Ce Ce Secures Female Sprinter Eclipse

Thursday, February 10, 2022 | 9:07 pm

Updated: February 10, 2022 at 9:08 pm

November 06, 2021: Ce Ce, ridden by Victor Espinoza, wins the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint on Breeders' Cup Championship Saturday at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club on November 6, 2021: in Del Mar, California. Carolyn Simancik/Breeders' Cup/Eclipse Sportswire/CSM

Ce Ce (Elusive Quality)'s upset victory over heavily favored Gamine (Into Mischief) in the GI Breeders' Cup F/M Sprint appeared to make all the difference Thursday, as she was named champion female sprinter. The Bo Hirsch homebred, previously a MGISW at route distances, cut back last season for a breakthrough win in Gulfstream's GII Princess Rooney S. in July. She also took October's GIII Chillingworth S. before her 6-1 score at Del Mar in the Breeders' Cup. The now 6-year-old Michael McCarthy representative was last seen finishing second in the GII Santa Monica S. last weekend.