Northern River (Japanese :ノーザンリバー, foaled April 12, 2008) is a Japanese

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racehorse and the winner of the 2011

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Career

His brother is , who won the 2011 Elm Stakes and 2012 Diolite Kinen. Northern River's first race was on September 11, 2010, at

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, where he came in 2nd. Northern River picked up his win in

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on January 16, 2011. He then picked up another win 2 week later in Kyoto, and then won the 2011

. This win helped earn Northern River a place in the Grade-1, 2011

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, where he finished in a disappointing 15th place. He attempted another Grade-1 race in May 2011, where he came in 17th at the 2011

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. He did not race in 2012. In 2013, he picked up another win at the 2013 Fukakusa Stakes in Kyoto. Later in November, he picked up another win at Kyoto. He then scored a Grade-3 win, by winning the 2013

Capella Stakes The Capella Stakes (Japanese カペラステークス) is a Grade 3 horse race for Thoroughbreds aged three and over, run in December over a distance of 1200 metres on dirt at Nakayama Racecourse. The race was first run in 2008 and has held Gra ...

. He spent 2014 competing in graded races. In February, he came in 4th at the 2014

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 ...

, and then won the Tokyo Hai in April, and won the Sakitama Hai in Urawa in May. He then picked up his last win on the year in October at the 2014 Tokyo Hai. 2015 was his last year in racing. He placed 3rd at the Tokyo Sprint in April, then won the Sakitama Hai in May. He then retired after an 8th place finish at the 2015

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Stud career

Northern River's descendants include: ''c =

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, f =

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, g =

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Pedigree

References

{{reflist 2008 racehorse births Thoroughbred family B3 Racehorses bred in Japan Racehorses trained in Japan