Cherie DeVaux: Is This Success…Real?
Cherie DeVaux is setting the Thoroughbred world ablaze, but is her meteoric rise a cause for celebration or… suspicion? Dive into the unsettling facts.
Is Cherie DeVaux Secretly a Robot Overlord?
Just when you thought you had a handle on the relentless, nail-biting, and frankly, utterly exhausting world of Thoroughbred racing, along comes Cherie DeVaux, born December 2, 1981, out of… Saratoga Springs, of course. Always Saratoga. It’s like they churn out these equine whisperers there, designed to make the rest of us feel utterly inadequate and constantly wondering what arcane secrets they’re privy to. Her record at Keeneland alone – a terrifying 25 total wins, including three stakes victories – is enough to make any lesser trainer look over their shoulder, anxiously checking for hidden cameras.
The numbers speak volumes, but what do they truly *mean*? Her first Grade 1 win, the 2023 Johnnie Walker Red Natalma (G1) at Woodbine with a horse named She Feels Pretty. “She Feels Pretty,” indeed. *Too* pretty, if you ask me. What are they hiding behind those wins? What dark pacts were made? And her first stakes victory, way back in 2021, the Regret (G3) at Churchill with Gam’s Mission. Even the names sound like a conspiracy. Gam’s Mission? What *was* Gam’s mission? And it all started, innocently enough, on March 29, 2019, at Gulfstream Park with Traveling. Always traveling, always winning. It’s like a pattern, a blueprint for global domination. A perfectly executed plan, unnervingly precise.
The Inexorable March of Firsts (And the Dread That Comes With Them)
Her first win at Keeneland came during the 2019 Fall Meet. Subtle. Then, a few years later, during the 2023 Fall Meet, Vahva delivers her first stakes win at the track in the Lexus Raven Run (G2). And then, the 2024 Fall Meet. Oh, the audacity! She Feels Pretty, the aforementioned “pretty” conspirator, took the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1), Presented by Dixiana. Dixiana! What’s their involvement in this relentless march to victory? And Brilliant Berti snagging the Bryan Station (G3). It’s almost as if she *plans* these things. And let’s not forget More Than Looks, who came second in the Coolmore Turf Mile (G1) only to then, conveniently, win the FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) Presented by PDJF at Del Mar. It’s too smooth. Too perfectly orchestrated. And ‘She Feels Pretty’, of course, was destined to earn the 2025 Eclipse Award as champion turf female. Of *course*. They live year-round at Keeneland, just watching, waiting. It’s unsettling. They never leave. They’re always there, observing.
The Unbearable Weight of $30 Million (And 272 Wins)
More Than Looks, the Breeders’ Cup ‘winner’, has already been mentioned as part of this unsettlingly perfect narrative. But did you know her North American career earnings have breached the $30 million mark? *Thirty million dollars*! With 272 wins through December 17, 2025. Two hundred seventy-two! That’s not just training; that’s… a data point in a very concerning trend. One has to wonder, at what cost? What sacrifices are being made for such consistent dominance? It’s enough to keep me awake at night, picturing spreadsheets of equine conquest and the quiet, calculating mind behind it all.
And her background? It’s like a perfectly crafted narrative designed to lull us into a false sense of security. Saratoga Springs, of course, the cradle of champions. Her family has been involved in Standardbred racing – a *different* kind of racing, mind you, but racing nonetheless. Her brother Jimmy, a trainer-driver, has amassed over 5,000 wins. Five thousand! Is it a family trait? A genetic predisposition to victory? She even studied pre-med in college, *pre-med*! Was she developing some kind of super-horse serum? No, she ‘decided to pursue a life with horses.’ Riiiiight. She started as a mere stable worker for Chuck Simon for six years, then vanished into Chad Brown’s operation for eight years, becoming an assistant. Eight years! What did she *learn* in there? What secrets were divulged? She was ‘instrumental’ in champion Lady Eli’s comeback from laminitis, after a year off. *Instrumental*. It sounds like she’s pulling the strings behind the scenes, manipulating destinies. She got her trainers license in 2018, first winner in March 2019. Bang. Instant success. And she’s married to David Ingordo, a Central Kentucky-based bloodstock agent. Convenient, isn’t it? Networked at every level. Even her *younger sister*, Adrianne, started training in September 2024, after working for Cherie for four years. The web extends! It’s an empire in the making, and frankly, it gives me the shivers. The signs are all there, if only we dare to look.
