Agnes Flora
| Agnes Flora | |
|---|---|
Agnes Flora at the Oka Sho | |
| Sire | Royal Ski |
| Grandsire | Raja Baba |
| Dam | Agnes Lady |
| Damsire | Remand |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | June 18, 1987 |
| Died | August 8, 2005 (aged 18) |
| Country | Japan |
| Color | Bay |
| Breeder | Masayoshi Orite |
| Owner | Takao Watanabe |
| Earnings | ¥160,484,400 |
| Major wins | |
| Tulip Sho (1990) Oka Sho (1990) | |
| Awards | |
| 1990 JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly | |
| Last updated on 2023-01-20 | |
Agnes Flora (Japanese: アグネスフローラ, born June 18, 1987, died August 8, 2005)[1] was a Japanese racehorse known for winning the Grade 1 Oka Sho in 1990. She is also known as the dam of Agnes Flight and Agnes Tachyon, the former a Derby winner and the latter the Leading Sire of Japan in 2008.[2][3]
Racing career
Agnes Flora was a bay mare by Royal Ski, out of the 1979 Yushun Himba winner Agnes Lady. She was most prominently known for her win at the Oka Sho in 1990.[4] She also won the Tulip Sho and Elfin Stakes in Japan. At the end of the year, Agnes Flora won the JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly.[5][6]
She was retired from racing soon after coming in second place behind Eishin Sunny at the Yushun Himba in 1990 after developing symptoms of tendonitis while in the process of recovering from a cracked bone.[7]
Racing form
Agnes Flora won five out of six starts in her career. This data available is based on JBIS and netkeiba.[4][8]
| Date | Track | Race | Grade | Distance (Condition) |
Entry | HN | Odds (Favored) |
Finish | Time | Margins | Jockey | Winner (Runner-up) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 – two-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Dec 9 | Hanshin | 2yo Newcomer | 1,200 m (Firm) | 8 | 4 | 2.5 (2) | 1st | 1:10.1 | –1.6 | Hiroshi Kawachi | (Lead Classic) | |
| 1990 – three-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Jan 15 | Kyoto | Wakana Sho | ALW (1W) | 1,400 m (Firm) | 14 | 7 | 2.0 (1) | 1st | 1:23.3 | –0.5 | Hiroshi Kawachi | (Golden Hour) |
| Feb 4 | Hanshin | Elfin Stakes | OP | 1,600 m (Heavy) | 10 | 6 | 2.3 (1) | 1st | 1:37.0 | –0.1 | Hiroshi Kawachi | (Coniston) |
| Mar 11 | Hanshin | Tulip Sho | 2 | 1,600 m (Firm) | 10 | 5 | 1.6 (1) | 1st | 1:36.4 | –0.2 | Hiroshi Kawachi | (Kelly Bag) |
| Apr 8 | Hanshin | Oka Sho | 1 | 1,600 m (Soft) | 18 | 9 | 2.2 (1) | 1st | 1:37.1 | –0.2 | Hiroshi Kawachi | (Kelly Bag) |
| May 20 | Tokyo | Yushun Himba | 1 | 2,400 m (Firm) | 20 | 20 | 2.5 (1) | 2nd | 2:26.1 | 0.1 | Hiroshi Kawachi | Eishin Sunny |
Legend:
Turf
Broodmare career and death
In retirement, Agnes Flora was a strong broodmare, producing the 2000 Tokyo Yushun winner Agnes Flight and the 2001 Satsuki Sho winner Agnes Tachyon, the latter of whom became a prominent sire who sired the Arima Kinen winner Daiwa Scarlet and the dual Grade 1 winner (Tokyo Yushun, NHK Mile Cup) Deep Sky.[9]
Agnes Flora died on August 8, 2005 from laminitis.[10]
Pedigree
| Sire Royal Ski 1974 |
Raja Baba
1968 |
Bold Ruler | Nasrullah |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Disco | |||
| Missy Baba | My Babu | ||
| Uvira | |||
| Coz Onijinsky
1969 |
Involvement | Intent | |
| Lea Lane | |||
| Gleam | Tournoi | ||
| Flaring Top | |||
| Dam Agnes Lady 1976 |
Remand
1965 |
Alcide | Alycidon |
| Chenille | |||
| Admonish | Palestine | ||
| Warning | |||
| Ikoma Eikan
1967 |
Sallymount | Tudor Minstrel | |
| Queen of Shiraz | |||
| Heatherlands | Tenerani | ||
| Dark Brocane |
References
- ^ "Agnes Flora history". Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ "Agnes Flight(JPN) | JBIS-Search". www.jbis.jp. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
- ^ "Agnes Tachyon(JPN) | JBIS-Search". www.jbis.jp. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
- ^ a b "JBIS for Agnes Flora". Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "父系馬鹿:アグネスフローラ - 私的顕彰馬 - livedoor Blog（ブログ）" [Agnes Flora - Privately Honored Horse]. blog.livedoor.jp (in Japanese). 22 April 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ "アグネスフローラ | 馬・牧場・施設検索 | 競走馬のふるさと案内所" [Agnes Flora | Horse, Farm & Facility Search | Racehorse Heritage Centre]. uma-furusato.com (in Japanese). JBBA. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ Ezura, Koya (April 2019). "母アグネスフローラは無敗の ５連勝で桜花賞馬に | アグネスタキオン" [Her mother, Agnes Flora, won the Oka Sho with five consecutive undefeated victories.]. 優駿 WEB (in Japanese). Japan Racing Public Relations Center Co.,Ltd. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ "Agnes Flora Race Record and Form | Horse Profile". netkeiba. NET DREAMERS, Co., Ltd. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ "Agnes Flora All Progeny | Horse Profile". netkeiba. NET DREAMERS, Co., Ltd. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ "アグネスフローラ、死亡｜競馬実況web｜競馬｜ラジオNIKKEI" [Agnes Flora, died]. ラジオNIKKEI (in Japanese). 9 August 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ "Five-generation Pedigree Table | Pedigree | Agnes Flora(JPN) | JBIS-Search". www.jbis.jp. Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Retrieved 12 January 2026.