{{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Kiridashi , image = , caption = , sire = Bold Ruckus , grandsire =

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, dam = Sharp Briar , damsire = Briartic , sex =

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, foaled = 1992 , country =

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, breeder = Aubrey W. Minshall , owner = Minshall Farms , trainer = Barbara J. Minshall , record = , earnings = $1,201,981 , race = Col. R.S. Mclaughlin Handicap (1995)
King Edward Breeders' Cup Handicap (1996)
Fair Play Stakes (1996)
Vigil Handicap (1996, 1997)

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(1997, 1998)

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(1997) Canadian Classic Race wins:

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(1995) , awards= , honours = , updated= January 25, 2010 Kiridashi (foaled 1992 in

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Background

He was bred, raced and trained by members of the Minshall family. Out of the mare, Sharp Briar, his sire was

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inductee, Bold Ruckus. Grandsire

was also the grandsire of the 1977 U.S. Triple Crown winner,

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Racing career

1994 Two-Year-Old season

For trainer Barbara Minshall, Kiridashi raced at age two, notably running second in the

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1995 Three-Year-Old season

At age three he ran a tired fourth to winner Regal Discovery in the

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then won the second leg of the Canadian Triple Crown series, the

. For trainer Barbara Minshall, it marked the first time a woman saddled a winner of a Triple Crown race. Her accomplishment earned her a

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nomination. Kirdashi's other 1995 win came in the Col. R.S. Mclaughlin Handicap.

1996: Four-Year-Old season

Racing at age four in 1996, Kiridashi's wins included the King Edward Breeders' Cup Handicap, the Fair Play Stakes, in which he set a

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track record of 1:40 4/5 for a mile and a sixteenth on dirt

and Vigil Handicap. As a five-year-old, Kiridashi won the first of his two

on Grass, turf, his second Vigil Handicap, and the

. Kiridashi finished fourth to

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in the 1996

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, hosted that year by Woodbine Racetrack in

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Stud career

Retired after his 1998 campaign, at Stud (animal), stud, Kiridashi's best offspring was his millionaire daughter Financingavailable who was voted the 2006 and 2007 Sovereign Award for Champion Older Female Horse plus the 2007 Sovereign Award for Champion Sprinter.

References

Kiridashi's pedigree and partial racing stats

1992 racehorse births Racehorses bred in Ontario Racehorses trained in Canada Horse racing track record setters Thoroughbred family 19-c