Mi Quimera (ARG)
October 29, 1977 – c. 2002
Good Manners (USA) x La Gran Muñeca (ARG), by Aristophanes (GB)
Family 3-h
October 29, 1977 – c. 2002
Good Manners (USA) x La Gran Muñeca (ARG), by Aristophanes (GB)
Family 3-h
Considered the best juvenile filly of her year in Argentina after going 4-for-4 at age 2, Mi Quimera was sent to the United States, where she became a stakes winner but did not exhibit quite the same form as in her native country. She spent her broodmare career in the United States, achieving moderate success while being bred mostly to second-tier sires, but has bred on well in South America through several daughters.
Race record
14 starts, 7 wins, 4 seconds, 1 third, US$239,664 (includes converted Argentine earnings)
1980:
1982:
Honors
Pellegrini Award, Argentine champion 2-year-old filly (1980)
Assessments
Rated at 110 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American turf females of 1981, 16 pounds below highweighted Kilijaro and 14 pounds below the official divisional champion, De La Rose (a 3-year-old).
Rated at 112 pounds on the Daily Racing Form’s Free Handicap for American turf females of 1982, 16 pounds below divisional champion April Run.
As an individual
A chestnut mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Mi Quimera produced 12 named foals, of which seven started and five won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Mi Quimera was bred by Haras Ojo de Agua. In the United States, she was owned by Preston Farm and trained by Randy Winick. In 1985, she sold for US$350,000 at the Keeneland November mixed sale, in foal to Liloy, and became the property of Prestonwood Farm. She returned to the ownership of Haras Ojo de Agua prior to the birth of her 1992 foal, Grade 2-placed Mi Firulete (by Stalwart). Following Mi Firulete’s birth, she was barren for two years and subsequently reappears in the records as the property of Francisco Pablo Maggio, who bred her next two foals. By the spring of 2000, she had changed hands again and was owned by Claus Ehntholt and Vicente Portaro. Her last foal, the 2002 Western Cat filly Miqui, was bred by Ehntholt and Portaro in partnership with Dr. Carolin Von Rosenberg.
Pedigree notes
Mi Quimera is outcrossed through five generations. She is out of La Gran Muñeca, a full sister to multiple stakes winner El Botija and a half sister to La Chiflada (by the Honeyway horse Right of Way), dam of Argentine Group 2 winner and important Chilean sire Mocito Guapo (by Good Manners). La Gran Muñeca is also a half sister to Argentine stakes winner La Muñequita, the dam of Argentine listed stakes winner La Copera (by Good Manners); the second dam of two-time Argentine champion El Compinche, 1988 Argentine champion 2-year-old filly La Maltrecha, and Argentine Group 2 winner Shoe Bay; and third dam of 1994 Gran Premio Enrique Acebal (ARG-G1) winner La Malpensada and Argentine Group 3 winners Driver Champ and El Guapito. La Gran Muñeca is also a half sister to La Biaba (by Pardallo), dam of Argentine Group 2 winner Orillera (by Bereber), and to Mi Maleva (by Our Talisman), second dam of Argentine Group 3 winner Percantina.
La Gran Muñeca and her siblings are out of multiple Argentine stakes winner La Maleva (by multiple French stakes winner Cardanil II, by Djebel, out of Malavida, by Congreve), whose half sister La Payanca (by Aristophanes) is the second dam of Argentine Group 3 winner La Bozan. The sisters’ dam Margot (by Advocate) won the Gran Premio Enrique Acebal and is a half sister to Pigalle (by Cardanil II), dam of Argentine Group 3 winner Piccalline (by Snow Festival) and second dam of 1978 Argentine champion sprinter Pariguana, 1988 Gran Premio Maroñas (URU-G1) winner Pascaline, 1983 Gran Premio Palermo (ARG-G1) winner Pochard, and Grade/Group 2 winners Paradies, Payant, and Poivre.
Fun facts
Last updated: March 16, 2025
Race record
14 starts, 7 wins, 4 seconds, 1 third, US$239,664 (includes converted Argentine earnings)
1980:
- Won Gran Premio Eliseo Ramirez (ARG-G1, San Isidro)
- Won Premio Mil Guineas (ARG-G2, San Isidro)
- Won Premio Ante Diem (ARG-G3, San Isidro)
1982:
- Won Country Queen Stakes (USA, Hollywood)
- 2nd Wilshire Handicap (USA-G3, 8.5FT, Hollywood)
Honors
Pellegrini Award, Argentine champion 2-year-old filly (1980)
Assessments
Rated at 110 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American turf females of 1981, 16 pounds below highweighted Kilijaro and 14 pounds below the official divisional champion, De La Rose (a 3-year-old).
Rated at 112 pounds on the Daily Racing Form’s Free Handicap for American turf females of 1982, 16 pounds below divisional champion April Run.
As an individual
A chestnut mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Mi Quimera produced 12 named foals, of which seven started and five won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Qatar (1986, by Liloy) never raced but is the dam of 1997 Premio Carlos Campo (ARG-G2) winner Doha (by Mat-Boy), the second dam of Chilean Group 2 winner Senor Pocket, and the third dam of 2009 Ecuadorean champion older imported female Lluvia de Oro and Chilean Group 2 winner Sahara Sun.
- My Swinger (1989, by Groovy) won the 1993 Premio Asociación de Proprietarios de Caballos de Carreras (ARG-G3). She is the dam of multiple Argentine Group 1 winner Mi Sureña (by Southern Halo), 1999 Gran Premio Internacional Felix de Alzaga Unzue (ARG-G1) winner My Halo (by Southern Halo), and 2002 Premio Old Man (ARG-G3) winner My Master (by Southern Halo) and is the second dam of Peruvian Group 3 winner Toruk.
- Soy Distinguida (1991, by Rare Performer) never raced but is the dam of 2005 Gran Premio Selección de Potrancas (ARG-G1) winner Smart Wells (by Poliglote) and 2001 Premio Asociación Bonaerense Proprietarios de Caballos de Carrera (ARG-G3) winner Distinguida Fitz (by Fitzcarraldo). She is also the second dam of Argentine Group 2 winners Concord and Distinguida Lode and Argentine Group 3 winner Distinta Nistel and the third dam of 2019 Gran Premio Estrellas Mile (ARG-G1) winner Expressive Smart and Argentine Group 2 winner Smart Holiday.
- Miqui (2002, by Western Cat) never raced but is the second dam of Mufasa, winner of the 2023 Premio General Jose Miguel Carrera Verduga (CHI-G3) and the 2024 Vosburgh Stakes (USA-G3).
Connections
Mi Quimera was bred by Haras Ojo de Agua. In the United States, she was owned by Preston Farm and trained by Randy Winick. In 1985, she sold for US$350,000 at the Keeneland November mixed sale, in foal to Liloy, and became the property of Prestonwood Farm. She returned to the ownership of Haras Ojo de Agua prior to the birth of her 1992 foal, Grade 2-placed Mi Firulete (by Stalwart). Following Mi Firulete’s birth, she was barren for two years and subsequently reappears in the records as the property of Francisco Pablo Maggio, who bred her next two foals. By the spring of 2000, she had changed hands again and was owned by Claus Ehntholt and Vicente Portaro. Her last foal, the 2002 Western Cat filly Miqui, was bred by Ehntholt and Portaro in partnership with Dr. Carolin Von Rosenberg.
Pedigree notes
Mi Quimera is outcrossed through five generations. She is out of La Gran Muñeca, a full sister to multiple stakes winner El Botija and a half sister to La Chiflada (by the Honeyway horse Right of Way), dam of Argentine Group 2 winner and important Chilean sire Mocito Guapo (by Good Manners). La Gran Muñeca is also a half sister to Argentine stakes winner La Muñequita, the dam of Argentine listed stakes winner La Copera (by Good Manners); the second dam of two-time Argentine champion El Compinche, 1988 Argentine champion 2-year-old filly La Maltrecha, and Argentine Group 2 winner Shoe Bay; and third dam of 1994 Gran Premio Enrique Acebal (ARG-G1) winner La Malpensada and Argentine Group 3 winners Driver Champ and El Guapito. La Gran Muñeca is also a half sister to La Biaba (by Pardallo), dam of Argentine Group 2 winner Orillera (by Bereber), and to Mi Maleva (by Our Talisman), second dam of Argentine Group 3 winner Percantina.
La Gran Muñeca and her siblings are out of multiple Argentine stakes winner La Maleva (by multiple French stakes winner Cardanil II, by Djebel, out of Malavida, by Congreve), whose half sister La Payanca (by Aristophanes) is the second dam of Argentine Group 3 winner La Bozan. The sisters’ dam Margot (by Advocate) won the Gran Premio Enrique Acebal and is a half sister to Pigalle (by Cardanil II), dam of Argentine Group 3 winner Piccalline (by Snow Festival) and second dam of 1978 Argentine champion sprinter Pariguana, 1988 Gran Premio Maroñas (URU-G1) winner Pascaline, 1983 Gran Premio Palermo (ARG-G1) winner Pochard, and Grade/Group 2 winners Paradies, Payant, and Poivre.
Fun facts
- Mi Quimera’s name translates roughly to “my fantasy” in English.
Last updated: March 16, 2025