Nakayama Festa (ナカヤマフェスタ, foaled April 5, 2006)[1] is a champion Japanese thoroughbred racehorse, which is most notable for winning the 2010 Takarazuka Kinen and running second to Workforce in the 2010 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
| Nakayama Festa | |
|---|---|
 Nakayama Festa at 2010 Takarazuka Kinen | |
| Sire | Stay Gold |
| Grandsire | Sunday Silence (USA) |
| Dam | Dear Wink |
| Damsire | Tight Spot (USA) |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | April 5, 2006 |
| Country | Japan |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Arai Bokujo |
| Owner | Shinichi Izumi |
| Trainer | Yoshitaka Ninomiya |
| Jockey | 1) Masayoshi Ebina 2) Yoshitomi Shibata |
| Record | 13: 3 - 3 - 0 |
| Earnings | ¥ 346,273,172 (£2,627,475) |
| Major wins | |
| Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes (2008) St Lite Kinen (2009) Takarazuka Kinen (2010) | |
| Awards | |
| JRA Award for Best Older Male Horse (2010) | |
| Last updated on January 21, 2011 | |
Pedigree
editNakayama Festa was sired by the 2001 Hong Kong Vase winner Stay Gold, who was in turn sired by the influential American-bred sire Sunday Silence. Nakayama Festa's dam, Dear Wink, was sired by the American stallion Tight Spot, which was a Grade 1 stakes winner in the United States and has since been exported to China for stud services.[2]
Racing career
editNakayama Festa won the Nisai Stakes as a two-year-old, which was his only placing in 2008. He only won one race (St Lite Kinen) as a 3-year old and placed in the 2009 Keisei Hai. Nakayama Festa won the 2010 Takarazuka Kinen in Japan by beating two-time champion filly Buena Vista.[3] He also finished second at the 2010 Prix Foy and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in France.[1] Nakayama Festa ran in two races in 2011. He finished in last place out of a field of four horses at the Prix Foy run at Longchamp Racecourse in France, the race ultimately being won by the French horse Sarafina.[4] In the final start of his career on 2 October 2011 at the same course, Nakayama Festa finished in 11th place out of a field of 16 horses in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, which was won by Danedream.[5]
Stud career
editNakayama Festa was retired from racing in October 2011 to stand at the Breeders Stallion Station in Hidaka, Hokkaido for the 2012 breeding season. On the decision to retire Nakayama Festa, his trainer Yoshitaka Ninomiya remarked, "He doesn't have any injuries but we thought it was better for him to retire when his condition was good."[6]
Nakayama Festa retired from stud duty in 2023 and was pensioned at the Urakawa Yushun Village AERU in Urakawa, Hokkaido.[7]
Notable progeny
editc = colt, f = filly, g = gelding
| Foaled | Name | Sex | Major Wins |
| 2013 | Ganko | c | Nikkei Sho |
| 2017 | Babbitt | c | St Lite Kinen, Radio Nikkei Sho |
Pedigree
edit| Sire Stay Gold 1994 dk.b. |
Sunday Silence 1986 dk.b. |
Halo | Hail to Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmah | |||
| Wishing Well | Understanding | ||
| Mountain Flower | |||
| Golden Sash 1988 ch. |
Dictus | Sanctus | |
| Dronic | |||
| Dyna Sash | Northern Taste | ||
| Royal Sash | |||
| Dam Dear Wink 1998 b. |
Tight Spot 1987 b. |
His Majesty | Ribot |
| Flower Bowl | |||
| Premium Win | Lyphard | ||
| Classic Perfection | |||
| Seirei 1991 b. |
Danehill | Danzig | |
| Razyana | |||
| Sense of Rhythm | Cure the Blues | ||
| Sensibility |
References
edit- ^ a b "Nakayama Festa (JPN)". Sky.com. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ^ "Nakayama Festa Pedigree". Pedigree Query. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ^ Curry, Mike. "Longshot Nakayama Festa wins Takarazuka Kinen". Thoroughbred Times. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ^ Staff. "Longchamp (FR) Result 11: Sep 2011". Racing Post. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ Staff. "Longchamp (FR) Result 02: Oct 2011". Racing Post. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ Takahashi, Masakazu. "Arc second Nakayama Festa retired to stud (18 October 2011)". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
- ^ "凱旋門賞２着のナカヤマフェスタが種牡馬引退 今後は功労馬として余生過ごす". UMATOKU (in Japanese). Hochi Shimbun. 2023-07-13. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
- ^ "Five-generation Pedigree Table". JBIS-Search. Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
- ^ "PEDIGREE (5-GEN)". netkeiba.com]. Retrieved 2024-05-01.