Shizunai Stallion Station

Shizunai Stallion Station is a Japanese

The site features a clinic, an insemination facility, paddocks, stables, a research centre and an indoor riding arena. In 2006 an export quarantine facility was established to hold Japanese-bred horses in quarantine before they are exported to Australasia, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong.[1]

It is the current home of some very famous Thoroughbred stallions from around the world including:

• Boston Harbor (USA)
• Came Home (USA)
• Stravinsky (USA)
• Cape Blanco (USA)
• Bago (FR)
• Alamshar (IRE)
• Johannesburg (USA)
• Eskendereya (USA)
• Creator (USA)

Other notable horses who have stood at Shizunai Stallion Station includes-

• Pilsudski (GB), moved to Ireland in 2004.
• Coronado's Quest (USA), died in 2006.
• Dancing Brave (USA), died in 1999.
• Silver Charm (USA), returned to the U.S. in 2014.
• Tabasco Cat (USA), died in 2004.
• Empire Maker (USA), returned to the U.S. in 2016
• Chief Bearhart (CAN), died in 2012.
• David Junior (USA), moved to the Iburi Stallion Station in 2010.
• Forty Niner (USA), was pensioned in 2007.
• Silent Hunter (JPN), died in 2014.
• Opera House (GB), pensioned in 2013.
• Charismatic (USA), pensioned and returned to the U.S. in 2016.
• King Glorious (USA), pensioned in 2010 and died in 2016.

See also

• Other JBBA Stallion Stations
  • Iburi, Hokkaido
    )
  • Shichinohe, Aomori
    )
  • Nasu Stallion Station (Nasu, Tochigi
    )
  • Kyūshū
    )

• JBBA 2008 Stallion Roster
• Tabasco Cat

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