tinkerbella is a genus of fairy wasps , containing the single species tinkerbella nana from costa rica .

it is one of the smallest known flying arthropods and belongs to the family mymaridae .

the smallest flying arthropod known is megaphragma caribea , a trichogrammatid wasp that measures 170 micrometres long .

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clap if you believe : tinkerbella nana fairyfly . photograph : dr john t huber
the fairyfly species named tinkerbella nana was discovered in the forests of costa rica .
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when viewed under a microscope , tinkerbella nana ' s long thin wings become visible .
tinkerbella nana was collected at the la selva biological station and named as the newest fairyfly species .
the tinkerbella species were collected at the biological station owned and managed by the organization for tropical studies .
a female tinkerbella nana . the scale line = 100 μm . credit : john t . huber et . al .
micrograph of tinkerbella nana magnifies the delicate fairyfly structure . scale line – 100 μm ( jennifer read / natural resources canada )
the minute insect , named tinkerbella nana , is 250 micrometers long – that’s 2 . 5 times the width of a human hair .
with a length about 2 . 5 times the width of a human hair , tinkerbella nana was spotted in a costa rican forest .
tinkerbella nana is 2 . 5 times the width of a human hair . scale line – 100 μm ( jennifer read / natural resources canada )
( l ) merope tuber . credit : renato machado et . al . ( r ) tinkerbella nana . credit : john t . huber et . al .
this microscope image shows a dried tinkerbella nana , a species of fairyfly . the scale line is equal to 100 micrometers , the average width of a human hair .
john huber , from natural resources canada , was the lead author of a new genus and species of fairyfly , tinkerbella nana published in the journal of hymenoptera research .
as small as tinkerbella is , its not the smallest flying insect . that distinction goes to kikiki huna , a fairlyfly native to the hawaiian islands that measures just 150 micrometers . the canadian forestry service ' s john t . huber , the primary author on the tinkerbella paper , was also the principal discoverer , in 2000 , of kikiki .
a new genus and species of fairyfly , tinkerbella nana ( hymenoptera , mymaridae ) , with comments on its sister genus kikiki , and discussion on small size limits in arthropods .
named tinkerbella nana , after the peter pan character , the species measures no more than 250 micrometers in length . by comparison , the average human hair is about 100 micrometers wide .
ebscohost | 91347615 | a new genus and species of fairyfly , tinkerbella nana ( hymenoptera , mymaridae ) , with comments on its sister genus kikiki , and discussion on small size limits in arthropods .
the species is a fairyfly , a type of wasp found worldwide . most fairyflies are parasites that lives on other insects ' eggs , but the researchers know almost nothing about tinkerbella ' s behavior .
they may be called
fairyflies ,
but they certainly don ' t look like tinkerbell . researchers have discovered a new species that , despite its appearance , they ' ve dubbed tinkerbella nana .
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tinkerbella nana , described in a paper published in the journal of hymenoptera research , is one of the smallest known arthropods . it belongs to the family mymaridae that includes kikiki huna , the smallest winged insect at 158 micrometers long .
the tinkerbella fairyflies were collected using a super - finely knit net that was swept through rainforest vegetation at the la selva biological station in the province of heredia , costa rica , over two hour periods , and then dumped into ethanol to preserve the catch .
“ tinkerbella seemed a very appropriate generic name for this particular insect . it is surprising that it has not been used before . the species name is a play on nanos , greek for dwarf , and nana – the name of the dog in peter pan . ”
entomologists discovered tinkerbella nana in the tropical forests of costa rica . they used methods adapted for catching extra tiny creatures , which included gently dragging a sweep net fitted with a 4 mm screen through the vegetation and then carefully searching the collected debris and extracting specimens by hand .
reference : huber jh , noyes js . 2013 . a new genus and species of fairyfly , tinkerbella nana ( hymenoptera , mymaridae ) , with comments on its sister genus kikiki , and discussion on small size limits in arthropods . journal of hymenoptera research 32 : 17–44 .
tinkerbella nana is a newly discovered species of fairyfly from costa rica . fairyflies are a type of chalcid wasp , and almost all are parasites , living on the eggs and larvae of other insects . it ' s a gruesome way to live , but it makes fairyflies useful for farmers , who sometimes import them to control nasty pests .
a new species of forcepfly with enormous genital pincers has been discovered in brazil , bringing the total number of known species in this family to three . plus a tiny fairyfly named tinkerbella nana has been found in costa rica , and at 250 μm long , it ' s invisible to the naked eye , and one of the smallest insects in the world .
bibliographic information : john t . huber , john s . noyes . 2013 . a new genus and species of fairyfly , tinkerbella nana ( hymenoptera , mymaridae ) , with comments on its sister genus kikiki , and discussion on small size limits in arthropods . journal of hymenoptera research 32 : 17–44 ; doi : 10 . 3897 / jhr . 32 . 4663
and this week , john huber from the canadian department of natural resources and john s . noyes from the canadian national collection of insects have announced the discovery of a new species of fairyfly , which they named tinkerbella nana , after the fairy and the dog from peter pan . happily , ' nana ' happens to be derived from ' nanos ' , the greek word for ' dwarf ' .
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tinkerbella
came to be - - a combination of tinker and karabela . jonathan ps - - the form is similar enough and it might just come down to semantics , although i believe this saber would be for a horseman , and therefore longer than a messer .
a new species of fairyfly , tinkerbella nana , has been described by john t huber of natural resources canada and john s noyes of london ' s natural history museum . they named a new genus for the species after the fairy tinker bell from jm barrie ' s peter pan , while the specific epithet they chose is derived from the name of the children ' s dog , nana , in the same play . ( nana , coincidentally , called to mind the greek word for dwarf , nanos . )
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he family mymaridae includes more than 1 , 400 species of diminutive insects called fairyflies . they are not flies at all , but tiny wasps that deposit their eggs inside the eggs of other insects . most of these parasitoids are found in tropical latitudes and the southern hemisphere , where they attack unborn offspring of true bugs , beetles , flies , barkflies and dragonflies . the family includes the smallest of all known insects
from central america , whose males are a mere 139μm that is smaller than quite a few single - celled protists . put another way , 175 males could be lined up end to end in the space of an inch .
the common name fairyfly was no doubt inspired by the small size , delicate form and wispy wings with long posterior fringes . it could be added that , although mymarids are relatively common by chalcid wasp standards , and several have been employed successfully as agents of biological control of pest species , due to their minute size they are only rarely seen .
fossils of meganeuridae , giant dragonfly - like insects from the carboniferous period 300 million years ago , have sparked a number of debates over the upper size limits of insects , often attributed to oxygen concentrations in the atmosphere . because insect blood does not carry oxygen , their tissues rely on gas exchange via a complex network of branching tracheal tubes largely by diffusion . fewer debates have been had over the lower limits of insect body size .
huber and noyes fill this gap with a fascinating discussion of the diverse factors that go into setting a limit on smallness for insects . to begin with , they posit that among the millions and millions of insects that have lived , it is likely that this limit , whatever it is , has been met and fairyflies are approaching it . they point out that there are both internal limits imposed by physiological and structural considerations as well as external physical ones .
cells in the various tissues making up the body can be reduced in size , but only so far to remain functional . to reduce size farther requires a reduction in the numbers of cells . here , again , one can eliminate only so many cells and retain the function of an organ . beyond that point , the only option is to lose or reduce organs , something the smallest male mymarids have done . they lack eyes , mouth parts and wings , and their antennae and tarsi , the apical segments of the legs , are drastically reduced .
so how small can an insect be ? huber and noyes conclude , rather convincingly , that no insect smaller than 150μm in length would be capable of flapping flight and none under 125μm could completely lift their body off the substrate and effectively ambulate . females of a mymarid closely related to the new species , kikiki huna , at 158 - 190μm , are thus effectively at the lower limit for a flighted insect , and the male of dicopomorpha echmepterygis at that for normal walking .
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an inscrutable enigma to entomologists
, almost nothing is known about the biology of the nocturnal and secretive forcepfly . we ' re not really sure how they live , what they eat , how they mate , and no one ' s ever seen one of their larvae . adult forcepflies are very small , ranging from 10 mm to 20 mm , and their flattened bodies allow them to live under logs , bark and leaf litter , most often near stream or river banks . like crickets and katydids , they can stridulate by rubbing its body parts together to attract a mate or ward off potential predators .
it ' s not known for sure what the function of their extraordinarily large terminal forceps is , but most researchers assume they ' re used by the males to grip onto the females during copulation . it ' s also been suggested that they could be used for fighting between male rivals , which has been observed their male relatives from the panorpa genus of scorpionflies .
a close - up of the monstrous genital forceps of merope tuber . credit : renato machado et . al .
the first forcepfly species ever found was merope tuber , discovered in eastern north america by british naturalist edward newman in 1838 . initially assumed to be very rare , american entomologist george w . byers later discovered that they have quite an extensive range , from southeastern canada to northern georgia , west to kansas , minnesota , and eastern iowa . m . tuber is the only known member of the merope genus , most likely named after the dullest daughter of atlas and pleione in greek mythology , and the wife of that guy who tricked this cat into minding his watermelon ( for eternity ) .
almost a century after m . tuber was discovered , another species was found , this time in the town of yallingup in the margaret river wine region of western australia . british entomologist , frederick j . killington , managed to collect just one individual of the species called austromerope poultoni , and it took another 40 years for a second specimen to be found . in 1995 , a fossilised , extinct species of forcepfly called boreomerope antique was discovered in siberia and dated to the middle jurassic period .
now , a team from texas a & m university , the national institute of amazonian research and the sao paulo state university in brazil , and led by entomologist renato machado , has discovered the third species in the meropeidae family of forcepflies and the second species in the austromerope genus . this pale , golden coloured species named austromerope brasiliensis was named after its home near the mata atlântica forest of southeastern brazil . it is the first forcepfly found in what ' s known as the earth ' s neotropical zone , which covers all of south and central american , plus the mexican lowlands , the caribbean islands , and southern florida .
merope tuber ' s genital forceps are longer than its abdomen . credit : renato machado et . al .
the existence of a south american forcepfly was predicted in 1973 by entomologist george w . byers from the university of kansas , who said that it could be the family connection between the north american and australian species . in their recent paper published in zookeys , machado and his colleagues come to the same conclusion through a comparison of all four known species of forcepflies .
first they paired the extinct genus of forcepfly , boreomerope , with the north american merope genus together , because they have so many similar morphological features , and then they paired the australian and new brazilian species together in the same genus , austromerope . from this comparison , they suggested that the forcepflies had a common ancestor living on pangaea 200 million years ago , and with the break - up of this ancient super - continent , the meropeidae family was split into two main branches - one in the southern hemisphere , represented by the austromerope genus , and one in the northern hemisphere , represented by m . tuber and the extinct b . antique . which fits , because according to fossil evidence , b . antique existed in the northern hemisphere after pangaea had split .
the widespread distribution of meropeidae corroborates the fact that the family arose when all continents were connected ,
the team concludes .
a member of the family mymaridae , which includes the smallest known insects in the world , t . nana stretches to just under 250 μm ( micrometres ) , which is so impossibly small , it ' s just 111 μm larger than the current smallest insect in the world - a male dicopomorpha echmepterygis mockford , found in 1997 and stretching a mere 139 μm long .
publishing their findings in the current issue of journal of hymenoptera research , the huber and noyes describe the species ' pale colouring , ranging from yellows and browns and white , and spectacular wings , covered in delicate , long bristles called macrochaeta . they suggest that this type of wing could help the fairyfly to reduce the levels of drag and turbulence it has to fight while in the air , which is important , seeing as they have to flap their tiny wings hundreds of times per second just to keep afloat .
while distinct in enough ways to earn itself a place in a new genus , t . nana is closely related to the world ' s smallest known winged insect , kikiki huna , which has a body length of just 155 μm . huber and noyes say this is probably about as small as a winged insect could possibly get , however huber remarked ,
if we have not already found them , we must surely be close to discovering the smallest insects and other arthropods .
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the scabbard ' s metal parts proved to be a challenge , as there were many details . the
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the hilt upgrade alone made a huge , huge improvement on that sword . it looks fantastic now . the original hilt really took so much away from the sword as a whole . i ' m glad to see the piece as a
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that looks fantastic ! the scabbard is an excellent fit for the sword and really adds to the character of it . the new leather and wire wrap for the hilt also make it fit the period and model the inspiration of the karabella in the picture very well .
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have to agree with nathan in that the hilt upgrade alone makes it a totally different sword . add the super nice scabbard , and that ' s one heck of a nice piece . congrats ! so let us know how it handles . . . . . .
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not that the original fittings weren ' t nice , but the new ones are just so much better . . . let us know how it cuts .
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right didn ' t want my comments to sound harsh ( the ugly duckling was cute and maybe funny but a bit unfair ) : the original was o . k . but the new handle is better . had a look at the site linked and there does seem to be many very nice things there .
congratulations on a beautiful upgrade ! it looks much more elegant in the current configuration . one question though : is the guard supposed to be that wide ? i think it might look better if it were bobbed back a few inches . no offense intended - i ' m more curious than anything .
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i think it looked a little better before the upgrade , but it still looks like an awesome weapon with the rehilt . what ' s the length and weight ?
gentlemen , thankyou for the comments and discussion . i ' m glad you ' re all enjoying taking a look . as for cutting , well , sad to say i ' ve no practical skill in that regards as i ' m much more the collector as opposed to the martial artist . i would be interested in sending it to someone - - for instance somone here at myarmoury - - who would like to handle and do a different type of review of the sword and its characteristics . one thing cf and i discussed was whether or not to completely redo the guard and thumb - ring with an l - hilt arrangement - - which was a detail included in the original commission . the problem as i saw it was , because the curve of the blade is so shallow , the sword might end up looking like a very large trench - knife , or - - as others here note - - a messer . . . at certain angles , as in this picture , the blade ' s curve almost disappears . . .
thanks also for the clarification . also just let me just say it ' s a great looking piece and as another owner of a tinker sword i ' m sure it handles beautifully too ! congrats again , bryce
an historical drawing ( wish i had kept the author ' s info ! ) . . .
similar to a sword he had made before . as you can see in the left lower corner of the chart below ,
the ulta - wide guard was not an uncommon historical characteristic of said sword . there was a bit
a new species of tiny fly named after the fairy in
peter pan
is mind - blowingly miniscule , with delicate wings trimmed in fringe .
many fairyflies are extraordinarily tiny , including kikiki huna , a hawaiian species that grows to be only 0 . 005 inches ( 0 . 13 millimeters ) long — about the diameter of the tip of a fine drawing pen . this makes them tough to find , but researchers led by john huber of natural resources canada conducted their search by seeking out insect eggs in leaf litter , soil and on plants in the costa rican province of alajeula .
there , they found specimens of t . nana , none of which were more than 250 micrometers in length . one micrometer is a thousandth of a millimeter .
under the microscope , these teeny - tiny insects reveal fine detail , particularly their long , skinny wings , which terminate in hairlike fringe . this wing shape may help ultra - small insects reduce turbulence and drag when they fly , a feat that requires beating their wings hundreds of times per second .
if we have not already found them , we must surely be close to discovering the smallest insects ,
he said in a statement . the researchers published their discovery today ( april 24 ) in the journal of hymenoptera research .
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source : journal of hymenoptera research . 2013 , issue 32 , p17 - 44 . 28p .
author ( s ) : huber , john t . ; noyes , john s .
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entomologists dr john huber from the canadian national collection of insects and dr john noyes from the natural history museum , uk , have described a new genus and species of fairyfly from costa rica .
“what surprised me the most was that i found so many of them , ” dr noyes explained .
“can you imagine finding something less than 0 . 2mm in a 250 ml soup of material that includes lots of plant debris and other insects up to 8 mm long . it is possibly equivalent to finding a solitary needle in 200 haystacks . ”
“this discovery really shows how diverse insect life is on this planet and how much there is to discover , especially in the tropics , ” dr noyes said .
the discovery raises many questions about how something so small can exist in a habitat such as a tropical forest .
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a pair of scientists have discovered a new species of tiny insect , a miniscule wasp that lives in the forests of costa rica .
according to a paper published thursday in the journal of hymenoptera research , the insects were collected by john s . noyes , an entomologist at london ' s natural history museum , who swept a mesh net through vegetation at costa rica ' s la selva biological station . samples from the net were then examined under a microscope .
but even kikiki is not the smallest insect . the males of a wingless , eyeless species of fairyfly called dicopomorpha echmepterygis , have measured no more than 139 micrometers long .
how small can a bug get ? huber and noyes ' s paper examines the theoretical minimum for insect sizes . smaller animals tend to have a higher strength - to - weight ratio than larger ones , but once you get below a certain size , the muscles in an appendage get so small that they cannot overcome the appendage ' s own inertia . the authors suggest that winged insects capable of flapping their wings cannot be less than 150 micrometers long . for flightless insects , the smallest you can get while still being able to lift your body off the ground is , they suggest , about 125 micrometers .
almost 2000 years ago , pliny the elder ( ca . 23–79 a . d . ) stated “ rerum natura nusquam magis quam in minimis tota est ” loosely translated as “nature is nowhere as great as in its smallest . ” in the absence of any means of magnification he could not possibly have seen the intricate structure and beauty of fairyflies or other minute organisms . but his statement certainly holds true .
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etymology : genus name refers to the fairy tinker bell in the 1904 play
peter pan
by j . m . barrie . the species name refers to the dog nana in the play and , coincidentally , to the greek word nanos meaning dwarf .
type material : holotypes at instituto national de biodiversidad , san josé , costa rica . paratypes at the department of entomology , the natural history museum , london , uk , the canadian national collection of insects , aafc , ottawa , on , canada , and instituto national de biodiversidad , san josé , costa rica
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i ' m very grateful for this clarification as well , since i didn ' t get any to my satisfaction back then when i asked the question in another thread - - though admittedly i didn ' t press the question far enough or made it sufficiently prominent to be noticeable .
the ulta - wide guard was not an uncommon historical characteristic of said sword . there was a bit of discussion between myself an antonio cejunior with regards to knocking off a bit of the guard ' s length , but i decided to keep the unusual look . . .
beautiful sword and scabbard . i think it was a good choice in keeping them that long , it really makes it stand out . always liked that kind of look , the combination of a cruciform sword and a sabre .
tinker ' s blades are among the most beautiful that come through my shop . this is the first time i ' ve had an opportunity to rehilt one and now i ' m hoping i ' ll get the chance more often . maybe it ' s time to give tinker a call . . .
i think that this came out beautifully . i am quite pleased with the modifications to the cross and the replacement handle . the original handle was merely functional but the new one is ' more period ' and looks terrific . the scabbard is simply fantastic ! talented folks like christian are why i insist that customers are better off having the scabbard made after - market . i am very glad to see that this has come out so well , especially given all the problems getting the order out to it ' s original spec .
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well done , matthew . i recall your posts , some time ago , about your desire to commission such a sword . the resulting combination of tinker ' s blade and christian fletcher ' s rehilt and scabbard came our very nicely . i have seen other , vaguely similar tinker sabres on the web , but i like this blade that he did for you
better . and i didn ' t care for the appearance of the functional hilt , though i expect it worked very well . i much prefer the more historical look of the new hilt . and , of course , the cf scabbard does wonders for the whole package . congratulations .
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i appreciate cf taking a moment , at my request , to comment on this thread . he has done excellent work on a number of my swords - - some i still have , and some i have parted with . and i have yet to be disappointed .
i also appreciate tinker - mon taking a moment to comment on this thread , althought we didn ' t have the smoothest of associations during the time it took to complete this commission ( and something ' s to be said about that . . . ) . here ' s a pic of the old grip in hand , the new grip in hand , and a pic cf used as a guide . . .
the thumb - ring . cf took off somehwere around an inch and it did not occur to me until afterwards that the
balance might be screwed up . even with the new grip , the thumb - ring is what brings solidity and control
to the tip - heavy , powerful blade . remove the thumb - ring ? and i think one would need a very strong grip
to hold onto this sword properly - - or barring that , a more prominent pommel - end to prevent slippage . . . .
at the throat of the scabbard . the dual channels on either side which allow the hilt to actually grip the
scabbard - - i believe the two pieces running parellell on either side of the blade are called languettes ( sp ) .
hi jason , i just noted that fact above . sad to say , inspite of my passion for this particular design , i ' m not likely to mount a horse and ride off to practice chopping targets . but i get the impression , as mentioned above ( and i could be totally full of bananas ) that without the thumb - ring , gripping and using this sword would take a strong - handed individual . its possible this sword might have benefitted from a meatier but still historic looking grip . here ' s anoter pic from my files of a replica of a polish hussar l - hilted saber in hand . you can see where the little finger ends up on the grip , and sense how important the thumb - ring is . . . this is also a good pic to show how some thumb - rings have been designed with what appear to be rivets . give tinker - mon credit for making the thumb - ring what appears to be a looping flow of steel that - - if you think about the thumb and weight on the structure - - is a much more solid design .
usually control of the curve is pretty good - cut the steel to shape and it comes out that shape . sometimes a bar of steel is stressed differently than i ' ve come to expect . a variety of things can things can affect this - like the adjustment of the machine rolling the steel or the temperature of the steel when rolled . this blade and some others from the same lot of steel ' de - sabered ; ' they actually straightened somewhat in the heat - treatment process . this was the first and only time that i ' ve encountered this little quirk so far a s i can recall and i have no explanation other than unusual stress patterns in the steel bar . it ' s rather more common to encounter ' quirks ' like this in forged blades or with other methods of heat treatment like edge quenching . usually the problem that i have is with straight blades curving as they narrow towards the tip , but this has been less common of late .
wow ! ! ! ! ! it looks much better with the hungarian hilt and scabbard . ( i ' ll post some pics abotr hung . sabres and polish karabelas )
that would be great , henrik . i ' ve noted in the few sword oriented forums i ' ve posted in that the
you also reminded me that both myself and tinker - mon misspelled karabela . and that the sword
a gentleman from another forum . a quick search dug up this diagram for a karabela - - note the grip
to the messer discussed briefly above . where the tang of the sword is sandwiched on both sides by
as everyone can now see , the original plan evolved into a completely different historical representation .
ruining , but changing - - my own plan . i sincerely believed tinker - mon could make
with my mind ' s eye did not look like a difficult get . i could see the hussar , horseless after a battle ,
to suggest i became a custom - craftsman ' s nightmare . twice requesting refunds ; renegotiating to continue ;
different direction : a sword similar to something he had done before that would be quicker to finish . certainly
not come off as . . . hmmm . . . a warning as opposed to being a bit more enlightening . . . .
and i certainly can ' t forget one of my starting points here at myarmoury . . .
to find - - rather interesting . sometimes the quality is a bit tv - ish , and the lingo is a bit stilted ,
but there is a good deal of excitement , story , and grandeur . not to mention plenty of sabers
for the nut like me to try and get a better look at . . . b - )
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six perfections ( foaled 2000 in france ) is a champion thoroughbred race horse , bred by the niarchos family .

she is best known for her 2003 win in the breeders ' cup mile .

yogya , six perfections ' dam , is a half sister of to two-time breeders cup mile winner miesque .

celtic swing , six perfections ' sire , had many group one wins , including a first in the prix du jockey club ( french derby ) .

six perfections was trained by pascal bary and finished in third or better in thirteen of her fourteen starts , including a 2nd in the 1,000 guineas .

for her performance in the 2002 racing season six perfections earned the cartier award for two-year-old european champion filly .

six perfections ran in her second breeders cup mile in october 2004 , where she finished 3rd .

following this race , the horse was retired to broodmare duties , was mated to storm cat and subsequently produced a bay colt .

the colt was named planet five and won the prix du gros chêne in 2010 .

in the eclipse awards for 2003 , six perfections finished runner-up in the poll for american champion three-year-old filly beaten two votes by the kentucky oaks winner bird town .

stud record 2006 planet five ( usa ) : bay colt , foaled 28 january , by storm cat ( usa ) - won 3 races including g2 prix du gros-chêne at chantilly and placed twice including 2nd lr prix servanne at chantilly from 11 starts in france 2008-10 .

2011 faufiler ( ire ) : bay filly , foaled 8 may , by galileo ( ire ) - won 5 races including g3 modesty h , arlington park , u.s.a. ; lr prix prix casimir delamarre , longchamp ; lr prix montretout , longchamp and placed 5 times including 2nd g2 royal heroine s , santa anita , u.s.a. ; g3 prix messidor , maisons-laffitte ; 3rd g3 prix bertrand de breuil , chantilly , from 15 starts to date ( 14/08/16 ) in france and the u.s.a. 2014-16 .

2014 yucatan ( ire ) : bay colt , foaled 17 may , by galileo ( ire ) - won once and 2nd only two starts to date ( 28/08/16 ) in ireland .

six perfections ( horse )

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jerry bailey easily winning the 2003 netjets breeders ' cup mile aboard six perfections .
arcadia , cali . - - six perfections was acting up , late arriving and still got flowers at the end of the day .
designed for luck grabbed the lead at the far turn before six perfections , running off the pace to that point , made her move .
before entering the 13th gate , six perfections balked under bailey , who was aboard the horse for the first time . she was last to enter the starting gate , but once the race began , bailey followed bary ' s instructions to the letter .
owned by pascal bary , six perfections clocked 1 : 33 . 86 and returned $ 12 . 60 , $ 7 and $ 4 . 80 . she has been either first or second in all six starts this year .
having made his last six starts on dirt , peace rules broke quickly and held the lead for the first half - mile . however , the bob baffert trainee faded hard and finished last in the 13 - horse field .
with a powerful stretch run , french filly six perfections held on for a half - length win over the boys saturday in the $ 1 . 5 million breeders ' cup mile at santa anita .
at the top of the stretch , six perfections charged from between horses and blew past front - runner designed for luck down the middle of the turf track . under jockey jerry bailey , the white - nosed black filly held off touch of the blues , which made a late charge .
six perfections ( fr ) blk . m , 2000 { 20 } dp = 8 - 6 - 9 - 1 - 0 ( 24 ) di = 3 . 36 cd = 0 . 88 - 14 starts , 6 wins , 6 places , 1 shows career earnings : £1 , 171 , 422
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2002 : 1st prix r . de chambure ( fr - l , 7ft ) , prix du calvados ( fr - g3 , 7ft ) , prix marcel boussac ( fr - g1 , 8ft ) .
2003 : 1st bc mile ( g1 ) , prix imprudence ( fr - l , 7ft ) , prix jacques - le - marois ( fr - g1 , 8ft ) . 2nd 1000 guineas ( gb - g1 , 8ft ) , irish 1000 guineas ( ire - g1 , 8ft ) , prix d ' astarté ( fr - g2 , 8ft ) .
2004 : 2nd prix d ' ispahan ( fr - g1 , 9ft ) , prix jacques - le - marois ( fr - g1 , 8ft ) ; 3rd bc mile ( g1 ) .
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9 starts , 4 wins from 8f to 9 . 9f for bary p p , £97 , 606
jockey : jerry d . bailey trainer : pascal f . bary owner : flaxman holdings , ltd . breeder : famille niarchos
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as soon as she saw soon daylight , she was exploding ,
said bailey , who extended his record for breeders ' cup wins to 14 .
it was a foreign finish as france ' s touch of the blues was second under kent desormeaux and paid $ 9 . 80 and $ 6 . 80 . ireland ' s century city showed for $ 15 . 60 with jose vadlivia , jr . aboard .
it was the second straight win in the mile for bary , who conditioned ireland ' s domedriver to victory last year .
pascal told me she doesn ' t have to be at the head of the pack ,
the jockey said .
she can be mid - pack .
i wanted to save as much as i could ,
bailey said .