Tayasu Tsuyoshi (Japanese: タヤスツヨシ, April 26, 1992 - July 29, 2008) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse, the winner of the 1995 Tokyo Yūshun, and a breeding stallion.

Career

Tayasu Tsyoshi's first race was on August 7, 1994, at Sapporo, where he came in 3rd. He picked up his first win on September 25, 1994, at

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. He then won the Erika Sho on December 3, 1994. He won the biggest race of his career, by winning the 1994 Hopeful Stakes. He had a good showing at the 1995 Satsuki Shō, coming in 2nd. Then he won the biggest race of his career by winning the 1995 Tokyo Yūshun on May 28. He finished out his career quietly in 1995 with 5th and 7th place finishes at the

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and the Kyoto Shimbun Hai. His final race was on November 5, 1995, at the

Kikuka-shō The is a Grade 1 flat horse race in Japan for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run over a distance of 3,000 metres (approximately 1 7/8 miles) at the Kyoto Racecourse, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture in October ...

, where he came in 6th. He developed

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after and was officially retired on July 27, 1996.

Stud career

Tayasu Tsuyoshi's descendants include: ''c = colt, f =

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Pedigree

References

{{reflist 1992 racehorse births 2008 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in Japan Racehorses trained in Japan Tokyo Yūshun winners Thoroughbred family 1-r