Jim And Tonic was bred at François and Elizabeth Doumen's Haras d'Ecouves horse breeding farm in Alençon.
Jim And Tonic was trained by François Doumen, renowned trainer of numerous successful flat racing horses as well as steeplechase greats Ucello II, The Fellow, and Ubu III plus two-time World Hurdle champion, Baracouda.
Sent to Gulfstream Park in Florida, he finished a disappointing 9th in the Breeders' Cup Mile to the French longshot winner Silic.
In both 2000 and 2001, Jim And Tonic finished second in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup and won the 2001 Dubai Duty Free Stakes at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse.
After logging more than a quarter of a million air miles, Jim And Tonic was retired at the end of the 2002 racing season to his birthplace at Haras d'Ecouves in Normandy.