Ce Ce retired from racing, will be bred to Constitution

Ce Ce, the champion female sprinter of 2021, was retired earlier this month after finishing fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint on Nov. 5 at Keeneland.

A 6-year-old, Ce Ce won 11 of 23 starts and earned $2,407,100 for owner and breeder Bo Hirsch and trainer Michael McCarthy. Her career was highlighted by a win in the 2021 BC Filly and Mare Sprint at Del Mar and consecutive Grade 1 wins in the Beholder Mile at Santa Anita and Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn Park in the spring of 2020.

“A mare like that, it’s hard to put into words,” McCarthy said. “To have something like her in the barn made it really special.”

Ce Ce won 3 of 7 starts this year in a campaign that included a win in the Grade 2 Princess Rooney Stakes for female sprinters at Gulfstream Park, her second consecutive victory in that race.

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In the BC Filly and Mare Sprint at Keeneland, Ce Ce was an 11-1 outsider in a field of 12. She closed from seventh to finish fourth by five lengths behind Goodnight Olive.

By Quality Road, Ce Ce won eight stakes ranging in distances from the Grade 3 Chillingworth Stakes at 6 1/2 furlongs at Santa Anita to the Apple Blossom at 1 1/16 miles.

The 2021 BC Filly and Mare Sprint was her most prestigious win. Sent off at 6-11, Ce Ce closed from fourth in a field of five to win by 2 1/2 lengths.

McCarthy said that Ce Ce will be bred early next year to Constitution, who stands at WinStar Farm in Kentucky.

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