =
Ce Ce's first race was a Maiden Special Weight race on April 12, 2019 at Santa Anita Park, where she came in first. She participated in her first graded race on June 8, 2019, when she came in 4th at the Grade-1 Acorn Stakes.
= 2020: four-year-old season =
She began her 2020 season with a February 17, 2020 win in an Allowance Optional Claiming race at Santa Anita Park.
On March 14, 2020, she got the biggest win of her career when she won the 2020 Beholder Mile Stakes, edging out Hard Not to Love.{{cite web|title=Ce Ce surges past Hard Not to Love, becomes third-generation G1 winner in Beholder Mile|url=http://www.brisnet.com/content/2020/03/ce-ce-surges-past-hard-not-to-love-becomes-third-generation-g1-winner-in-beholder-mile/|accessdate=26 July 2020|language=en}}
Ce Ce picked up another Grade-1 win on April 18, 2020, this time in the 2020 Apple Blossom Handicap, besting Ollie's Candy by a head.{{cite web|title=Ce Ce Edges Ollie's Candy in Apple Blossom Thriller|url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/239704/ce-ce-edges-ollies-candy-in-apple-blossom-thriller|accessdate=26 July 2020|language=en}}{{cite web|title=Ce Ce nips Ollie's Candy to win Apple Blossom Handicap|url=https://www.drf.com/news/ce-ce-nips-ollies-candy-win-apple-blossom-handicap|accessdate=26 July 2020|language=en}}
On May 31, 2020, Ce Ce finished in third place in the 2020 Santa Maria Stakes behind her rival, Hard Not to Love.{{cite web|title=Fighting Mad Upsets Hard Not To Love, Ce Ce In Santa Maria| url=https://www.paulickreport.com/news/thoroughbred-racing/fighting-mad-upsets-hard-not-to-love-ce-ce-in-santa-maria/|accessdate=26 July 2020|language=en}}
= 2021: five-year-old season =
Ce Ce started her 2021 season at Santa Anita where she was an easy winner of a seven-furlong allowance optional claiming race in mid-April. That set the table for a stretch-out effort in the {{frac|1|1|16}}-mile Grade 2 Santa Maria Stakes that didn't pan out. Kept around one turn, Ce Ce shipped to South Florida and was a {{frac|3|1|4}}-length winner of the Grade 2 Princess Rooney Stakes.{{cite web |last1=Hammonds |first1=Evan |title=Ce Ce Stands Alone as 2021 Champion Female Sprinter It takes a special horse to win an Eclipse Award, and Bo Hirsch's Ce Ce is just that. |url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/256526/ce-ce-stands-alone-as-2021-champion-female-sprinter |website=bloodhorse.com |access-date=1 August 2022 |date=10 February 2022}}
Ce Ce was brought to Saratoga for the Ballerina Stakes against a strong field including champion Gamine. Gamine got off to a good start and set fractions of 23.20, 45.68 and 1:09.20 while Ce Ce tagged along in fourth place. In the end, Ce Ce finished in third place, three lengths behind Gamine in a time of 1:21.39.
Prior to the Breeders' Cup she was a handy winner of the 3 October GIII Chillingworth Stakes at Santa Anita.
On November 6, again Ce Ce faced Gamine who was a hot 2/5 odds-on favorite in her attempt to repeat winning the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint at Del Mar. In a five horse field Ce Ce tracked Gamine and the three-year-old Bella Sofia four wide into the turn, easing out around them on the turn and loomed five wide into the stretch. She cleared them with a furlong remaining and drew away late. For her performances during the year Ce Ce earned US Champion Female Sprint Horse honors.
= 2022: six-year-old season =
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Statistics
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scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Distance ! scope="col" | Race ! scope="col" | Grade ! scope="col" | Track ! scope="col" | Odds ! scope="col" | Field ! scope="col" | Finish ! scope="col" | Winning ! scope="col" | Winning ! scope="col" | Jockey ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Ref |
---|
style="background-color:white"
|align="left" colspan=12|2019 – three-year-old season |
{{dts|2019|Apr|12}}
| {{ntsh|6}} 6 furlongs | {{ntsh|6}} | |Santa Anita | 6.20 | 11 | 1 | 1:10.96 | {{ntsh|2.25}} {{frac|2|1|4}} lengths | {{sortname|Victor|Espinoza}} |
{{dts|2019|May|11}}
| {{ntsh|6.5}} {{frac|6|1|2}} furlongs | Allowance Optional Claiming | {{ntsh|5.5}} | |Santa Anita | 0.50* | 6 | 2 | 1:16.21 | {{ntsh |
0.25}}(neck)
| {{sortname|Victor|Espinoza}} |
{{dts|2019|Jun |8}}
|{{ntsh|8.0}} 1 mile |align=center|{{ntsh|1}} I |4.00 |9 |4 |1:33.58 | {{ntsh |
8.25}} ({{frac|8|1|4}} lengths)
| {{sortname|Victor|Espinoza}} |
style="background-color:white"
|align="left" colspan=12|2020 – four-year-old season |
{{dts|2020|Feb|17}}
| {{ntsh|6.5}} {{frac|6|1|2}} furlongs | Allowance Optional Claiming | {{ntsh|5.5}} | |Santa Anita | 0.50* | 5 | 1 | 1:16.04 | {{ntsh|4.5}} {{nowrap|{{frac|4|1|2}} lengths}} | {{sortname|Victor|Espinoza}} |
{{dts|2020|Mar|14}}
|{{ntsh|8.0}} 1 mile |align=center|{{ntsh|1}} I | |Santa Anita |4.20 |6 |1 |1:37.33 | {{ntsh|3.25}} {{frac|3|1|4}} lengths | {{sortname|Victor|Espinoza}} |
{{dts|2020|Apr|18}}
| {{ntsh|8.5}}{{frac|1|1|16}} miles | {{ntsh|1}}I | 3.90 | 14 | 1 | 1:43.14 | {{ntsh|.1}} head | {{sortname|Victor|Espinoza}} |
{{dts|2020|May|31}}
| {{ntsh|8.5}}{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center|{{ntsh|2}} II | |Santa Anita |0.60* |5 |3 |1:42.12 | {{ntsh |
5.5}} ({{frac|5|1|2}} lengths)
| {{sortname|Victor|Espinoza}} |
{{dts|2020|Aug|2}}
| {{ntsh|8.5}}{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center|{{ntsh|1}} I |2.40 |6 |3 |1:43.46 | {{ntsh |
5.25}} ({{frac|5|1|4}} lengths)
| {{sortname|Victor|Espinoza}} |
{{dts|2020|Sep|5}}
| {{ntsh|7}} 7 furlongs |align=center|{{ntsh|1}} I |2.30 |7 |4 |1:21.07 | {{ntsh |
3.5}} ({{frac|3|1|2}} lengths)
| {{sortname|John R.|Velazquez}} |
{{dts|2020|Nov|7}}
| {{ntsh|9}} {{frac|1|1|8}} miles |align=center|{{ntsh|1}} I |14.60 |10 |5 |1:47.84 | {{ntsh |
4.25}} ({{frac|4|1|4}} lengths)
| {{sortname|John R.|Velazquez}} |
style="background-color:white"
|align="left" colspan=12|2021 – five-year-old season |
{{dts|2021|Apr|17}}
| {{ntsh|7.0}} 7 furlongs | Allowance Optional Claiming | {{ntsh|5.5}} | |Santa Anita | 1.50 | 6 | 1 | 1:22.56 | {{ntsh|3.25}} {{frac|3|1|4}} lengths | {{sortname|Victor|Espinoza}} |
{{dts|2021|May|22}}
| {{ntsh|8.5}}{{frac|1|1|16}} miles |align=center|{{ntsh|2}} II | |Santa Anita |1.50 |4 |4 |1:43.77 | {{ntsh |
10.25}} {{nowrap|({{frac|10|1|4}} lengths)}}
| {{sortname|Victor|Espinoza}} |
{{dts|2021|Jul|3}}
| {{ntsh|7.0}} 7 furlongs |align=center|{{ntsh|2}} II |2.70 |8 |1 |1:21.94 | {{ntsh|3.25}} {{frac|3|1|4}} lengths | {{sortname|Victor|Espinoza}} |
{{dts|2021|Aug|28}}
| {{ntsh|7.0}} 7 furlongs |align=center|{{ntsh|1}} I |4.10 |7 |3 |1:21.61 | {{ntsh |
3.0}} (3 lengths)
| {{sortname|Victor|Espinoza}} |
{{dts|2021|Oct|3}}
| {{ntsh|6.5}} {{frac|6|1|2}} furlongs | {{ntsh|3}} III | |Santa Anita | 0.20* | 5 | 1 | 1:15.86 | {{ntsh|5.0}} 5 lengths | {{sortname|Victor|Espinoza}} |
{{dts|2021|Nov|6}}
|{{ntsh|7.0}} 7 furlongs |Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint |align=center|{{ntsh|1}} I |6.20 | 5 | 1 |1:21.00 |{{ntsh|2.5}} {{Fraction|2|1|2}} lengths | {{sortname|Victor|Espinoza}} |
style="background-color:white"
|align="left" colspan=12|2022 – six-year-old season |
{{dts|2022|Feb|5}}
|{{ntsh|7.0}} 7 furlongs |align=center|{{ntsh|2}} II | |Santa Anita |0.50* |5 |2 |1:22.39 | {{ntsh |
3.0}} (3 lengths)
| {{sortname|Victor|Espinoza}} |
{{dts|2022|Mar|12}}
| {{ntsh|8.5}}{{frac|1|1|16}} miles | {{ntsh|2}}II | 1.70 | 7 | 1 | 1:43.55 | {{ntsh|.75}} {{Fraction|3|4}} length | {{sortname|Victor|Espinoza}} |
{{dts|2022|Apr|23}}
| {{ntsh|8.5}}{{frac|1|1|16}} miles | {{ntsh|1}}I | 3.90 | 5 | 3 | 1:42.22 | {{ntsh |
1.75}} ({{frac|1|3|4}} lengths)
| {{sortname|Victor|Espinoza}} |
{{dts|2022|Jul|2}}
| {{ntsh|7.0}} 7 furlongs |align=center|{{ntsh|2}} II |0.40* |6 |1 |1:22.20 | {{ntsh|6.5}} {{frac|6|1|2}} lengths | {{sortname|Victor|Espinoza}} |
{{dts|2022|Aug|27}}
| {{ntsh|7.0}} 7 furlongs |align=center|{{ntsh|2}} I |1.55* |7 |5 |1:21.40 | {{ntsh |
11.25}} ({{frac|11|1|4}} lengths)
| {{sortname|Victor|Espinoza}} |
{{dts|2022|Oct|2}}
| {{ntsh|6.5}} {{frac|6|1|2}} furlongs | {{ntsh|3}} III | |Santa Anita | 0.30* | 5 | 1 | 1:16.36 | {{ntsh|2.25}} {{frac|2|1|4}} lengths | {{sortname|Victor|Espinoza}} |
{{dts|2022|Nov|5}}
| {{ntsh|7}} 7 furlongs | Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint | {{ntsh|1}}I | 11.16 | 12 | 4 | 1:21.61 | {{ntsh |
5.0}}(5 lengths)
| {{sortname|Victor|Espinoza}} |
Pedigree
{{Pedigree
|name = Ce Ce, (2016){{cite web|title=Ce Ce|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/ce+ce2|accessdate=9 January 2020|language=en}}
|f= Elusive Quality
(1993)
|m= Miss Houdini
(2000)
|ff= Gone West
(1984)
|fm= Touch of Greatness
(1986)
|mf= Belong to Me
(1989)
|mm= Magical Maiden
(1989)
|fff= Mr. Prospector
(1970)
|ffm= Secrettame
(1978)
|fmf= Hero's Honor
(1980)
|fmm= Ivory Wand
(1973)
|mff = Danzig
(1977)
|mfm = Belonging
(1979)
|mmf= Lord Avie
(1978)
|mmm= Gils Magic
(1983)
|ffff= Raise a Native (1961)
|fffm= Gold Digger (1962)
|ffmf= Secretariat (1970)
|ffmm= Tamerett (1962)
|fmff= Northern Dancer (CAN) (1961)
|fmfm= Glowing Tribute (1973)
|fmmf= Sir Ivor (1962)
|fmmm= Natashka (1962)
|mfff = Northern Dancer (CAN) (1961)
|mffm = Pas de Nom (1968)
|mfmf = Exclusive Native (1965)
|mfmm = Straight Deal (1962)
|mmff = Lord Gaylord (1970)
|mmfm = Avie (1963)
|mmmf = Magesterial (1977)
|mmmm = Display Copy (1977) (family 12-c){{cite web |title=Thoroughbred Bloodlines - MEYNELL (GB) - Family 12-c |url=https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Families/Family12c.htm |website=www.bloodlines.net |access-date=1 August 2022}}
}}