Gentildonna | |
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Sire | Deep Impact |
Grandsire | Sunday Silence |
Dam | Donna Blini |
Damsire | Bertolini |
Sex | Mare |
Foaled | 20 February 2009 |
Country | Japan |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Northern Farm |
Owner | Sunday Racing Co Ltd |
Trainer | Sei Ishizaka |
Record | 19-10-4-1 |
Earnings | ¥1,326,210,000 US($18,468,392) |
Major wins | |
Oka Sho (2012) Yushun Himba (2012) Rose Stakes (2012) Shuka Sho (2012) Japan Cup (2012, 2013) Dubai Sheema Classic (2014) Arima Kinen (2014) | |
Awards | |
JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly (2012) Japanese Horse of the Year (2012, 2014) JRA Award for Best Older Filly or Mare (2013, 2014) | |
Honours | |
Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame (2016) |
Gentildonna (ジェンティルドンナ, Jentirudonna) is a retired Japanese thoroughbred racehorse. In 2012 she won the Japanese Fillies Triple Crown and was voted Japanese Horse of the Year. She was also the first three-year-old filly to win the Japan Cup, in 2012, and the following year became the first two-time winner of that race. In 2014 she added victories in the Dubai Sheema Classic and the Arima Kinen earning her a second Horse of the Year award.