page_title: Cicero (horse)
section_title: 1904: two-year-old season
hierarchical_section_title: Cicero (horse) / Racing career / 1904: two-year-old season
caption_attribution_description: Caricature of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery. Caption read "Little Bo-Peep".
context_page_description: Cicero was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was the best English two-year-old of 1904, winning all five of his races. In 1905 Cicero became one of the shortest priced successful favourites in the history of the Derby, winning at 4/11 to remain undefeated. He won only once from his remaining three races before retiring to a modestly successful career at stud.
context_section_description: Cicero was unbeaten in five races as a two-year-old. At the Craven meeting at Newmarket in April he won the Fitzwilliam Stakes, beating the King’s, horse Rosemarket who started favourite. Cicero beat Rosemarket again in the Woodcote Stakes at Epsom in June, this time as the even money favourite. He was then sent to Royal Ascot where he won the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot beating Vedas by two lengths. He won the July Stakes at Newmarket at the unusual odds of 1/20 and then carried 135lbs to victory in the valuable National Breeder's Produce Stakes at Sandown in mid July. He sustained an injury in the Sandown race and missed the rest of the season, but nevertheless went into the winter break as favourite for the Derby.
caption: Lord Rosebery, who bred and owned Cicero
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