Daiwa Major | |
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Sire | Sunday Silence |
Grandsire | Halo |
Dam | Scarlet Bouquet |
Damsire | Northern Taste |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 2001 |
Country | Japan |
Colour | Chestnut |
Breeder | Shadai Farm |
Owner | Keizo Oshiro |
Trainer | Hiroyuki Uehara |
Record | 28: 9-4-5 |
Earnings | ¥1,061,810,900 |
Major wins | |
Satsuki Shō (2004) Lord Derby Challenge Trophy (2005) Yomiuri Milers Cup (2006) Mainichi Ōkan (2006) Tennō Shō (Autumn 2006) Mile Championship (2006, 2007) Yasuda Kinen (2007) | |
Awards | |
JRA Award for Best Sprinter or Miler (2006, 2007) |
Daiwa Major (Japanese: ダイワメジャー) is a retired Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire. A horse who excelled at distances of one to one and a quarter miles (1,600 to 2,000 m), he won the Satsuki Shō, the first leg of the Japanese Triple Crown in 2004. His greatest success, however, came later in his career when he won several of Japan's most important weight-for-age races including the Tennō Shō, the Yasuda Kinen and two runnings of the Mile Championship. He was twice named Japan's champion miler. Daiwa Major made a successful start to his stud career, siring a Group One winner in his first crop.