Fuji Kiseki
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== Overview == |
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Fuji Kiseki (Japanese: フジキセキ, 15 April 1992 – 28 December 2015) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was the leading Japanese two-year-old of his generation in 1994, winning all three of his starts, including the Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes. In the following spring, he extended his unbeaten record to four with a victory in the Yayoi Sho before his racing career was cut short by injury. After retirement, he became a highly successful breeding stallion. He died in 2015 at the age of 23. |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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Fuji Kiseki was a brown or black horse standing 1.63 metres high with a white |
Fuji Kiseki was a brown or black horse standing 1.63 metres high, with a white star and a white sock on his right hind leg.[1] He was bred by Shadai Farm. During his racing career, he was owned by Yomoji Saito and trained by Sakae Watanabe. |
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He was from the first crop of foals sired by Sunday Silence, winner of the 1989 Kentucky Derby, who later became a dominant breeding stallion in Japan and a thirteen-time champion sire. His notable progeny include Deep Impact, Stay Gold, Heart’s Cry, Manhattan Cafe, Zenno Rob Roy, and Neo Universe.[2] |
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He was from the first crop of foals sired by [[Sunday Silence]], who won the 1989 [[Kentucky Derby]], before retiring to stud in Japan where he was [[Leading sire in Japan|champion sire]] on thirteen consecutive occasions. His other major winners included [[Deep Impact (horse)|Deep Impact]], [[Stay Gold (horse)|Stay Gold]], [[Heart's Cry (horse)|Heart's Cry]], [[Manhattan Cafe]], [[Zenno Rob Roy]] and [[Neo Universe]].{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/465637/sunday-silence|publisher=Racing Post|title=Sunday Silence – Stud Record}} Fuji Kiseki's dam Millracer was bred in [[Virginia]] and won two minor races in the United States before being exported to Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=915788®istry=T|title=Millracer profile|website=Equibase}} Her grand-dam Millicent was a half-sister to [[Mill Reef]].{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Families/Family22d.htm|title=Grand Duchess – Family 22-d|work=Thoroughbred Bloodlines|access-date=2019-04-21|archive-date=2012-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527204434/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Families/Family22d.htm|url-status=dead}} |
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Fuji Kiseki’s dam, Millracer, was bred in Virginia and won two minor races in the United States before being exported to Japan.[3] Her grand-dam, Millicent, was a half-sister to Mill Reef.[4] |
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==Racing career== |
==Racing career== |
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