Mikki Isle | |
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Sire | Deep Impact |
Grandsire | Sunday Silence |
Dam | Star Isle |
Damsire | Rock of Gibraltar |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 12 March 2011[1] |
Country | Japan |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Northern Farm |
Owner | Mizuki Noda |
Trainer | Hidetaka Otonashi |
Record | 20: 8-4-1 |
Earnings | £2,689,345 |
Major wins | |
Nikkan Sports Sho Shinzan Kinen (2014) Arlington Cup (2014) NHK Mile Cup (2014) Swan Stakes (2014) Hankyu Hai (2016) Mile Championship (2016) | |
Awards | |
JRA Award for Best Sprinter or Miler (2016) |
Mikki Isle (Japanese: ミッキーアイル, foaled 12 March 2011) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. After winning two of his three starts as a juvenile he emerged as a top-class performer in 2014 when his wins included the Nikkan Sports Sho Shinzan Kinen, Arlington Cup, NHK Mile Cup and Swan Stakes. He failed to win as four-year-old but ran well in defeat in major races such as the Takamatsunomiya Kinen and the Sprinters Stakes. He reached his peak in 2016 when he won the Hankyu Hai and ran second in both the Takamatsunomiya Kinen and the Sprinters Stakes before recording his biggest win in the Mile Championship. At the end of the year he took the JRA Award for Best Sprinter or Miler. He was a front-running racehorse and was often vulnerable to fast-finishing opponents.