Symboli Rudolf (

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

: シンボリルドルフ, March 13, 1981 - October 4, 2011) was a Japanese

thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are c ...

racehorse Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic pr ...

who won the Japanese Triple Crown, sired by Partholon, a son of Milesian, out of Sweet Luna, a daughter of

Speed Symboli In everyday use and in kinematics, the speed (commonly referred to as ''v'') of an object is the magnitude of the change of its position over time or the magnitude of the change of its position per unit of time; it is thus a scalar quanti ...

. Symboli Rudolf was inducted into the

Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame The Horse Racing Hall of Fame ( ja, 競馬の殿堂) is a Japanese horse racing memorial hall which was installed on September 2, 1985 at the JRA Horse Racing Museum, Fuchu, Tokyo. It was founded by Japan Racing Association to honor the achievem ...

in 1987.

Racing career

; Major Racing Wins * 1984 Yayoi Sho (Domestic GIII), Nakayama Turf 2000m * 1984

Satsuki Sho Satsuki is a traditional Japanese name for the month of . It is commonly used as a feminine given name and, more rarely, as a surname or a masculine name. Possible spellings Satsuki can be spelled using different ''kanji'' characters and can mean: ...

(Japanese 2000 Guineas) (Domestic GI), Nakayama Turf 2000m * 1984

Tokyo Yushun Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

(Japanese Derby) (Domestic GI), Tokyo Turf 2400m * 1984 St Lite Kinen (Domestic GII), Nakayama Turf 2200m * 1984 Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger) (Domestic GI), Kyoto Turf 3000m * 1984 Arima Kinen (Grand Prix) (Domestic GI), Nakayama Turf 2500m * 1985 Nikkei Sho (Domestic GII), Nakayama Turf 2500m * 1985

Tenno Sho The is a horse race held twice a year in Japan, once in the spring and once in the autumn. "Tenno" means "Emperor of Japan". The races are both International Grade I races. Prior to the 2007 races, both Tenno Sho races were Japanese domestic Gra ...

(spring) (Domestic GI), Kyoto Turf 3200m * 1985

Japan Cup The is one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan. It is contested on the last Sunday of November, post time of 15:40 at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo at a distance of 2400 meters (about miles) run under weight for age conditions with ...

(Domestic GI), Tokyo Turf 2400m * 1985 Arima Kinen (Grand Prix) (Domestic GI), Nakayama Turf 2500m He is the first undefeated Triple Crown (not losing a single race until winning Kikuka Sho, later succeeded by Deep Impact in 2005 and

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in 2020) as well as the first Triple Crown winner since the introduction of Racing Grades in Japan.

Progeny

Tokai Teio Tokai Teio (Japanese: トウカイテイオー, April 20, 1988 – August 30, 2013) was a champion Japanese thoroughbred racehorse. In 1991 he won the Satsuki Sho and the Tokyo Yushun. He was the 1991 Japanese Horse of the Year. In 1992 he won t ...

(1988), winner of

(Japanese 2000 Guineas) (Domestic GI) (1991),

(Japanese Derby) (Domestic GI) (1991),

(GI) (1992) and Arima Kinen (Grand Prix) (Domestic GI) (1993).

Racing career

Progeny

Pedigree

See also