Cacique (horse)

Cacique
Sire	Danehill
Grandsire	Danzig
Dam	Hasili
Damsire	Kahyasi
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	2001
Country	Ireland
Colour	Dark Bay
Breeder	Juddmonte Farms
Owner	Juddmonte Farms
Trainer	Andre Fabre (Europe) Robert J. Frankel (USA)
Record	18: 7-5-1
Earnings	£844,751 (equivalent)
Major wins
Prix Daniel Wildenstein (2004) Prix Daphnis (2004) Prix du Chemin de Fer du Nord (2005) Manhattan Handicap (2006) Man o' War Stakes (2006)
Last updated on July 12, 2008

Cacique (foaled 2001 in Ireland) is a retired Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in Europe and the United States. Bred and raced by Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms, Cacique is the son of the great international Champion sire, Danehill. He was out of the fantastic mare, Hasili whose damsire, Kahyasi, won the 1988 Epsom and Irish Derbys. Cacique is a full-brother to Breeders' Cup winners Banks Hill and Intercontinental and to Grade One winner Champs Elysees and Grade One-placed and Leading sire in France, Dansili.

Ridden in his first six starts by American Hall of Fame jockey, Gary Stevens, Cacique was trained at the Chantilly stables of Andre Fabre. At age two, the colt made his racing debut in April 2004 at Saint-Cloud Racecourse with a win in the Prix Sica Boy in a race for unraced colts and geldings. The next month he won his second start, taking the Prix du Vert Galant at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris. He then had two seconds to Bago in the Group One Prix Jean Prat and Grand Prix de Paris. In July, Cacique won the Prix Daphnis then was sent to York Racecourse in England where he finished fourth to Sulamani in the Juddmonte International Stakes. In October, under jockey Christophe Soumillon, Cacique won the Prix Daniel Wildenstein at Longchamp.