Medicean (horse)

Medicean
Racing colours of Cheveley Park Stud
Sire	Machiavellian
Grandsire	Mr Prospector
Dam	Mystic Goddess
Damsire	Storm Bird
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	26 February 1997
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Cheveley Park Stud
Owner	Cheveley Park Stud
Trainer	Michael Stoute
Record	12: 6-0-4
Earnings	£547,055
Major wins
Celebration Mile (2000) Lockinge Stakes (2001) Queen Anne Stakes (2001) Eclipse Stakes (2001)

Medicean (foaled 26 February 1997) is a retired British Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire, best known for his performances as a four-year-old in 2001, when he recorded three consecutive wins in important British races. Unraced as a two-year-old, Medicean ran eight times in 2000, winning the Celebration Mile and finishing third in both the St. James's Palace Stakes and the Sussex Stakes. In the early part of the following year, the colt showed his best form, winning the Lockinge Stakes, Queen Anne Stakes and Eclipse Stakes. He was retired to stud at the end of the year and has had considerable success as a sire of winners.

Medicean is a chestnut horse standing 16.1 hands high with a narrow white blaze and a long white sock on his left hind leg bred and owned by the Newmarket-based Cheveley Park Stud. He was sired by Machiavellian, an American-bred, French-trained racehorse who was one of the leading European two-year-olds of his generation, winning the Prix Morny and the Prix de la Salamandre in 1989. He later became a very successful breeding stallion, siring leading winners including Almutawakel, Street Cry and Storming Home.

Medicean' dam Mystic Goddess was a successful racehorse whose wins included the Sweet Solera Stakes in 1992. Mystic Goddess was descended from the broodmare Life Hill, whose other descendants include the Belmont Stakes winner Sherluck and the Poule d'Essai des Poulains winner Caro.