Six Perfections (foaled 2000 in

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) is a champion

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, bred by the

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. She is best known for her 2003 win in the

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Background

Yogya, Six Perfections' dam, is a half sister of to two-time Breeders Cup Mile winner

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. Celtic Swing, Six Perfections' sire, had many group one wins, including a first in the

Prix du Jockey Club The Prix du Jockey Club, sometimes referred to as the French Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Chantilly over a ...

(French Derby).

Racing career

Six Perfections was trained by Pascal Bary and finished in third or better in thirteen of her fourteen starts, including a 2nd in the

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. 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

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and subsequently produced a bay colt. The colt was named Planet Five and won the

Prix du Gros Chêne The Prix du Gros Chêne is a Group 2 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Chantilly over a distance of 1,000 metres (about 5 furlongs), and it is scheduled t ...

in 2010. In the

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for 2003, Six Perfections finished runner-up in the poll for

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beaten two votes by the

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winner

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Breeding Record

2006 Planet Five (USA) : bay colt, foaled 28 January, by Storm Cat (USA) - won 3 races including G2 Prix du Gros-Chêne at Chantilly and placed twice including 2nd LR Prix Servanne at Chantilly from 11 starts in France 2008-10. 2011 Faufiler (IRE) : bay filly, foaled 8 May, by Galileo (IRE) - won 5 races including G3 Modesty H, Arlington Park, U.S.A.; LR Prix Prix Casimir Delamarre, Longchamp; LR Prix Montretout, Longchamp and placed 5 times including 2nd G2 Royal Heroine S, Santa Anita, U.S.A.; G3 Prix Messidor, Maisons-Laffitte; 3rd G3 Prix Bertrand de Breuil, Chantilly, from 15 starts to date (14/08/16) in France and the U.S.A. 2014-16. 2014 Yucatan (IRE) : bay colt, foaled 17 May, by Galileo (IRE) - won once and 2nd only two starts to date (28/08/16) in Ireland.

References

Six Perfections' pedigree and partial racing stats

YouTube video of Six Perfections' stretch run to win the 2003 Breeders' Cup Mile

Pedigree

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