Shadai Farm

Japan is out for revenge. Two decades on from the defeat of Heart's Cry to Hurricane Run and Electrocutionist in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot, Masquerade Ball (Duramente) will bid to go a couple of places better and deliver a memorable triumph for Japan in one of Europe's great middle-distance races. Teruya Yoshida, the man behind Shadai Race Horse, the syndicate that owned Heart's Cry and now Masquerade Ball, still hasn't forgiven himself for the defeat of 2006. Yoshida is in little doubt that, had...

HOKKAIDO, Japan - Domestic buyers put the chips down on Equinox as the first yearlings to hit the market by one the best racehorses of the modern era saw the Shadai Stallion Station rookie responsible for the most expensive horse sold on the opening day of the JRHA Select Sale at ¥420 million [$2,591,499].  The top lot status belonged to lot 110, a colt out of High Chaparral mare Youngstar consigned by Northern Farm, who ended the session as the leading vendor. It was Danox Co Ltd, which is the...

Shadai Farm's trusted barn manager Reijiro Azuma says that he is yet to see a son or daughter of Equinox who does not look like an athlete. Then there is Teruya Yoshida, the mastermind behind the entire Shadai operation, who says he expects Equinox to be bettered only by Kitasan Black on all metrics at the JRHA Select Sale.  For context, Yoshida hails Kitasan Black as the single best stallion that Japan can call upon right now, so you can say there is a serious weight of expectation behind Equinox...

Year in and year out, the very youngest progeny of mares sourced by Japanese connections at American breeding stock sales are sprinkled in and amongst the 550 or so offerings cataloged for the Japan Racing Horse Association (JRHA)'s annual Select Sale held on the northern island of Hokkaido. The yearling section of this year's auction is set for Monday, July 13, with the foal sale to take place on Tuesday, July 14. The best and brightest of Japanese stallions can be found in this year's catalogue, including the likes of...

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at Hanshin and Hakodate Racecourses: Saturday, June 20, 2026 5th-Hanshin, ¥14,880,000 ($92k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1400mT LUZ SOLAR (JPN) (c, 2, Karakontie {Jpn}--Light of My Eyes {Ire}, by Frankel {GB}) is set to become just the second Japanese runner for his Gainesway-based...

MGISW Mind Your Biscuits (Posse) has died at the age of 13 in Japan at Shadai Farm. According to a Tuesday report by Japanese media site ZBAT, the horse "had been behaving normally and in good health, but his condition suddenly worsened after breeding in the afternoon of that day, and he passed away." "I'm shocked that he suddenly passed away," Yoshida Teruya, the representative of Shadai Farm, told ZBAT. "He was only 13-years-old and still young, and he was producing good offspring, so it's truly regrettable." Bred in New...

TOKYO, JAPAN -- In a special ceremony at Tokyo racecourse prior to the 45th running of the Japan Cup, history was made when brothers Teruya and Katsumi Yoshida became the first Japanese members of the Jockey Club. The major owner-breeders and owners respectively of Shadai Farm and Northern Farm, Teruya, 78, and Katsumi, 77, were presented with lapel badges by senior steward Baroness Dido Harding to mark their honorary membership. Baroness Harding was joined in Tokyo by Jockey Club CEO Jim Mullen, assistant racing and international director Matthew Woolston, and...

HOKKAIDO, Japan -- At Northern Horse Park, one of the great tourist attractions of Hokkaido, the next few days will be all business.  Japan's most prestigious bloodstock auction, the JRHA Select Sale, springs back to action with a session of yearlings on Monday, but what many observers will be waiting to see is the reception given to the first foals of world champion Equinox.  Twenty-five of his debut crop are set to sell on Tuesday, including a colt from American champion dirt mare Midnight Bisou (Midnight Lute). His reserve, which...

3rd-Tampa Bay Downs, $32,000, Msw, 4-11, 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:35.89, fm, 2 3/4 lengths. LOW KEY IN LOVE (f, 3, Quality Road--Inlovewithlove, by Bernstein) started her career on the main track at Gulfstream Park Mar. 16 and ran a flat fourth behind 'TDN Rising Star' Shred the Gnar (Into Mischief). Swapped to the turf here and with the wagering action focused on her and Elite Heat (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}), the 3-2 favorite had to overcome some contact at the break but recovered well to establish a tracking trip...

Japanese Derby winner Danon Decile (Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn}) announced himself on the world stage with a perfectly-timed slingshot manoeuvre to run out an impressive winner of the G1 Longines Dubai Sheema Classic for trainer Shogo Yasuda and jockey Keita Tosaki. The race is a 'Win and You're In' for the GI Breeders' Cup Turf for the first time this year. A mid-race move from William Buick saw defending champion Rebel's Romance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) take over the sedate early pace set by what had been billed as the leading Japanese...

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this Saturday running at Kyoto Racecourse. The horses of note entered for Sunday will appear in Saturday's TDN: Saturday, February 1, 2025 3rd-KYO, ¥10,600,000 ($69k), Maiden, 3yo, 1400m MAGNA DOMUS (JPN) (c, 3, American Pharoah--Competitionofideas, by Speightstown) becomes the first starter for his dam,...

In this continuing series, Alan Carasso takes a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the US-sired horses of interest for this weekend—each by American Pharoah--running at Nakayama and Kyoto Racecourses: Saturday, December 14, 2024 6th-NKY, ¥13,720,000 ($89k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800m ONE CARD FELLOW (JPN) (c, 2, American Pharoah--One Card too Many, by Drosselmeyer), whose dam was purchased for $160,000 with this colt...