Christophe Soumillon
Ridden in his first six starts by American Hall of Fame jockey, Gary Stevens, Cacique was trained at the Chantilly stables of André Fabre. At age two, the colt made his racing debut in April 2004 at Saint-Cloud Racecourse with a win in the Prix Sica Boy in a race for unraced colts and geldings. The next month he won his second start, taking the Prix du Vert Galant at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris. He then had two seconds to Bago in the Group One Prix Jean Prat and Grand Prix de Paris. In July, Cacique won the Prix Daphnis then was sent to York Racecourse in England where he finished fourth to Sulamani in the Juddmonte International Stakes. In October, under jockey Christophe Soumillon, Cacique won the Prix Daniel Wildenstein at Longchamp.