Almond Eye

Almond Eye
Almond Eye wins the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks)
SireLord Kanaloa[1]
GrandsireKing Kamehameha[1]
DamFusaichi Pandora[1]
DamsireSunday Silence[1]
SexMare[1]
Foaled (2015-03-10) March 10, 2015 (age 9)[1]
CountryJapan[1]
ColourBay[1]
BreederNorthern Farm[1]
OwnerSilk Racing Co. Ltd.[1]
TrainerSakae Kunieda[1]
Record15: 11-2-1[1]
Earnings1,915,263,900 JPY[2]
JPN: 1,519,563,000 JPY
UAE: 3,600,000 USD
Major wins
Shinzan Kinen (2018)
Oka Sho (2018)
Yushun Himba (2018)
Shuka Sho (2018)
Japan Cup (2018, 2020)
Dubai Turf (2019)
Tenno Sho (autumn) (2019, 2020)
Victoria Mile (2020)
Awards
Japanese Horse of the Year (2018, 2020)
JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly (2018)
JRA Award for Best Older Filly or Mare (2020)
The TRC Global Rankings World Champion (2020)
Honours
Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame (2023)[3]
Last updated on 6 June 2023

Almond Eye (Japanese: アーモンドアイ, foaled 10 March 2015) is a champion Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown in 2018, and holds a world record over 2,400 meters on turf.[1] She is also a two-time winner of the Japan Cup, breaking the record in the 2018 race and defeating two other undefeated Japan Triple Crown winners in the 2020 race. Almond Eye was the 2018 Japanese Horse of the Year, 2018 Best Three-Year-Old Filly, 2020 Japanese Horse of the Year, and 2020 Best Older Filly or Mare. She was the World Champion of 2020 in the TRC Global Horses Rankings, and she is the highest earning racehorse in the world among the racehorses born in 2015.[4] Her other notable wins include the Dubai Turf in 2019, the Tenno Sho in 2019 and 2020, and the Victoria Mile in 2020.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Almond Eye(JPN)". JBIS (Japan Bloodstock Information System). Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  2. ^ "アーモンドアイAlmond Eye(JPN)" (in Japanese). JRA. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  3. ^ "2023年度顕彰馬の選定". JRA.
  4. ^ "The world's all-time highest-earning racehorses". TRC. 26 December 2019.