Agnes Flora (born June 18, 1987 - August 8, 2005) by Royal Ski, and out of Agnes Lady at Masayoshi Orite was a

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who won the Oka Sho in

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. She is also known as the dam of

Agnes Flight Agnes Flight (Japanese : アグネスフライト, March 2, 1997 - January 11, 2023) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. He was sired by Sunday Silence covering Agnes Flora, and is therefore full-brother to Agnes Tachyon. Racing career As a ...

and

Agnes Tachyon Agnes Tachyon (Japanese : アグネスタキオン, April 13, 1998 - June 22, 2009) was an undefeated Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and a Leading sire in Japan. He was by Sunday Silence, his dam, Agnes Flora (by Royal Ski) won the Oka Sho (Jap ...

, the former a

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winner and the latter the Leading Sire of Japan in 2008.

Life and career

Agnes Flora was a

mare by Royal Ski, and out of Agnes Lady. She was mostly known for her major win at the Oka Sho carrying four hundred and fifty-two pounds. She also won the

Tulip Sho The Tulip Sho Japanese チューリップ賞} is a Japanese Grade 2 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 1,600 metres at Hanshin Racecourse, Takarazuka, Hyogo. The race is run in March and serve ...

and Elfin Stakes in Japan. In 1990, Agnes Flora won the JRA Award for "Best Three-Year-Old Filly." She was retired from racing soon after coming in second place behind Eishin Sunny at the

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in 1990 after developing symptoms of tendonitis while in the process of recovering from a cracked bone. Flora died on August 8, 2005.

Pedigree

References

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