Horse Racing

Kitasan Black’s equinox was honored as Japan’s Horse of the Year 2022


Double group winner 1 Spring Equinox (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}) followed in his lord’s footsteps and won the Japan Horse of the Year 2022 crown with 282/288 votes, according to published reports. Son of G3 heroine Mermaid S. Chateau Blanche (Jpn) (King Halo {Jpn}) races for coach Tetsuyama Kimura in the colors of Silk Racing Company, Ltd.

Also named the 3-year-old Japanese Men’s Champion with 285/288 votes, the northern farm boy mixed second in both the G1 Japanese 2000 Guineas and the G1 Japanese Derby, but made his name on the list. in honor of G1 Tenno Sho (Autumn) and G1 Arima Kinen in the second half of the year. Kitasan Black, who stands at Shadai Stallion Station, was twice Japan’s Horse of the Year in 2016/2017.

The severity of the blow to the Japanese livestock industry with the premature death of King Kamehameha’s son (Jpn) Hardness (Jpn) continues to deepen, as no less than three of his progeny have been named year-end champions for 2022. The 3-year-old champion in his hometown in 2015 and the House first season Japanese champion in 2020, the double Classic winner is ranked fifth on the year-end sire chart in Japan.

meadowding in charge of their Kingmambo stallion is the older Male Japanese Champion Owner (Jpn). ) continues followed by Takarazuka Kinen, the former being more than two miles long, the other 11 longer. Winning 280 out of 288 votes, Okada-breeding Toru Kurita intern brought home Hiroshi Yamada silks in 2022.

Classic Winner, Like Titleholder, Shadai Race Horse Company’s Stars On Earth (Jpn) was named the 3-year-old Girl Japan Champion (286/288 votes) for a five-race campaign last year. Second in a Group 3 pairing in January and February, she secured a win over G1 Japanese 1000 Guineas and quickly added G1 Japanese Oaks in the spring to coach Mizuki Takayanagi. Bred by Shadai Farms, the February foal was a respectable third trying to win the Japanese Triple Tiara in October. Her German female family supported her in 2022, when her second smash was champion Stacelita (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}), winner of five level races overall. tallest.

Duramente .’s 2-year-old daughter Freedom Island (Jpn) was awarded the title of 2-year-old Japanese Champion. G1 champion Hanshin Juvenile Fillies also finished second in G3 Artemis S. after winning his debut match. Bred by Northern Racing and raced by Sunday Racing Company, Mitsumasa Nakauchida is the only horse of 2022 to become the unanimous champion by 288 votes. Liberty Island’s dam, the All-American mare (Aus) Yankee Rose (Aus), thrived in both and three and was named champion Down Under both years, as well as taking second place in the race. G1 Golden Slipper to boot.

2 year old Japanese Champion title won third place Dolce More (Jpn), who was of another son of King Kamehameha in the Rulership (Jpn). Trained by Naosuke Sugai for Three H Racing Company, Ltd., son of Classic award-winning Ayusan (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), won both G3 Saudi Arabia October 8 and G1 Asahi Hai Futurity S. in December . Bred by Shimokobe Farm, he amassed 279 out of 288 votes.

Third place in Equinox’s G1 Arima Kinen, G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup winner Geraldina (Japan) (Maurice {Jpn})’s 2022 achievement was deemed enough to beat the white fairy Sodashi (Jpn) (Kurofune) in the year-end category for top distribution staff, with 239 votes against 32 by Sodashi. Placed in two other group races during a busy campaign, the then 4-year-old was another Sunday Racing colorist after Liberty Island. Bred by Northern Racing, the mare is a two-time Japanese Horse of the Year and Gentildonna (Jpn) superstar (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and is trained by Takashi Saito.

jailbreak machine Serifo (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}–Sea Front {Fr}, by Le Havre {Ire}) made headlines as the winner of Hanshin’s G1 Mile Championship in November after the previous tally at G2 Fuji S., and those two wins, above runner-up in fourth place at the G1 NHK Mile Cup in May and G1 Yasuda Kinen a month later, were enough to see him wearing the laurels of the water runner championship. withdrew for G1 Racing Company and coach Mitsumasa Nakauchida (156/288). Bred by Oiwake Farm, this 4-year-old foal is the second foal of listed Sea Front heroine Maurice Zilber, who also finished third in the French Group 3 and sold for €135,000 for Haruya Yoshida at Arqana’s December 2016 Livestock Show Discount. The The late Le Havrehis daughters also threw additional Japan Group 2 winners Des Ailes (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) at the Land of the Rising Sun.

Outstanding on dirt roads, like his Triple Crown winning dad American Pharoah, Café pharoah claimed all four votes to be named the Japanese Champion Land Horse. Having seen action three times in the previous term for coach Toru Kurita, the Koichi Nishikawa-owned bay won the G1 February S. championship for the second time in a row, as well as the Listed Mile championship. Championship Nambu Hai in October. The 6-year-old is the product of breeding program of the late Paul Pompaand was selected as a minor in the OBS March Sale for $475,000 in 2019. His dam, Mary’s Follies (More Than Ready), made $500,000 when it was purchased by BBA Ireland back to make for curly at Keeneland’s January 2021 Sale; while his Animal Kingdom half-sister Regal Glory–bought by Peter Brant’s White Birch Ranch for $925,000 in the same sale–continued to adorn his race record. her and is now a three-time Class I winner on the field.

Japan’s iconic sweater Oju Chosan (Jpn) (Stay Gold {Jpn}–Shadow Silhouette {Jpn}, by Symboli Kris S.) was named the fifth steeple-crossing champion (2016-2018, 11/22), but has achieved that feat only by a single vote at 138, like Nishino Chrysanthemum (Jpn) (Harbinger {GB}) earned 137. At the age of 11 in the race to his title, the hybrid Naoyoshi Nagayama represented Chosan Company and coach Shoichiro Wada.

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