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JRA Award For Best Two-Year-Old Filly
The JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Filly is a title awarded annually by the Japan Racing Association The Japan Racing Association ( ja, 日本中央競馬会 Nippon Chūō Keiba Kai, or JRA) is a public company established to operate Chūō Keiba (中央競馬 Central horse racing) and to manage racecourses, betting facilities, and horse-training ... (JRA). Since 1987 the honor has been part of the JRA Awards. Winners References {{reflist Horse racing in Japan: JRA Awards Horse racing awards Horse racing in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Racing Association
The Japan Racing Association ( ja, 日本中央競馬会 Nippon Chūō Keiba Kai, or JRA) is a public company established to operate Chūō Keiba (中央競馬 Central horse racing) and to manage racecourses, betting facilities, and horse-training facilities. It was founded in 1954, according to the Horse Racing Law (競馬法 Keiba Hō) and the Japan Racing Association Law (日本中央競馬会法 Nippon Chūō Keiba Kai Hō) and is operated under the strict oversight of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan). Facilities * Racecourses (競馬場 Keiba Jō) - All racecourses have one oval dirt course inside and one or two turf courses outside. Some have also jump courses. Only three (Tokyo, Niigata and Chukyo) are left-handed (counter-clockwise) and the others are right-handed (clockwise). ** Tokyo Racecourse ( Fuchu, Tokyo) ** Nakayama Racecourse (Funabashi, Chiba) ** Kyoto Racecourse (Kyoto, Kyoto) ** Hanshin Racecourse ( Takarazuka, Hyogo) ** Sapporo Race ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major Emblem
Major Emblem ( ja, メジャーエンブレム, link=no, foaled 26 March 2013) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. As a juvenile in 2015 she was the best filly of her generation in Japan, winning three of her four races including the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies and taking the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Filly. In the following year she won two of her three races, adding a second major success when she defeated male opposition to take the NHK Mile Cup. Background Major Emblem is a chestnut mare with a white blaze and a long white sock on her left hind leg bred in Hokkaido by Northern Farm. During her racing career she was trained by Yasuhito Tamura and carried the black, red and yellow silks of Sunday Racing. She was ridden in all of her major races by Christophe Lemaire. She was from the fifth crop of foals sired by Daiwa Major, an outstanding miler whose wins included the Tenno Sho, Mile Championship and Yasuda Kinen. As a breeding stallion he has also sired A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circle Of Life (horse)
Circle of Life (Japanese: サークルオブライフ, foaled 24 March 2019) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. She was one of the best two-year-olds in Japan in 2021 when she won three of her four races including the Artemis Stakes and the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies. Background Circle of Life is a bay filly with a white blaze bred in Japan by Chiyoda Farm Shizunai. During her racing career she was trained by Sakae Kunieda and raced in the yellow and black colours of Chiyoda Farm's owner Masatake Iida. He was from the third crop of foals sired by Epiphaneia who won the Kikuka Sho and the Japan Cup and was rated the second-best horse in the world in 2014. His other foals have included Daring Tact and Efforia. Circle of Life's dam Sea Breeze Life showed good ability on the track, winning three of her sixteen races including the Crocus Stakes. Her grand-dam Star My Life was a half-sister to Lady's Secret. Racing career 2021: two-year-old season Circle of Life began her raci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makoto Kaneko (businessman)
is the Founder, President, CEO and Representative Director (Japan), Representative Director of Zuken Inc., a public listed multinational corporation in the Tokyo Stock Exchange. He also owns the exclusive golf club, The King Kamehameha Golf Club in Hawaii. Makoto Kaneko is better known as a prominent horse owner in Japan. He is the owner of Deep Impact (horse), Deep Impact, one of the most famous racehorses in Japanese history. Kaneko has also become the first racehorse owner to win all of the 8 major races of Japan as well as the Japan Cup. Makoto Kaneko's famous racehorses *Black Hawk (Japanese horse), Black Hawk :He won the Sprinters Stakes and the Yasuda Kinen. *Kurofune (horse), Kurofune :He has 4 course records. Because of his strength, He was called "White Secretariat (horse), Secretariat". *To the Victory (horse), To the Victory :She won the Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup and challenged the Dubai World Cup twice. Her younger brother Silent Deal is also Makoto's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sodashi
Sodashi ( ja, ソダシ, link=no foaled 8 March 2018) is a pure white Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2021 Japanese 1000 Guineas. She was also one of the best two-year-olds in Japan in 2020 when she was unbeaten in four races including the Sapporo Nisai Stakes, Artemis Stakes and Hanshin Juvenile Fillies. In 2021 she won the Oka Sho but sustained her first defeat when running unplaced in the Yushun Himba. The filly returned to the track in August and defeated older rivals in the Sapporo Kinen. Background Sodashi is a pure white filly bred in Japan by Northern Farm, the breeding operation of her owner Makoto Kaneko. She was sent into training with Naosuke Sugai. She was from the seventeenth crop of foals sired by Kurofune, an American-bred stallion who won the NHK Mile Cup and the Japan Cup Dirt in 2001. As a breeding stallion, his other progeny have included Curren Chan, Clarity Sky (NHK Mile Cup), Sleepless Night (Sprinters Stakes), Fusaichi Richard (Asahi Hai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resistencia (horse)
Resistencia ( ja, レシステンシア, link=no, foaled 15 March 2017) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. She was the leading juvenile filly in Japan in 2019 when she was unbeaten in three starts including the Fantasy Stakes and the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies. In 2020 she ran second in both the Oka Sho and the NHK Mile Cup. Background Resistencia is a bay filly with a white blaze bred in Japan by Northern Farm. During her racing career she was trained by Takeshi Matsushita and raced in the green, white and red colours of the Northern Farm affiliate U Carrot Farm. She was from the ninth crop of foals sired by Daiwa Major, an outstanding miler whose wins included the Tenno Sho, Mile Championship and Yasuda Kinen. As a breeding stallion he has also sired Major Emblem, Curren Black Hill (NHK Mile Cup), Reine Minoru (Oka Sho) and Admire Mars. Resistencia's dam Malacostumbrada was a successful racehorse in her native Argentina, winning the Group 1 Gran Premio Gilberto Lerena in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danon Fantasy
Danon Fantasy ( ja, ダノンファンタジー, link=no, foaled 30 January 2016) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. After finishing second in her first appearance as a two-year-old in 2018 she won her three remaining races including the Fantasy Stakes (Japan), Fantasy Stakes and Hanshin Juvenile Fillies and took the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Filly. In the following year she won the Tulip Sho and the Rose Stakes. In 2020 she was well beaten in her first three races but ended the year with a win in the Hanshin Cup. Background Danon Fantasy is a bay filly with a narrow white blaze (horse marking), blaze bred in Hokkaido by Northern Farm (stud), Northern Farm. As a yearling in 2017 she was consigned to the Select Sale and was bought for ¥97,200,000 by Danox Co Ltd. She was sent into training with Mitsumasa Nakauchida. She was from the ninth crop of foals sired by Deep Impact, who was the Japanese Horse of the Year in 2005 and 2006, winning races including the Tokyo Yushun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Lilac
Lucky Lilac ( ja, ラッキーライラック, link=no, foaled 3 April 2015) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old in 2017 she was undefeated in three races including the Artemis Stakes and Hanshin Juvenile Fillies and took the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Filly. In the following year she won the Tulip Sho and was placed in both the Oka Sho and the Yushun Himba. In 2019 she won the Queen Elizabeth II Cup and finished second in the Hong Kong Vase. As a five-year-old in 2020 she defeated male opponents to win the Osaka Hai and recorded a second victory in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup. She has earned more than $7 million in prize money. Background Lucky Lilac is a chestnut mare with a narrow white blaze bred in Hokkaido by Northern Farm. She was sent into training with Mikio Matsunaga and raced in the black, red and yellow colours of Sunday Racing. She is an unusually large female Thoroughbred, weighing as much as 524 kg during her racing career. She was from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soul Stirring
Soul Stirring ( ja, ソウルスターリング, link=no, foaled 13 February 2014) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old in 2016 she won the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Filly after winning all three of her races including the Grade 1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies. In the following year she took the Tulip Sho and ran third in the Oka Sho before taking the Yushun Himba and was again rated the best of her age and sex in Japan, winning the JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly. She remained in training for two more seasons but failed to win again. Background Soul Stirring is a brown mare with a white blaze and a white sock on her left hind leg bred in Hokkaido by the Yoshida family's Shadai Group. She was sent into training with Kazuo Fujisawa. She was from the first crop of foals sired by Frankel, an undefeated racehorse whose other progeny have included Cracksman and Without Parole. Soul Stirring was the second foal of Stacelita, a multiple Group 1 winner in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shonan Adela
Shonan Adela ( ja, ショウナンアデラ, link=no, foaled 10 February 2012) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She was the best two-year-old filly in Japan in 2014 when she won her last three races including the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies and was the unanimous choice for the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Filly. Her later career was badly disrupted by injury and made only three disappointing appearances over the next three seasons. Background Shonan Adela is a bay mare with a white blaze and four white socks bred in Hokkaido, Japan by the Shimokobe Farm. During her racing career she was owned by Tetsuhide Kunimoto and trained by Yoshitaka Ninomiya. She was from the fifth crop of foals sired by Deep Impact, who was the Japanese Horse of the Year in 2005 and 2006, winning races including the Tokyo Yushun, Tenno Sho, Arima Kinen and Japan Cup. Deep Impact's other progeny include Gentildonna, Harp Star, Kizuna, A Shin Hikari, Marialite and Saxon Warrior. Shonan A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JRA Award
The is given annually since 1987 by the Japan Racing Association (JRA) to the outstanding horses and people in Japanese Thoroughbred horse racing. The awards originally started as the in 1954 and since 1972 the {{Nihongo, Yūshun Awards, 優駿賞. The most prestigious award for horses is JRA Award for Horse of the Year. The equivalent in Australia is the Australian Thoroughbred racing awards, in Canada the Sovereign Awards, in the United States the Eclipse Awards, and in Europe, the Cartier Racing Awards. Current awards: * JRA Award for Horse of the Year *JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Colt *JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Filly *JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Colt *JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly The JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly is a title awarded annually by the Japan Racing Association The Japan Racing Association ( ja, 日本中央競馬会 Nippon Chūō Keiba Kai, or JRA) is a public company established to operate Chūō Keib ... *JRA Award for B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joie De Vivre (horse)
Joie de Vivre (Japanese ジョワドヴィーヴル, May 13, 2009 – May 29, 2013) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old in 2011 she was rated the best filly of her generation in Japan, after winning both of her races including the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies. In the following spring she ran third in the Tulip Sho and sixth in the Oka Sho before her season was curtailed by injury. She returned in 2013 but failed to win, with her best effort coming on her final start when she finished a close fourth in the Victoria Mile. She died later that year. Background Joie de Vivre was a bay mare bred in Hokkaido by Northern Farm. During her racing career she carried the black, yellow, pink and red colours of Sunday Racing and was trained by Hiroyoshi Matsuda. She was ridden in most of her races by Yuichi Fukunaga. She was a small mare, weighing no more than 436 kg during her racing career. She was from the second crop of foals sired by Deep Impact, who was the Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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