Dee Majesty
Dee Majesty | |
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Satsuki Sho (2016) (2016)St Lite Kinen |
Dee Majesty (Japanese: ディーマジェスティ, foaled 24 March 2013) is a Japanese
Background
Dee Majesty is a bay horse with a white
He was from the sixth crop of foals sired by Deep Impact, who was the
Dee Majesty was described by his groom as embodying the best qualities of his male ancestors, having "the body of Brian's Time, the heart and lungs of Sadler's Wells and the sharpness of Deep Impact".[4]
Racing career
2015: two-year-old season
Dee Majesty began his track career by finishing second to King Lion in an event for previously unraced juveniles over 1500 metres at Sapporo Racecourse on 5 September. Three weeks later at Nakayama Racecourse he contested a maiden race over 1800 metres came home second of the thirteen runners behind Meiner Fun. The colt recorded his first success at Tokyo Racecourse on 23 November when he won a maiden from Mount Robson and thirteen others.[5] He was then aimed at the Grade 2 Hopeful Stakes but was withdrawn from the race owing to a leg inflammation.[6]
2016: three-year-old season
On his debut as a three-year-old Dee Majesty started a
For his next run Dee Majesty ran in the Grade 1 Satsuki Sho, the first leg of the Japanese Triple Crown over 2000 metres at Nakayama on 17 April. In the run-up to the race said "He's still growing and is still a bit weak in his back and hindquarters, but he has gained a bit of weight and has the physique of a mature horse. He has an excellent heart and strong lungs and his breathing is very good."[6] With Ebina in the saddle, Dee Majesty started a 30/1 outsider in a field of eighteen three-year-old colts. Satono Diamond started favourite ahead of Leontes and Makahiki while the other runners included Air Spinel (Daily Hai Nisai Stakes), Mount Robson (Spring Stakes), Lord Quest (second in the Hopeful Stakes), Admire Daio (Wakaba Stakes) and Dreadnoughtus (Kyoto Nisai Stakes). Dee Majsty raced towards the rear before making a forward move on the outside approaching the final turn. He produced a strong run in the straight, took the lead from Leontes 100 metres from the finish and drew away to win by one and a quarter lengths, with Makahiki taking second ahead of Satono Diamond. The winning time of 1:57.9 was a new record for the race. Masayoshi Ebina said "everything went as planned. He was responding really well turning the last corner and I knew then that he'll be able to take over the field at the top of the slope". [8]
On 29 May, in front of a crowd of 140,000 at Tokyo, Dee Majesty started 2.5/1 favourite for the
After the summer break, Dee Majesty returned to the track in the Grade 2 St Lite Kinen over 2200 metres at Nakayama on 18 September and started odds-on favourite against eleven opponents headed by the Grade 3 winner Seewind. Ridden by Ebina, he won by a neck from Seewind, with Prodigal Son a length and a quarter back in third.
In the 2016 edition of the World's Best Racehorse Rankings Dee Majesty was given a rating of 120, making him the 34th best racehorse in the world.[11]
2017: four-year-old season
Dee Majesty began his third season in the Nikkei Sho at Nakayama on 25 March and finished sixth of the sixteen runners behind Sciacchetra. A month later he started a 35/1 outsider for the spring edition of the Tenno Sho at Kyoto and came home sixth in a race won by Kitasan Black. Dee Majesty never raced again and was retired at the end of the season.
Stud record
After the end of his racing career, Dee Majesty became a breeding stallion at the Arrow Stud in Hokkaido.[12]
Pedigree
Sire Deep Impact (JPN) 2002 |
Sunday Silence (USA) 1986 |
Halo | Hail to Reason
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Cosmah | |||
Wishing Well | Understanding | ||
Mountain Flower | |||
Wind in Her Hair (IRE) 1991 |
Alzao (USA) | Lyphard | |
Lady Rebecca (GB) | |||
Burghclere (GB) | Busted | ||
Highclere | |||
Dam Hermes Tiara (JPN) 1998 |
Brian's Time (USA) 1985 |
Roberto | Hail to Reason |
Bramalea | |||
Kelley' Day | Graustark | ||
Golden Trail | |||
Shinko Hermes (IRE) 1993 |
Sadler's Wells (USA) | Northern Dancer (CAN) | |
Fairy Bridge | |||
Doff the Derby (USA) | Master Derby | ||
Margarethen (Family: 4-n)[3] |
- Dee Majesty was inbred 4 × 4 to Hail To Reason, meaning that this stallion appears twice in the fourth generation of his pedigree.
References
- ^ a b "Dee Majesty pedigree". Equineline.
- ^ "Deep Impact – Stud Record". Racing Post.
- ^ a b "St. Marguerite – Family 4-n". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
- ^ "Kikuka Sho (Japanese St. Leger) (G1) – comments from runners' connections". Horse Racing in Japan. 21 October 2016.
- ^ "Race Records:Lifetime Starts – Dee Majesty(JPN) – JBIS-Search". www.jbis.jp.
- ^ a b c "Satsuki Sho – comments from runners' connections". Horse Racing in Japan. 15 April 2016.
- ^ "Kyodo Tsushin Hai result". Racing Post. 14 February 2016.
- ^ "Deep Impact Colts Dominate the Top Three with Dee Majesty Setting Record Time in This Year's Satsuki Sho". Horse Racing in Japan. 17 April 2016.
- ^ "Satsuki Sho Runner-up Makahiki Wins a Close Contest in the Tokyo Yushun". Horse Racing in Japan. 29 May 2016.
- ^ "St Lite Kinen result". Racing Post. 18 September 2016.
- ^ "The 2016 World Thoroughbred Rankings". International Federation of Horse Racing Authorities. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- ^ "16年皐月賞馬ディーマジェスティが電撃引退". netkeiba.com (in Japanese). 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2023-04-23.