Miesque, the first two-time winner of a Breeders' Cup race and the dam of top sire Kingmambo, was euthanized Jan. 20 at the Oak Tree Division of Lane's End Farm in Central Kentucky due to the infirmities of age. She was 27. She was buried in the Lane's End/Oak Tree Division cemetery.

Miesque

Miesque after winning the 1987 Breeders' Cup Mile.

Bred and raced by the Niarchos family's Flaxman Holdings and trained by Francois Boutin, Miesque won nine championships in three countries during her career. The mare won 12 of her 16 career starts and earned $2,070,163. Her victories in the 1987 and 1988 Breeders' Cup Miles made her the first horse to win consecutive runnings of a Breeders' Cup World Championship race

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