Bred by Henri Ternynck, owned by Ernest Masurel and trained by Elijah Cunnington he won five of his nine races, finished second in the other four, and was probably the best European colt of his generation.
Mieuxce was a "good-looking, but rather leggy"[2] bay horse standing 16.2 hands high[3] bred by Henri Ternynck at his Haras du But and named after the stud's location, Mieuxcé in Orne.
[10] At the end of June the colt was moved up in distance for the Grand Prix de Paris over 3000 metres and started 2.5/1 favourite against nineteen opponents.
The start of the race was somewhat delayed by a protest from a group of suffragettes who paraded in front of the stands before presenting a letter to the French President Albert François Lebrun.
[11] Mieuxce was not among the early leaders as Grand Manitou set a slow pace but moved up into third behind the Prix Eclipse winner Alcali and the British challenger Sind.
[11][12] After the race Cunnington (who was of British descent) was interviewed in the paddock: with his bowler hat and tweed suit he was described as "a speaking likeness of what a Frenchman imagines John Bull to be".