Hokuto Vega

Hokuto Vega
Hokuto Vega
	Hokuto Vega in December 1995
Breed	Thoroughbred
Sire	Nagurski
Grandsire	Nijinsky
Dam	Takeno Falcon
Damsire	Philip of Spain
Sex	Mare
Foaled	March 26, 1990
Died	April 3, 1997 (aged 7)
Country	Japan
Breeder	Sakai Farm
Owner	Kanamorimori Corporation
Trainer	Takao Nakano
Jockey	Kazuhiro Kato
Record	42:16-5-4
Earnings	$8,300,301
Major wins
	Flower Cup (1993) ; Queen Elizabeth II Cup (1993) ; Sapporo Kinen (1994) ; Kawasaki Kinen (1996, 1997) ; February Stakes (1996) ; Teio Sho (1996) ; Mile Championship Nambu Hai (1996)

Hokuto Vega (in Japanese: ホクトベガ, March 26, 1990 – April 3, 1997) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 1993 Queen Elizabeth II Cup.

Career

Hokuto Vega's first race was on January 5, 1993, at Nakayama, where he came in first. She picked up her next win at the 1993

Cattleya Sho on February 20.^[2] She competed in her first graded race on March 20, 1993, when she won the 1993 Flower Cup.^[2] This win helped her gain entry into the 1993 Oka Sho, where she came in 5th place. On May 23, 1993, she competed in the Grade-1 Yushun Himba, where she came in 6th.^[2] She came in 2nd place at the October 3, 1993, Grade-3 Queen Stakes. On November 14, 1993, she scored a major upset by winning the 1993 Grade-1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup, the biggest win of her career.^[2]

She went winless in 1994 except for picking up wins at the June 12th, Sapporo Nikkei Open and a win at the Grade-3 Sapporo Kinen.^[2] She did not see victory again until June 13th, 1995, when she captured the 1995 Empress Hai. This was her only win of the year.^[2]

She has one of the most successful racing seasons ever in 1996. She won 8 of the 10 races she competed in during the 1996 season. Her wins in 1996 included victories at the Kawasaki Kinen, the February Stakes, the Diolite Kinen, the Gunma Kinen, the Grade-1 Teio Sho, the Grade-1 Mile Championship Nambu Hai and the Urawa Kinen.^[2]

Hokuto Vega's career fatally ended during the 1997 season. She won the 1997 Kawasaki Kinen on February 5, 1997, ^[2]^[3] but during the 1997 Dubai World Cup, she fell and collided with Bijou d'Inde. She was euthanized shortly after as a result.^[4] Due to quarantine regulations, her body was never repatriated to Japan. As she died before she could become a broodmare, she produced no foals.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Hokuto Vega (JPN), 1990^[2]
Sire Nagurski (CAN) 1981	Nijinsky (CAN) 1967	Northern Dancer	Nearctic
		Northern Dancer	Natalma
		Flaming Page	Bull Page
		Flaming Page	Flaring Top
	Deceit (USA) 1968	Prince John	Princequillo
		Prince John	Not Afraid
		Double Agent	Double Jay
		Double Agent	Conniver
Dam Takeno Falcon (JPN) 1982	Philip of Spain (GB) 1969	Tudor Melody	Tudor Minstrel
		Tudor Melody	Matelda
		Lerida	Matador
		Lerida	Zepherin
	Cool Fair (JPN) 1978	Yellow God	Red God
		Yellow God	Sally Deans
		Sharkskin	Silver Shark
		Sharkskin	Atrevida

References

^ "Hokuto Vega". Retrieved 5 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Hokuto Vega". Retrieved 5 January 2020.
^ "Hokuto Vega". Retrieved 5 January 2020.
^ "1997 Dubai World Cup flashback". Retrieved 5 January 2020.

[EQ-1] "Hokuto Vega". Retrieved 5 January 2020.

[AH-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Hokuto Vega". Retrieved 5 January 2020.

[JB-3] "Hokuto Vega". Retrieved 5 January 2020.

[GN-4] "1997 Dubai World Cup flashback". Retrieved 5 January 2020.

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