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Jantar Mantar (horse)
Jantar Mantar (Japanese language, Japanese: ジャンタルマンタル, foaled March 21, 2021) is an active Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. His major wins include the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes and the NHK Mile Cup. He was named after Jantar Mantar, an astronomical observatory in India. He was awarded the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Colt for 2023. Racing career 2023: two-year-old season Jantar Mantar debuted at the Kyoto Racecourse on October 8, 2023, in a two-year-old newcomer race on turf at a distance of 1,800 meters. Ridden by Katsuma Sameshima, he was the second favored horse. After settling in a good position from the start of the race, he broke away at the final stretch to win by two and a half horse lengths over Keep Calm. On December 17, he made his first grade one stakes race debut at the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes at Hanshin Racecourse. Ridden by Yuga Kawada, he was the most favored horse to win the race. Settling near the rail at the middle of the pack ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuga Kawada
Yuga Kawada (, October 15, 1985 – ) is a Japanese jockey affiliated with the Japan Racing Association. Born to a family of horse racing, he was the leading jockey of JRA races of 2022. Since July 2016, Kawada, together with Yuichi Fukunaga, has a management contract with Horipro. Profile Kawada debuted on March 7, 2004, and won his first race on the 20th of that same month. Kawada won his first graded race, the Kokura Daishoten, with in 2006. Kawada won his first Grade I race and classic race with when they won the Satsuki Shō, Satsuki Sho in 2008. The year before, he became the jockey to have ridden the first white horse to win a JRA race when he rode at a maiden race held at Hanshin Racecourse on April 1, 2007. Kawada became a Derby jockey in 2016 when he won the race with Makahiki (horse), Makahiki. This race also marked his completion of all Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, classic races in Japan, as he had also won the Kikuka-shō, Kikuka Sho in 2010 with Big We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classy 'n Smart
Classy 'n Smart (May 20, 1981 – September 28, 1999) was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred and raced by Sam-Son Farm, she won five of nine career starts, including two legs of what would later be known as the Canadian Triple Tiara. Although she was voted the 1984 Canadian Champion 3-Year-Old Filly, her primary legacy is as a champion broodmare. Background Classy 'n Smart was bred by and raced for Ernie Samuel's Sam-Son Farm. She was trained by Jim Day, an Olympic gold medal winner in show jumping who became a Sovereign Award winning racehorse trainer. Classy 'n Smart was sired by Smarten, a tough and consistent racehorse who became a leading regional sire in Maryland. She was produced by the misnamed mare No Class, by Nodouble. No Class was one of the foundation mares on which the success of Sam-Son Farm was built and was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1997. In addition to Classy 'n Smart, No Class was the dam of Canadian champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smart Strike
Smart Strike (May 21, 1992, in Ontario – March 25, 2015) was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse. The son of the Champion sire, Mr. Prospector, and out of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame mare Classy 'n Smart, Smart Strike is a half-brother to 1991 Canadian Triple Crown champion Dance Smartly. Owned and bred by Sam-Son Farm, on the racetrack, Smart Strike's most important win came in the Grade I Philip H. Iselin Handicap. However, he was just developing into a top-flight horse when his career was cut short by injury. He suffered a condylar fracture during a workout while preparing for the Breeders' Cup. At maturity, he reached high. Stud record Since he was retired to stud duty at Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky, in 1997, Smart Strike's value as a stallion rose dramatically as a result of the performance of his offspring. Twice honored as the leading Sire in North America, he was the sire of 113 stakes winners, 12 champions, five Breeders' Cup winners, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Mile
The Hong Kong Mile is a Conditions races, Group 1 Flat racing, flat Horse racing, horse race in Hong Kong which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres (about 1 mile) at Sha Tin Racecourse, Sha Tin, taking place each year in mid-December. The race was first run in 1991, and was originally titled the Hong Kong International Bowl. Its distance was initially set at 1,400 metres. The event's present title and distance were both introduced in 1999, and the following year it was promoted to Group 1 status. The Hong Kong Mile is one of the four Hong Kong International Races, and it presently offers a purse of HK$32,000,000 (approximately US$4 million). Records Speed record: (at present distance of 1,600 metres) * 1:32.71 – Good Ba Ba (2008) Most wins: * 3 – Good Ba Ba (2007, 2008, 2009) * 3 – Golden Sixty (2020, 2021, 2023) Most wins by a jockey: * 4 - Zac Purton (2012, 2016, 2018, 2022) * 3 – Olivier Doleuze (2006, 2007, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sha Tin Racecourse
Sha Tin Racecourse is one of the two racecourses for horse racing in Hong Kong. It is located in Sha Tin District, Sha Tin in the New Territories. It is managed by Hong Kong Jockey Club. Penfold Park is encircled by the track, and the Hong Kong Sports Institute is located immediately south of the property. Michael Jackson planned to perform at the racecourse on his Dangerous World Tour, which was the start of the third leg, but it did not materialize due to the dates conflicting with the racing season. History The racecourse was built in 1978 (under the administration of Sir David Akers-Jones, the then-Secretary for the New Territories) on reclaimed land and is the larger of the two tracks in Hong Kong. The course has 474 races per season including: * Hong Kong Cup * Hong Kong Mile * Hong Kong Sprint * Hong Kong Vase * Centenary Sprint Cup * Hong Kong Stewards' Cup * Queen's Silver Jubilee Cup * Hong Kong Gold Cup * Hong Kong Derby * Queen Elizabeth II Cup * Champions M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maiden Race
In horse racing, a maiden race is an event for horses that have not won a race. Horses that have not won a race are referred to as maidens. Maiden horse races are held over a variety of distances and under conditions with eligibility based on the sex or age of the horse. Races may be handicaps, set weights, or weight for age. In many countries, maiden races are the lowest level of class and represent an entry point into a racing career. In countries such as the United States, maiden special weight races rank above claiming races, while maiden claiming races allow the horse to be claimed (bought) by another owner. Eligibility Generally, horses have to be maidens (non-winners) at the time of the race. In regions where jumping races take place, flat racing and jumps racing are sometimes treated as two distinct forms of racing and winning in one category does not preclude a horse entering a maiden in the other. For example, a horse can win multiple jumps races and still be eligible to e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ascoli Piceno (horse)
Ascoli Piceno (Japanese: アスコリピチェーノ, Foaled February 24, 2021) is an active Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. She won the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies in 2023, and the Victoria Mile in 2025. She was named after Ascoli Piceno, a city in Italy. She was awarded the JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Filly for 2023. Racing career 2023: two-year-old season Ascoli Piceno debuted at the Tokyo Racecourse on June 24, 2023, in a two-year-old newcomer race on turf at the distance of 1,400m. She was ridden by Christophe Lemaire, who let her settle at the back of the pack, then took the lead on the final straight, winning by two-and-a-half lengths. Two months later, on August 27, she raced in the Niigata Nisai Stakes for her first graded stakes race challenge. Ridden by Hiroshi Kitamura, she settled in the middle of the pack. On the final straight, she chased down the runaway horse Shonan Manuela and won by a length, successfully achieving her first graded stakes win. For th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakayama Racecourse
was built in 1990 in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, for horse racing Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, 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 bas ... and can accommodate up to 165,676 spectators. Physical attributes Nakayama Race Course has two grass courses, a dirt course and a jump course. The turf's measures 1840m (1 1/8 miles + 97 feet) with 1600m and 2200m chutes, and the measures 1667m (1 mile + 189 feet) with a 1400m chute. Races can be run on the "A Course" rail setting (on the hedge), the "B Course" setting (rail out 3 meters), or the "C Course" setting (rail out 7 meters). 1000m, 1400m, 1800m, 2000m, 2500m and 3600m races run on the inner oval, while 1200m, 1600m, 2200m, 2600m and 4000m races run on the outer oval. 3200m races run on the outer oval first, then the inner oval. The dirt course measures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Guineas Stakes
The 2000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1.6 km) and scheduled to take place each year at the start of May. It is one of Britain's five Classic races, and at present it is the first to be run in the year. It also serves as the opening leg of the Triple Crown, followed by the Derby and the St Leger, although the feat of winning all three has been rarely attempted in recent decades. History The 2000 Guineas Stakes was first run on 18 April 1809, and it preceded the introduction of a version for fillies only, the 1000 Guineas Stakes, by five years. Both races were established by the Jockey Club under the direction of Sir Charles Bunbury, who had earlier co-founded the Derby at Epsom. The races were named according to their original prize fun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satsuki Shō
The is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately mile) at the Nakayama Racecourse, Funabashi, Chiba, in April. It was first run in 1939 and is the Japanese equivalent of the English 2,000 Guineas. (Note that the original 2,000 Guineas is currently run at 1,609 metres, or one mile, about two furlongs shorter than the Satsuki Shō.) Trial races Trial races provide automatic berths to the winning horses or placed horses as specified. Winners since 1983 Earlier winners * 1939 - Rock Park * 1940 - World Mine * 1941 - St Lite * 1942 - Arbeit * 1943 - Dielec * 1944 - Kuri Yamato * 1945 - ''no race'' * 1946 - ''no race'' * 1947 - Tokitsukaze * 1948 - Hide Hikari * 1949 - Tosa Midori * 1950 - Kumono Hana * 1951 - Tokino Minoru * 1952 - Kurino Hana * 1953 - Bostonian * 1954 - Dainana Hoshu * 1955 - Kegon * 1956 - Hekiraku * 1957 - Kazuyoshi * 1958 - Taisei Hope * 1959 - Wildeal * 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Milano
Justin Milano (Japanese: ジャスティンミラノ, foaled April 9, 2021) is a retired Japanese Thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a list of horse breeds, horse breed developed for Thoroughbred racing, horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thorough ... racehorse. He won the Satsuki Shō (Japanese 2000 Guineas Stakes, 2000 Guineas) in 2024. His name is a combination of the Italy, Italian city Milan, and "Justin", the eponym used by the owner. Racing career 2023: two-year-old-season Justin Milano debuted on November 11, 2023, at the Tokyo Racecourse in a two-year-old Maiden race, newcomer race on turf at a distance of 2,000 meters, ridden by Tom Marquand. He settled in front of the pack and pulled away fast at the final stretch to win his debut race. File:Justin_Milano_20231118.jpg, Justin Milano winning his race debut 2024: three-year-old season Justin Milano wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
