Orfevre | |
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Sire | Stay Gold |
Grandsire | Sunday Silence |
Dam | Oriental Art |
Damsire | Mejiro McQueen |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 2008 |
Country | Japan |
Colour | Chestnut |
Breeder | Shadai Farm |
Owner | Sunday Racing |
Trainer | Yasutoshi Ikee |
Record | 21: 12-6-2[1] |
Earnings | 1,344,084,000 JPY + EUR 2,159,880 |
Major wins | |
Spring Stakes (2011) Satsuki Sho (2011) Tokyo Yushun (2011) Kobe Shimbun Hai (2011) Kikuka Sho (2011) Arima Kinen (2011, 2013) Takarazuka Kinen (2012) Prix Foy (2012, 2013) Osaka Hai (2013) | |
Awards | |
JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Colt (2011) Japanese Horse of the Year (2011) JRA Award for Best Older Male Horse (2012, 2013) | |
Honours | |
JRA Hall of Fame Horse (2015) | |
Last updated on September 14, 2015 |
Orfevre (Japanese: オルフェーヴル, foaled May 14, 2008) is a retired Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and active breeding stallion. In 2011 he won the Japanese Triple Crown and was voted Japanese Horse of the Year. In 2012 he added victories in the Takarazuka Kinen and the Prix Foy but was narrowly beaten in both the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the Japan Cup. He acquired the reputation of being an extremely talented but temperamental racehorse. In 2013 Orfevre again won the Prix Foy and finished second in the Arc before ending his career with an eight length win in the Arima Kinen.