Gold Allure (Japanese: ゴールドアリュール, foaled March 3, 1999 – February 18, 2017) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2003

February Stakes The is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 8 furlongs) at Tokyo Racecourse in late February. It was first run in 1984 as February Handicap, and wa ...

Career

Gold Allure's first race was on November 11, 2001, at

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where he came in 2nd place. He won his first race the following month also at Kyoto. He picked up a pair of wins in April 2002, including a win at the Danno Stakes. He then qualified for his first Grade-1 race, which was the 2002

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, where he came in 5th. He got his first Grade-1 win when he won the July 4, 2002,

Japan Dirt Derby The is a Japanese Domestic Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1 mile 2 furlongs) at the Oi Racecourse, Shinagawa, Tokyo in late July. It was ...

. He then won another Grade-1 race when he won the Derby Grand Prix in September 2002. He came in 5th at the November 2002 Champions Cup. He then won the December 29, 2002,

Tokyo Daishōten The Tokyo Daishōten (東京大賞典) is a Japanese thoroughbred horse race on dirt track for three years old and above. It is run over a distance of 2,000 meters (about 10 furlongs) at Ōi Racecourse in the Shinagawa, Tokyo in the end of the y ...

to start a three-race win streak. He captured the 2003

, then won the Antares Stakes on April 27. Gold Allure then ended his career with an 11th-place finish at the

Teio Sho The Teio Sho (帝王賞) is a Japanese domestic Grade 1 race. This race began in 1978 as a spring championship race of southern Kanto region horseracing. It was later opened to JRA horses in 1986. Then, there were few opportunities for JRA and NA ...

on June 25, 2003.

Stud career

Gold Allure's descendants include: ''c =

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, f =

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Pedigree

References

{{reflist 1999 racehorse births Racehorses bred in Japan Racehorses trained in Japan Thoroughbred family 9-h