An Unexpected Storybook Ending for Midnight Bisou

Although a minor injury prevented Midnight Bisou from making a final appearance at the Breeders' Cup this year, Jeff Bloom has found peace in remembering the unforgettable career of the Bloom Racing color-bearer as the highest-earning dirt mare of all time.

Midnight Bisou wrapped up her 3-year-old season with two more graded victories, never finishing out of the money in her nine starts. But she upped her game further at four, finishing first in seven of eight starts and adding a trio of Grade I wins, highlighted by one of the most heart-pounding stretch battles of the year in the GI Personal Ensign S. with Elate (Medaglia d'Oro).

After connections made the decision to race one more season, scratching her from the 2019 Fasig-Tipton November Sale on the morning of the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff, the newly-crowned Eclipse winner crossed the globe to make her 5-year-old debut this year in the $20-million Saudi Cup, where she closed to finish an ultra-game second behind fellow champion Maximum Security (New Year's Day).

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