409:). He took the lead soon after the start, repelled the sustained challenge of Horai Akiko and held off a wave of late challengers in the closing stages to win by a neck from Tagano Burg. After the race Suguru Hamanaka said "being sent off as heavy favorite, I'm relieved with the outcome. Unusually, he was tense in the gate and didn't break as well, but once he spurted for the lead he was faster than the others. I knew the others were closing in fast, and prayed that he would hold on to his lead. This horse has incredible speed and character. I hope he will go on to enjoy a fantastic career". On 8 June, over the same course and distance, Mikki Isle was matched against older horses in the
543:, Snow Dragon, Danon Shark, Young Man Power (Fuji Stakes), Fiero and Sunrise Major. Mikki Isle led from the start, fought off a sustained challenge from Neorealism and prevailed by a head from Isla Bonita despite hanging left in the closing stages. The racecourse stewards held an inquiry into the interference cause by the winner's failure to keep to a straight course but left the result unaltered. Hamanaka reported "I apologize for interfering with other horses in the stretch. Mikki Isle ran really well and I was able to race him in the front as planned. The horse was in good form and performed his best in the race".
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After a lengthy summer break Mikki Isle returned for the Grade 2 Swan Stakes over 1400 metres at Kyoto in which he again faced older rivals. Starting the 1.5/1 favourite he won by half a length and a nose from the five-year-olds
Sunrise Major and Fiero. Three weeks later the colt started favourite
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Omega
Vendetta. Mikki Isle's second bid for the Takamatsunomiya Kinen saw him start second choice in the betting behind Big Arthur on 27 March. After racing just behind the leaders he took the lead in the straight but was overtaken by Big Arthur in the last 100 metres and finished second by three
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On his 2015 debut Mikki Isle was beaten a nose by the six-year-old Daiwa
Maggiore, to whom he was conceding five pounds in weight, in the Grade 3 Hankyu Hai over 1400 metres on heavy ground at Hanshin on 1 March. At the end of the month the colt was dropped back in trip for the Grade 1
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After a break of more than six months. Mikki Isle returned to action for a second tilt at the
Sprinters Stakes on 2 October. He took the lead soon after the start, maintained his advantage into the straight and looked likely to win before being caught on the line and beaten a head by
277:. In 2012 he was consigned to the Japan Racing Horse Association Sale of Yearlings and Weanlings and was bought for Β₯79,800,000 (about $ 954,000) by Mizuki Noda. The colt was sent into training with Hidetaka Otonashi and was ridden in most of his races by Suguru Hamanaka.
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Kohei
Matsuyama took over the ride from Hamanaka for Mikki Isle's first three races of 2016. The horse made his seasonal debut in the Hankyu Hai on 28 February and recorded his first victory for fifteen months as he won by three quarters of a length from the
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from Win Full Bloom. On 1 March the colt started odds-on favourite for the Grade 3 Arlington Cup at
Hanshin and recorded his fourth consecutive victory as he came home three and a half lengths clear of Tagano Grandpa.
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Nakayama on 4 October. After tracking the leaders he went to the front 100 metres from the line but was overwhelmed by fast finishers in the final strides and was beaten into fourth place behind
535:. Hamanaka was reunited with Mikki Isle for the Mile Championship at Kyoto on 20 November. The horse was made the 4.9/1 third choice in the betting behind Satono Aladdin (Swan Stakes) and Isla Bonita (
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In the JRA Awards for 2014, Mikki Isle was named Best
Sprinter or Miler receiving 169 of the 291 votes to take the award ahead of Maurice (52 votes), Big Arthur (29) and Red Falx (23).
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On his final racecourse appearance, Mikki Isle started favourite for the
Hanshin Cup on 24 December but came home sixth of the fifteen runners behind the three-year-old Shuji.
253:. He reached his peak in 2016 when he won the Hankyu Hai and ran second in both the Takamatsunomiya Kinen and the Sprinters Stakes before recording his biggest win in the
320:. His dam Star Isle was bred in Ireland but raced in Japan where she won two minor races as a three-year-old in 2007. Her dam, Isle de France was a granddaughter of
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Hakusan Moon. In his second attempt to win the Yasuda Kinen on 7 June Mikki Isle came home fifteenth of the seventeen runners behind
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at the same track but after taking the lead in the straight he faded rapidly and was eased down by Hamanaka and finished unplaced behind
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he led for most of the way but tired badly in the straight and came home sixteenth of the eighteen runners behind
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Mikki Isle began his racing career by finishing second to Atom in a race for newcomers over 1600 metres at
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1036:"Third Pick Mikki Isle Returns as Champion Miler in This Year's Mile Championship"
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Mikki Isle was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion at the
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He is from the fourth crop of foals sired by Deep Impact, who was the
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on 14 December by winning the Hiiragi Sho over the same distance.
862:"Race Records:Lifetime Starts - Mikki Isle(JPN) - JBIS-Search"
822:"Race Records:Lifetime Starts - Star Isle(IRE) - JBIS-Search"
1094:"Japanese champion Mikki Isle to shuttle to Arrowfield Stud"
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with his seventeen opponents included Atom, Rosa Gigantea (
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Suguru Hamanaka, who rode Mikki Isle in most of his races
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on 7 September. On his next appearance the colt won a
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922:"Mikki Isle Leads the Way in NKH Mile Cup Win"
284:in 2005 and 2006, winning races including the
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381:Mikki Isle began his second campaign in the
1054:"Winners of the 2016 JRA Awards announced"
954:"Winners of the 2014 JRA Awards announced"
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444:for 2014, Mikki Isle placed fourth behind
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880:"Nikkan Sports Sho Shinzan Kinen result"
860:Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association.
820:Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association.
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269:Mikki Isle is a bay horse with no white
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421:, beaten twelve lengths by the winner.
1072:"The 2016 World Thoroughbred Rankings"
517:Mikki Isle's trainer Hidetaka Otonashi
484:Mikki Isle returned in autumn for the
300:. Deep Impact's other progeny include
221:, foaled 12 March 2011) is a Japanese
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257:. At the end of the year he took the
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554:2016 World's Best Racehorse Rankings
259:JRA Award for Best Sprinter or Miler
200:JRA Award for Best Sprinter or Miler
16:Japanese-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
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1092:Stevens, Martin (28 March 2017).
1006:. Racing Post. 28 February 2016.
992:. Racing Post. 13 December 2015.
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882:. Racing Post. 12 January 2014.
452:receiving 12 of the 285 votes.
324:, and was therefore related to
505:after fading in the straight.
405:) and Shonan Archive (Grade 2
1:
896:. Racing Post. 1 March 2014.
389:favourite and won by half a
1130:Racehorses trained in Japan
910:. Racing Post. 11 May 2014.
843:"Cream Cheeks - Family 6-a"
807:"Deep Impact - Stud Record"
369:2014: three-year-old season
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509:2016: five-year-old season
456:2015: four-year-old season
282:Japanese Horse of the Year
990:"Hong Kong Sprint result"
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1135:Thoroughbred family 6-a
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847:Thoroughbred Bloodlines
566:Shadai Stallion Station
894:"Arlington Cup result"
527:quarter of a lengths.
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450:Best Sprinter or Miler
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332:Lyphard's Special and
1120:2011 racehorse births
1058:Horse Racing in Japan
1040:Horse Racing in Japan
958:Horse Racing in Japan
908:"NHK Mile Cup result"
793:"Mikki Isle pedigree"
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463:Takamatsunomiya Kinen
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247:Takamatsunomiya Kinen
940:"Swan Stakes result"
727:Isle de France (USA)
465:over 1200 metres at
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1004:"Hankyu Hai result"
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160:Nikkan Sports Sho
33:Mikki Isle in 2014
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687:Rock of Gibraltar
467:Chukyo Racecourse
427:Mile Championship
273:bred in Japan by
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1099:Racing Post
1022:Japan Times
866:www.jbis.jp
826:www.jbis.jp
715:Be My Guest
589:Deep Impact
560:Stud career
537:Satsuki Sho
503:Peniaphobia
473:challenger
446:Snow Dragon
435:Hanshin Cup
431:Danon Shark
415:soft ground
355:maiden race
334:Old Rosebud
302:Gentildonna
294:Arima Kinen
243:Swan Stakes
177:Swan Stakes
126:Mizuki Noda
43:Deep Impact
1114:Categories
1078:2016-01-19
774:References
541:Neorealism
442:JRA Awards
419:Just A Way
265:Background
209:Mikki Isle
182:Hankyu Hai
155:Major wins
150:Β£2,689,345
22:Mikki Isle
761:My Juliet
673:Highclere
471:Hong Kong
322:My Juliet
306:Harp Star
298:Japan Cup
290:Tenno Sho
142:20: 8-4-1
62:Star Isle
49:Grandsire
745:Special
706:Razyana
694:Danehill
576:Pedigree
533:Red Falx
497:for the
425:for the
318:Makahiki
271:markings
249:and the
213:Japanese
147:Earnings
81:Stallion
767:: 6-a)
733:Nureyev
651:Lyphard
616:Cosmah
552:In the
524:gelding
479:Maurice
440:In the
383:Grade 3
218:γγγγΌγ’γ€γ«
131:Trainer
113:Breeder
95:Country
67:Damsire
765:Family
754:Alydar
740:(CAN)
717:(USA)
700:Danzig
696:(USA)
666:Busted
647:(USA)
391:length
326:Winona
310:Kizuna
202:(2016)
194:Awards
189:(2016)
184:(2016)
179:(2014)
174:(2014)
169:(2014)
164:(2014)
139:Record
103:Colour
87:Foaled
729:1995
690:1998
683:2004
645:Alzao
641:1991
639:(IRE)
601:1986
599:(USA)
593:2002
591:(JPN)
387:0.6/1
123:Owner
98:Japan
605:Halo
586:Sire
316:and
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227:sire
39:Sire
679:Dam
357:at
107:Bay
77:Sex
59:Dam
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