is a thoroughbred breeding facility located in Abira on the island of

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. The farm was begun in the late 1970s to early 1980s by the late Zenya Yoshida, and is now run jointly by his sons (Katsumi, Haruya, and Teruya Yoshida), known collectively as the Shadai Group.Racing and Sports
11-11-06 As of 2006, the brothers own 3,000 horses worldwide. The farm houses stallions from Japan and many other countries and racing circuits. The grounds also house a racing museum and tourist park called the Northern Horse Park and the Northern Farm Kuko, a large horse-training and conditioning facility. The most expensive acquisition was War Emblem, which was bought for US$17 million in 2002 to replace

Sunday Silence Sunday Silence (March 25, 1986 – August 19, 2002) was an United States, American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and Horse breeding#Terminology, sire. In 1989, he won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes but failed to complete the Triple Cr ...

, which died suddenly that year of a heart attack (and whose offspring are most notable among the stable's horses today). War Emblem was a reluctant breeder, siring only 106 registered foals between 2004 and 2011. He did not sire a foal after 2012, and was pensioned and returned to the United States in the fall of 2015 to Old Friends Equine. Other recent acquisitions include 2010 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Harbinger and 2010 Epsom Derby and

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Current stallions

The below list is based on the official stud list for the 2025 season as of February 2025: * Admire Mars *

Bricks and Mortar Bricks and Mortar (foaled March 2, 2014) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was named the American Horse of the Year in 2019. After winning four of six starts at age three, he missed most of his four-year-old campaign due to illness. At a ...

*Chrysoberyl * Contrail * Danon Kingly * Do Deuce *

Drefong Drefong (foaled February 19, 2013) is a Thoroughbred racehorse and sire who was named the American Champion Sprint Horse at age three after winning the King's Bishop Stakes and Breeders' Cup Sprint. He also won the Forego Stakes at age four. ...

* Efforia * Epiphaneia *

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* Harbinger * Hot Rod Charlie * Isla Bonita * Kitasan Black * Kizuna *Le Vent Se Leve * Lord Kanaloa * Maurice *Mind Your Biscuits *Nadal *

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* Orfevre * Poetic Flare * Rey de Oro *Rulership * Salios * Satono Crown *

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* Schnell Meister * Shahryar * Siskin * Suave Richard

Past stallions

*Admire Cozzene *Admire Don *Admire Main *Admire Jupiter * Admire Vega * Agnes Tachyon * Agnes World *Air Jihad * Allez Milord * Bachir *Baronnet Turf *Battle Line *Belshazzar *Best Tie Up * Bubble Gum Fellow *Captain Thule * Carnegie * Carroll House * Casino Drive *Chichicastenango *

Daiwa Major Daiwa Major () is a retired Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire (horse), sire. A horse who excelled at distances of , he won the Satsuki Shō, the first leg of the Japanese Triple Crown in 2004. His greatest success, however, came la ...

* Dance in the Dark *Danon Chantilly * Deep Brillante * Deep Impact *Divine Light * Dr Devious * Dream Journey * Dream Well * Duramente *Durandal *Dynamite Daddy * Eishin Flash * El Condor Pasa *End Sweep * Falbrav *French Deputy * Fuji Kiseki *Gallop Dyna * Genuine *Gold Allure *

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* Grass Wonder *Groom Dancer *Heart Lake * Heart's Cry * Hector Protector * Helissio *Jade Robbery *Judge Angelucci * Jungle Pocket * Just A Way * King Kamehameha *Kinshasa no Kiseki * Kurofune *Lassalle *Lincoln * Logotype *Lohengrin * Manhattan Cafe * Meisho Samson *

Mejiro McQueen was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and Horse breeding#Terminology, sire. He was a late-maturing horse who did not emerge as a top-class performer until the autumn of his three-year-old season when he won the Kikuka Sho. Over the next three ...

* Mikki Isle * Mr C B *Music Time * Narita Top Road * Neo Universe *Nichido Arashi * Northern Taste * Novellist *On Fire * Pentire *Reach the Crown *Real Impact * Real Shadai *

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*Red Falx *Rosado *Satono Aladdin * Satono Diamond *Sakura Bakushin O *Six Sense *Ski Captain *Slew O'Dyna * Smart Falcon *Soccer Boy *Song of Wind * Special Week *Summer Suspicion *

* Swept Overboard * Symboli Kris S * Tanino Gimlet * Tayasu Tsuyoshi *That's the Plenty *Thrill Show * Timber Country *

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 w ...

* Tony Bin *Turtle Bowl *Twining *Vermillion * Victoire Pisa *Victory * War Emblem * White Muzzle *

Zenno Rob Roy (27 March 2000 – 2 September 2022) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire. In a racing career which lasted from February 2003 until December 2005, he ran twenty times, winning seven races and being placed on ten further occasi ...

Cemetery

The graves of several past stallions, such as Northern Taste, Sunday Silence, Deep Impact, and King Kamehameha, are located on the hills within the property.

References

External links

Official Website
(in Japanese) * (in Japanese) * (in Japanese) {{Horseracing-stub Horse farms in Japan