Fuji Kiseki
Fuji Kiseki | |
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Sire | JPY129,650,000 |
Major wins | |
Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes (1994) Yayoi Sho (1995) | |
Awards | |
JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Colt (1994) |
Fuji Kiseki (Japanese: フジキセキ, 15 April 1992 – 28 December 2015) is a Japanese
Background
Fuji Kiseki was a brown or black horse standing 1.63 metres high with a white
He was from the first crop of foals sired by Sunday Silence, who won the 1989 Kentucky Derby, before retiring to stud in Japan where he was champion sire on thirteen consecutive occasions. His other major winners included Deep Impact, Stay Gold, Heart's Cry, Manhattan Cafe, Zenno Rob Roy and Neo Universe.[3] Fuji Kiseki's dam Millracer was bred in Virginia and won two minor races in the United States before being exported to Japan.[4] Her grand-dam Millicent was a half-sister to Mill Reef.[5]
Racing career
1994: two-year-old season
Fuji Kiseki made his racecourse debut in an event for previously unraced juveniles over 1200 metres at
1995: three-year-old season
On his three-year-old debut Fuji Kiseki contested the Grade 2 Yayoi Sho (a major trial race for the
Shortly after the race he sustained a tendon injury which ended his racing career.[7]
Stud record
After the end of his racing career, Fuji Kiseki became a breeding stallion at the
Pedigree
Sire Sunday Silence (USA) 1986 |
Halo 1969 |
Hail to Reason
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Turn-To (IRE) |
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Nothirdchance | |||
Cosmah | Cosmic Bomb | ||
Almahmoud | |||
Wishing Well 1975 |
Understanding | Promised Land | |
Pretty Ways | |||
Mountain Flower | Montparnasse (ARG) | ||
Edelweiss | |||
Dam Millracer (USA) 1983 |
Le Fabuleux (FR) 1961 |
Wild Risk | Rialto |
Wild Violet | |||
Anguar | Verso | ||
La Rochelle (USA) | |||
Marston's Mill 1975 |
In Reality | Intentionally | |
My Dear Girl | |||
Millicent | Cornish Prince | ||
Milan Mill (Family 22-d)[5] |
References
- ^ a b "Fuji Kiseki pedigree". Equineline.
- ^ "Fuji Kiseki – Stallions in Japan". www.jrha.or.jp.
- ^ "Sunday Silence – Stud Record". Racing Post.
- ^ "Millracer profile". Equibase.
- ^ a b "Grand Duchess – Family 22-d". Thoroughbred Bloodlines.
- ^ a b "Race Records:Lifetime Starts – Fuji Kiseki(JPN)". www.jbis.jp.
- ^ a b "Japanese Sire Fuji Kiseki Dies at 23". The Blood-Horse. 28 December 2015.
- ^ "Stallion Reports – Fuji Kiseki(JPN)". www.jbis.jp.