Mejiro McQueen
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Mejiro McQueen | |
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Osaka Hai (1993) Takarazuka Kinen (1993) | |
Awards | |
JRA Award for Best Older Male Horse (1991) | |
Honours | |
Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame (1994) | |
Last updated on 8 October 2017 |
Mejiro McQueen (
Background
Mejiro McQueen was grey horse bred in Japan by Katashi Yoshida. During his racing career he was owned by Mejiro Shouji Co Ltd and trained by Yasuo Ikee
Mejiro McQueen was the best horse sired by Mejiro Titan, who won the
Racing career
Mejiro McQueen did not race as a two-year-old but made a successful racecourse debut over 1700 metres on dirt in February 1990 at
On his first appearance as a four-year-old Mejiro McQueen won the Grade 2
Mejiro McQueen's 1992 campaign was restricted to two races, but he won them both. He began by taking the Hanshin Daishoten for the second successive year. On 26 April at Kyoto he followed up his 1991 success by winning the spring Tenno Sho for a second time. Injury problems kept the horse off the track for the rest of the year.[4]
After an absence of more than eleven months Mejiro McQueen returned in April 1993 and won the Grade 2
In 1994 Mejiro McQueen was inducted into the Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame.[5]
Stud record
Mejiro McQueen was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion at Shadai Stallion Station. He has sired the Grade 3 winners Time Fair Lady and Eidai Queen.[6] He performed a valuable service at stud as he formed a close bond with Sunday Silence and acted as a calming influence on the hitherto obstreperous American stallion.[7][8] Mejiro McQueen's daughters did well as broodmares and he was the damsire of Dream Journey, Orfevre and Gold Ship. He died in 2006 on his 19th birthday.[2]
Pedigree
Sire Mejiro Titan |
Mejiro Asama | Partholon | Milesian |
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Paleo | |||
Sweet Sixteen | First Fiddle | ||
Blue Eyed Momo | |||
Cheryl | Snob | Mourne | |
Senones | |||
Chanel | Pan | ||
Barley Corn | |||
Dam Mejiro Aurora |
Remand | Alcide | Alycidon |
Chenille | |||
Admonish | Palestine | ||
Warning | |||
Mejiro Iris | Hindostan | Bois Roussel | |
Sonibai | |||
Asama Yuri | Bostonian | ||
Tomoe (Family 7-c)[3] |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Mejiro McQueen pedigree". Equineline.
- ^ a b "名ステイヤー、メジロマックイーン死す". netkeiba.com (in Japanese). 2006-04-03. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
- ^ a b "Maid of Lune - Family 7-c". Thoroughbred Bloodlines.
- ^ a b c d "Race Records:Lifetime Starts - Mejiro McQueen(JPN)". www.jbis.jp.
- ^ "メジロマックイーン:競馬の殿堂 JRA". www.jra.go.jp.
- ^ "Stallion Reports - Mejiro McQueen (JPN)". www.jbis.jp.
- ISBN 978-4-7966-9340-0.
- ISBN 9784160082571.