Karasi (born 1995) is an Australian Racing Hall of Fame champion steeplechase

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bred in

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. The horse is best known for winning the world's richest steeplechase race, the

Nakayama Grand Jump The Nakayama Grand Jump (中山グランドジャンプ) is a Japanese horse racing steeplechase, held at Nakayama Racecourse every year in mid-April. It is for thoroughbreds, four years old and older, run at a distance of 4250m (2 5/8 miles + 84 f ...

Nakayama Racecourse is located in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan. It is used for horse racing. It has a capacity of 165,676. It was built in 1990. Physical attributes Nakayama Race Course has two grass courses, a dirt course, and a jump course. The turf's measures 184 ...

, Japan for three consecutive years (2005, 2006, 2007). He was a top flat performer as a younger horse, with his best performance being a fourth in the 2001 Melbourne Cup, in which he was the highest placed Australian trained runner. He suffered a career-ending injury while in Japan preparing for his fourth Grand Jump. Karasi was indicated to Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2018.

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Karasi Pedigree Query
1995 racehorse births Thoroughbred family 16-d Racehorses bred in Ireland Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Racehorses trained in Australia National Hunt racehorses {{racehorse-stub

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