Heart's Cry (horse)
Heart's Cry | |
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Awards | |
JRA Award for Best Older Male Horse (2005) |
Heart's Cry (
Background
Heart's Cry was a bay horse with a narrow white
Racing career
2004: three-year-old season
Heart's Cry began his racing career by winning a ten
Heart's Cry returned after a summer break to finish third to King Kamehama in the Kobe Shimbun Hai, but then finished unplaced in the
2005: four-year-old season
In his first five starts as a four-year-old, Heart's Cry ran well without winning. In Spring he finished second in the Group Two
Heart's Cry returned in October to finish sixth in the Autumn Tenno Sho, in which he was ridden for the first time by Christophe Lemaire, before running in the Japan Cup a month later. Held up in the early stages, he was still fourteenth of the eighteen runners turning into the straight but then finished strongly and failed by a nose to catch the British runner Alkaased who won in a record time of 2:22.1. The beaten runners included Zenno Rob Roy, Ouija Board, Warrsan, Bago and Better Talk Now.[4] On 25 December, Heart's Cry was one of sixteen runners invited to contest the Arima Kinen. The colt had gone ten races and nineteen months since his last win and started at odds of 16.1/1 while the undefeated three-year-old champion Deep Impact was made the 3/10 favourite. Lemaire rode the horse close to the lead before moving to the front in the straight and holding off the late challenge of Deep Impact to win by half a length.[5][6]
2006: five-year-old season
In 2006, Heart's Cry was campaigned internationally. In March he was sent to Dubai to contest the
Four months after his run in Dubai, Heart's Cry appeared at Ascot Racecourse in England for Britain's most prestigious all-aged race, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Lemaire claimed to be full of confidence before the race and Heart's Cry's participation attracted a large Japanese media contingent.[10] Starting the 3/1 second favourite, he took the lead in the straight but was overtaken in the final furlong and finished third behind Hurricane Run and Electrocutionist.[11] After his race at Ascot, Heart's Cry did not run again until the Japan Cup on 29 November. He started the 5.8/1 second favourite but ran disappointingly, finishing tenth of the eleven runners behind Deep Impact. After the race the Japan Racing Association announced that the horse had developed breathing problems which may have affected his performance, and his retirement was announced in early December.[12]
Stud record
Heart's Cry was retired to become a stallion at his owners' Shadai Stallion Station on Hokkaido.[13][14] He sired 35 individual group or graded race winners, ten of them at the highest level. In addition, Heart's Cry is the damsire of Efforia, who was named the Japanese Horse of the Year of 2021,[15] and Tagaloa, who won the Blue Diamond Stakes in 2020.[16] He was retired from stud duties in 2021 at the age of 20.[17] On March 9, 2023, staffs of Shadai Stallion Station found Heart's Cry unable to stand and later passed away the same day.[18][19]
Major winners
c = colt, f = filly, g = gelding
Foaled | Name | Sex | Major wins |
2008 | Admire Rakti | c | Caulfield Cup |
2009 | Just A Way | c | Tenno Sho, Dubai Duty Free, Yasuda Kinen |
2011 | Nuovo Record | f | Yushun Himba |
2011 | One and Only
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c | Tokyo Yushun
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2012 | Cheval Grand | c | Japan Cup |
2014 | Lys Gracieux | f | Cox Plate, Arima Kinen
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2014 | Suave Richard | c | Osaka Hai, Japan Cup
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2014 | Yoshida | c | Turf Classic Stakes, Woodward Stakes |
2015 | Time Flyer | c | Hopeful Stakes |
2017 | Salios | c | Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes |
2019 | Do Deuce | c | Tokyo Yushun, Arima Kinen
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2019 | Notturno | c | Japan Dirt Derby
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2020 | Continuous | c | St Leger Stakes |
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Admire Rakti
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Just A Way
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Nuovo Record
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One and Only
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Cheval Grand
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Suave Richard
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Lys Gracieux
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Yoshida
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Time Flyer
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Salios
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Do Deuce
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Notturno
Pedigree
Sire Sunday Silence (USA) 1986 |
Halo (USA) 1969 |
Hail to Reason
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Turn-To |
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Nothirdchance | |||
Cosmah | Cosmic Bomb | ||
Almahmoud | |||
Wishing Well (USA) 1975 |
Understanding | Promised Land | |
Pretty Ways | |||
Mountain Flower | Montparnasse | ||
Edel Weiss | |||
Dam Irish Dance (JPN) 1990 |
Tony Bin (IRE) 1983 |
Kampala | Kalamoun |
State Pension | |||
Severn Bridge | Hornbeam | ||
Priddy Fair | |||
Buper Dance (USA) 1983 |
Lyphard | Northern Dancer | |
Goofed | |||
My Bupers | Bupers | ||
Princess Revoked (Family 6-a)[21] |
References
- ^ "Heart's Cry stallion page". Jbis.or.jp. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
- ^ "Tokyo Yushun result". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
- ^ "Takarazuka Kinen result". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
- ^ "Japan Cup result". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
- ^ "Arima Kinen result". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
- ^ "Heart's Cry upsets Deep Impact at Arima Kinen". Asian Economic News. 27 December 2005. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
- ^ "Japan's Heart's Cry wins Dubai Sheema Classic". Japan Times. 2006-03-27. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
- ^ "Dubai Sheema Classic result". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
- ^ "Australian Mare Makybe Diva Tops IFHA Rankings". BloodHorse. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
- ^ "Heart's Cry so close to the Diamonds!". Japanracing.jp. 2006-07-30. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
- ^ "King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
- ^ "Heart's Cry retired to Shadai Stallion Station". Thoroughbred Times. 2006-12-05. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
- ^ "Heart's Cry Stud Record ". Racing Post. 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
- ^ "Sunday Silence Grandson Yoshida Takes Turf Classic At Churchill". Paulick Report. 2018-05-05. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ TDN, The (2023-02-14). "Japanese Horse Of The Year Efforia Retired To Stand At Shadai". TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
- ^ Smith, Mark (2020-02-22). "Lord Kanaloa's Tagaloa Strikes in the Blue Diamond | Breednet". www.breednet.com.au. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
- ^ Trice, Kitty (21 June 2021). "Japanese Champion Sire Heart's Cry Pensioned at 20". BloodHorse. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ^ "ハーツクライが死亡" [Heart's Cry passes away]. Japan Racing Association (in Japanese). 2023-03-10. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
- ^ "ハーツクライ死す 05年有馬記念、06年ドバイシーマクラシック制覇" [Heart's Cry dies; winner of the '05 Arima and '06 Dubai Sheema Classic]. サンスポZBAT! (in Japanese). 2023-03-10. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
- ^ "Heart's Cry pedigree". Equineline. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
- ^ "Thoroughbred Bloodlines – Cream Cheeks – Family 6-a". Bloodlines.net. Retrieved 2012-12-20.