Delta Blues | |
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Sire | Dance in the Dark (JPN) |
Grandsire | Sunday Silence (USA) |
Dam | Dixie Splash (USA) |
Damsire | Dixieland Band |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 3 May 2001 |
Died | 8 October 2024 | (aged 23)
Country | Japan |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Northern Farm |
Owner | Sunday Racing Co Ltd |
Trainer | Katsuhiko Sumii |
Record | 29: 6-2-3 |
Earnings | 401,562,000 yen +A$3,300,000 = US$8,492,037.[1] |
Major wins | |
Kikuka Sho (2004) Stayers Stakes (2005) Melbourne Cup (2006) | |
Awards | |
JRA Best Horse by Home-Bred Sire (2004) Australian Champion Stayer (2006/07) | |
Last updated on 1 August 2011 |
Delta Blues (デルタブルース, 3 May 2001 – 8 October 2024) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2006 Melbourne Cup.[2] He was the first Japanese horse to win the Cup. In doing so he defeated Pop Rock, another Japanese horse, also trained by Katsuhiko Sumii.