Tosen Ra
| Tosen Ra | |
|---|---|
Tosen Ra in the winning ceremony of the 2013 Mile Championship | |
| Sire | Deep Impact |
| Grandsire | Sunday Silence |
| Dam | Princess Olivia |
| Damsire | Lycius |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | April 21, 2008 |
| Country | Japan |
| Breeder | Shadai Farm |
| Owner | Takaya Shimakawa |
| Trainer | Hideaki Fujiwara |
| Jockey | Yutaka Take |
| Record | 25: 4-5-6 |
| Earnings | $5,058,792 [1] |
| Major wins | |
| Kisaragi Sho (2011) Mile Championship (2013) Kyōto Kinen (2013) | |
| Last updated on 29 January 2026 | |
Tosen Ra (in Japanese: トーセンラー) (foaled April 21, 2008 ) is a Japanese retired Thoroughbred racehorse and breeding stallion who won the 2013 Mile Championship.
The horse's name comes from the combination of the brand name, Tosen, and Ra, the sun god in Egyptian mythology. [2]
Racing career
Tosen's first race was on November 7, 2010 in Kyoto in which she came in 1st place. He then won the Kisaragi Sho on February 6, 2011 which was the first graded race win in his career.[1] He was prepared to trained for the classic races that year but few weeks before the Satsuki Sho, The Great Tohoku Earthquakes hit but he managed to survive.[3] He finished in seventh at the Satsuki Sho, eleventh at the Tokyo Yushun and snatched the third place at the Kikuka Sho.[4]
His start for the 2012 season was not excellent when he only got fourth-place in the Kyōto Kinen at best.[4] But as season progress, he improved in the autumn campaign when he managed to placed 2nd in two Group 3 races, the Tanabata Sho and Kokura Kinen.[5][6] He ended the mediocre season with a seventh-place finish at the Niigata Kinen.[7]
The bad season start flipped in the new calendar year as on the February 10, 2013, he won the Kyōto Kinen.[1][8] He made a good stretch along the earlier part of the race, moved outside and surpassed Shonan Mighty at the straight to bring it home.[8] His biggest feat of this season would happen on the November 17. On this day, Yutaka Take put his absolute best when he rode him from near the back of the 18-horse field in upper stretch and urged a sweeping outside rally to catch Daiwa Maggiore and Danon Shark to grab his 100th Group 1 win in the Mile Championship.[9] This first G1 win gained by Tosen Ra eventually proved to be the last win of his career.[10][1]
In 2014, he only placed in second and failed to defend his win in the Kyoto Kinen.[11] On December 28, 2014, he came in 8th on his last race in the 2014 Arima Kinen.[1] Shortly after the Arima Kinen race, he was being retired as a racehorse, assigned to be a stud at Rex Stud in Shizunai, Shinhidaka Town and removed from the race registration list.[12] A look back on his career had shown that all his career win came on the Kyoto Racecourse. This consistency on that particular racecourse earned him the nickname of Kyoto Expert or Kyoto Demon when he was active.[13][14] He was also known as a horse that have powerful late kicks when he gained momentum on the uphill phase of the third corner at that racecourse, which was clearly shown in his Mile Championship win.[14] His main jockey, Take described him as the one who had the footwork of Deep Impact, can ran on good tracks but really bad with the muddy tracks.[15]
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Tosen Ra in the 2011 Kisaragi Sho winning ceremony
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Tosen Ra with the winning sash of the 2013 Kyoto Kinen
Racing form
Tosen Ra won four races out of 25 starts. This data is available on JBIS and netkeiba.[16][4]
| Date | Track | Race | Grade | Distance (Condition) |
Entry | HN | Odds (Favored) |
Finish | Time | Margins | Jockey | Winner (Runner-up) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 – two-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Nov 7 | Kyoto | 2yo Newcomer | 1,800 m (Firm) | 13 | 8 | 1.5 (1) | 1st | 1:51.4 | 0.0 | Yutaka Take | (Harbor Commando) | |
| Dec 12 | Hanshin | Erica Sho | ALW (1W) | 2,000 m (Firm) | 9 | 2 | 4.8 (3) | 3rd | 2:05.5 | 0.3 | Yutaka Take | Smart Robin |
| 2011 – three-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Jan 8 | Kyoto | Fukujuso Tokubetsu | ALW (1W) | 2,000 m (Firm) | 14 | 10 | 2.2 (1) | 3rd | 2:00.8 | 0.0 | Yutaka Take | Cosmo Hager |
| Feb 6 | Kyoto | Kisaragi Sho | 3 | 1,800 m (Firm) | 12 | 6 | 5.1 (3) | 1st | 1:47.6 | 0.0 | Mirco Demuro | (Rikisan Max) |
| Apr 24 | Tokyo | Satsuki Sho | 1 | 2,000 m (Firm) | 18 | 16 | 12.1 (5) | 7th | 2:01.6 | 1.0 | Masayoshi Ebina | Orfevre |
| May 29 | Tokyo | Tokyo Yushun | 1 | 2,400 m (Heavy) | 18 | 15 | 15.8 (7) | 11th | 2:33.0 | 2.5 | Masayoshi Ebina | Orfevre |
| Sep 18 | Nakayama | St. Lite Kinen | 2 | 2,200 m (Firm) | 17 | 2 | 4.1 (3) | 2nd | 2:10.5 | 0.2 | Masayoshi Ebina | Fateful War |
| Oct 23 | Kyoto | Kikuka Sho | 1 | 3,000 m (Firm) | 18 | 1 | 12.2 (3) | 3rd | 3:03.5 | 0.7 | Masayoshi Ebina | Orfevre |
| 2012 – four-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Feb 12 | Kyoto | Kyoto Kinen | 2 | 2,200 m (Firm) | 9 | 4 | 5.2 (4) | 4th | 2:13.0 | 0.6 | Cristian Demuro | Trailblazer |
| Mar 24 | Nakayama | Nikkei Sho | 2 | 2,500 m (Soft) | 14 | 14 | 15.0 (4) | 10th | 2:39.1 | 1.7 | Hiroyuki Uchida | Neko Punch |
| May 6 | Niigata | Niigata Daishoten | 3 | 2,000 m (Good) | 15 | 7 | 5.7 (3) | 11th | 1:59.7 | 0.7 | Suguru Hamanaka | Hit the Target |
| Jun 2 | Hanshin | Naruo Kinen | 3 | 2,000 m (Firm) | 10 | 6 | 10.1 (5) | 3rd | 2:00.5 | 0.4 | Yasunari Iwata | To the Glory |
| Jul 8 | Fukushima | Tanabata Sho | 3 | 2,000 m (Good) | 16 | 5 | 4.3 (1) | 2nd | 2:01.1 | 0.0 | Yasunari Iwata | Asuka Kurichan |
| Aug 5 | Kokura | Kokura Kinen | 3 | 2,000 m (Firm) | 12 | 5 | 2.7 (1) | 2nd | 1:57.7 | 0.4 | Yuga Kawada | Expedition |
| Sep 2 | Niigata | Niigata Kinen | 3 | 2,000 m (Firm) | 18 | 14 | 4.6 (1) | 7th | 1:57.8 | 0.2 | Masayoshi Ebina | Transwarp |
| 2013 – five-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Feb 10 | Kyoto | Kyoto Kinen | 2 | 2,200 m (Firm) | 11 | 11 | 9.2 (6) | 1st | 2:12.5 | –0.2 | Yutaka Take | (Veiled Impact) |
| Apr 28 | Kyoto | Tenno Sho (Spring) | 1 | 3,200 m (Firm) | 18 | 1 | 13.6 (3) | 2nd | 3:14.4 | 0.2 | Yutaka Take | Fenomeno |
| Jun 23 | Hanshin | Takarazuka Kinen | 1 | 2,200 m (Firm) | 11 | 6 | 14.2 (4) | 5th | 2:14.2 | 1.0 | Yutaka Take | Gold Ship |
| Oct 6 | Kyoto | Kyoto Daishoten | 2 | 2,400 m (Firm) | 13 | 11 | 6.3 (2) | 3rd | 2:23.2 | 0.3 | Hideaki Miyuki | Hit the Target |
| Nov 17 | Kyoto | Mile Championship | 1 | 1,600 m (Firm) | 18 | 5 | 4.7 (2) | 1st | 1:32.4 | –0.2 | Yutaka Take | Daiwa Maggiore |
| 2014 – six-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Feb 16 | Kyoto | Kyoto Kinen | 2 | 2,200 m (Good) | 12 | 10 | 3.7 (2) | 2nd | 2:16.1 | 0.1 | Yutaka Take | Desperado |
| Jun 8 | Tokyo | Yasuda Kinen | 1 | 1,600 m (Heavy) | 17 | 16 | 22.0 (8) | 14th | 1:38.7 | 1.9 | Yutaka Take | Just A Way |
| Oct 14 | Kyoto | Kyoto Daishoten | 2 | 2,400 m (Firm) | 12 | 2 | 2.6 (1) | 3rd | 2:24.5 | 0.3 | Yutaka Take | Last Impact |
| Nov 23 | Kyoto | Mile Championship | 1 | 1,600 m (Firm) | 17 | 13 | 4.7 (2) | 4th | 1:31.8 | 0.3 | Yutaka Take | Danon Shark |
| Dec 28 | Nakayama | Arima Kinen | 1 | 2,500 m (Firm) | 16 | 1 | 22.8 (8) | 8th | 2:35.7 | 0.4 | Yutaka Take | Gentildonna |
Legend:
Turf
Stud record
He was put to stud at Rex Stud and moved to the Breeders' Stallion Station on 2016. Since then, he acted as shuttling stud between those two breeding farm.[17] He moved out from Rex Stud to S. T. Farm in 2024 and continues his job as shuttling stud from there.[18]
Major winners
| Foaled | Name | Sex | Major Wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Zadar | c | Kyoto Kimpai, Epsom Cup |
| 2019 | Drop of Light | f | Turquoise Stakes, CBC Sho |
| 2023 | Candide | c | Chukyo Nisai Stakes |
Pedigree
| Sire Deep Impact (JPN) 2002 |
Sunday Silence (USA) 1986 |
Halo | Hail to Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmah | |||
| Wishing Well | Understanding | ||
| Mountain Flower | |||
| Wind in Her Hair (IRE) 1991 |
Alzao | Lyphard | |
| Lady Rebecca | |||
| Burghclere | Busted | ||
| Highclere | |||
| Dam Princess Olivia (USA) 1995 |
Lycius (USA) 1988 |
Mr. Prospector | Raise a Native |
| Gold Digger | |||
| Lypatia | Lyphard | ||
| Hypatia | |||
| Dance Image (IRE) 1990 |
Sadler's Wells | Northern Dancer | |
| Fairy Bridge | |||
| Diamond Spring | Vaguely Noble | ||
| Dumfries |
References
- ^ a b c d e "Tosen Ra". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ "【マイルCS】トーセンラー悲願の初G1制覇！武豊はG1・100勝目 | 競馬ニュース | 競馬ラボ". www.keibalab.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "【皐月賞】"被災"トーセンラー影響なし！" [[Satsuki Sho] Disaster-hit Tosen Ra unaffected!]. sponichi.co.jp (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. 19 April 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ^ a b c "Tosen Ra Race Record and Form | Horse Profile". netkeiba. NET DREAMERS, Co., Ltd. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ^ "Tanabata Sho (G3) Full Result | R11". netkeiba. 8 July 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ^ "Kokura Kinen (G3) Full Result | R11". netkeiba. NET DREAMERS, Co., Ltd. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ^ "Niigata Kinen (G3) Full Result | R11". netkeiba. NET DREAMERS, Co., Ltd. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ^ a b "トーセンラー、武豊騎手を背に復活の差し切りV/京都記念 | 競馬ニュース" [Tosen Ra, ridden by jockey Yutaka Take, makes a comeback and wins the Kyoto Kinen]. netkeiba (in Japanese). NET DREAMERS, Co., Ltd. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ^ "Take Reaches 100th Group I Win on Tosen Ra". www.bloodhorse.com. Bloodhorse LLC. 17 November 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ^ "Japanese rider Yutaka Take wins 100th G1". Punters.com. 2013-11-17. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
- ^ "Kyoto Kinen (G2) Full Result | R11". netkeiba. NET DREAMERS, Co., Ltd. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ^ "トーセンラー引退、種牡馬に | 競馬ニュース" [Tosen Ra retires to become a stud]. netkeiba (in Japanese). NET DREAMERS, Co., Ltd. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ^ Ogino, Hitoshi; Takahashi, Akio (1 June 2014). "生粋の京都巧者トーセンラーが東京で一発を狙う" [Tosen Ra, a Kyoto native and skilled player, aims for a big win in Tokyo]. keibalab.jp (in Japanese). Do innovation Co.,Ltd. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ^ a b Shimada, Akihiro (22 November 2014). "連覇目指す京都の鬼か、快速3歳か。「二強」が激突するマイルCSを占う。（島田明宏）" [Will it be the Kyoto demon aiming for a consecutive victory, or the speedy three-year-old? We look ahead to the Mile Championship, where the two strongest horses will clash]. Number Web - ナンバー (in Japanese). Bungeishunju Ltd. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ^ Ogino, Hitoshi; Takahashi, Akio (21 December 2014). "震災を乗り越え愛された個性派トーセンラー" [Tosen Ra, the unique character who overcame the earthquake and was loved]. keibalab.jp (in Japanese). Do innovation Co.,Ltd. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ^ "Race Records | Tosen Ra(JPN) | JBIS-Search". www.jbis.jp. Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ^ "トーセンラーがブリーダーズ･スタリオン･ステーションに移動 | 馬産地ニュース | 競走馬のふるさと案内所" [Tosen Ra moves to Breeders Stallion Station]. uma-furusato.com (in Japanese). JBBA. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ^ "トーセンラーがエスティファームへと移動 国内シャトル種牡馬として活躍 | 競馬ニュース". netkeiba (in Japanese). NET DREAMERS, Co., Ltd. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ^ "Record | Stallion Reports | Tosen Ra(JPN) | JBIS-Search". www.jbis.jp. Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ^ "Tosen Ra(JPN)". JBIS. 2017-11-28. Retrieved 2019-03-28.