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Some cast doubts over the prospects of Jimmy Choux in the Derby because his pedigree suggested that 2400m should be well beyond his capabilities. There was little evidence in his pedigree that Jimmy Choux would be able to run any further than a mile. But he proved his stamina, to win the Derby by two
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A Group 2 winner and twice Group 1 placed as a two-year-old, Jimmy Choux's 2010–2011 season was among the most successful by a New
Zealand three-year-old in recent history. As well as capturing the country's two biggest three-year-old races, the 2000 Guineas and the Derby, Jimmy Choux easily won the
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Jimmy Choux started second favourite in the 2011 Cox Plate. He sat just off the pace and gained a clear lead around the final turn, before being run down late by Pinker Pinker to finish second. He then ran fourth as topweight in the
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On 22 January 2024, Jimmy Choux was euthanized after suffering from nose cancer. He was 16. At the time of his death he was reported as having produced 141 individual winners from his time at stud.
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Jimmy Choux resumed racing in April 2012 in the Easter
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Jimmy Choux resumed as a four-year-old, on 27 August 2011, with a second placing in the
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