Kane Hekili

Kane Hekili
Kane Hekili (right)
June 28, 2006
SireFuji Kiseki
GrandsireSunday Silence
DamLife Out There
DamsireDeputy Minister
SexStallion
FoaledFebruary 26, 2002
DiedMay 25, 2016(2016-05-25) (aged 14)
CountryJapan
ColourChestnut
BreederNorthern Farm
OwnerMakoto Kaneko
TrainerKatsuhiko Sumii
Record23: 12-5-1
Earnings816,291,000 JPY
180,000 USD
Major wins
Japan Cup Dirt (2005, 2008)
Japan Dirt Derby (2005)
Unicorn Stakes (2005)
Derby Grand Prix (2005)
February Stakes (2006)
Tokyo Daishōten (2008)
Kawasaki Kinen (2009)
Awards
JRA Award for Best Dirt Horse (2005, 2008)
Last updated on February 19, 2010

Kane Hekili (February 26, 2002 -May 25, 2016)[1] was a Thoroughbred racehorse named after "The Thunder God" in Hawaiian mythology. In 2005 and 2006 he won four Grade 1 races on dirt in Japan and finished fourth to Electrocutionist in the 2006 Dubai World Cup.

Kane Hekili was injured after finishing second in the Teio Sho on June 28, 2006. He did not race again for more than twenty-eight months following surgery for a bowed tendon. He returned to racing on November 8, 2008, in the Grade 3 Musashino Stakes, finishing four lengths back of the winner. Entered in the December 7th Japan Cup Dirt, a Grade 1 race he won in 2005, Kane Hekili stunned his rivals and racing fans with a winning performance under French jockey, Christophe Lemaire.

  1. ^ "Stallions in Japan 2023".