Contrail (horse)

Contrail
Contrail in December 2019
Sire	Deep Impact
Grandsire	Sunday Silence
Dam	Rhodochrosite
Damsire	Unbridled's Song
Sex	Stalion
Foaled	1 April 2017[1]
Country	Japan
Colour	Seal brown
Breeder	North Hills Co Ltd
Owner	Shinji Maeda
Trainer	Yoshito Yahagi
Record	11: 8-2-1
Earnings	¥1,195,294,000
Major wins
Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes (2019) Hopeful Stakes (2019) Satsuki Sho (2020) Tokyo Yushun (2020) Kobe Shimbun Hai (2020) Kikuka Sho (2020) Japan Cup (2021)
Awards
JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Colt (2019) JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Colt (2020) JRA Award for Best Older Male Horse (2021)
Honors
Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame (2024)[2]
Last updated on June 4, 2024

Contrail (Japanese: コントレイル, foaled 1 April 2017) is a champion Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Japanese Triple Crown in 2020. He was one of the leading two-year-olds in Japan in 2019 when he was undefeated in three races including the Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes and Hopeful Stakes. In 2020 he maintained his unbeaten record with wins in the Satsuki Sho, Tokyo Yushun and Kobe Shimbun Hai before completing the Japan Triple Crown with a victory in the Kikuka Sho. He came second in the 2020 Japan Cup to champion older mare Almond Eye, winner of the 2018 Japanese Fillies Triple Crown.