409:). After tracking the leaders in the early stages Al Ain turned into the straight in fifth place behind Clincher and began to thread his way to the front. Fan Dii Na took the lead, before giving way to Persian Knight but Al Ain maintained his run, gained the advantage in the final strides and won by a neck. Matsuyama, who was winning his first Grade 1 race said "I can't believe we won! He ran a strong race last time so I was quite confident today. He wasn't responding well in the last two corners but stretched really well in the straight. He's easy to ride so I think he'll have no problem with the extra distance in the
557:. Kitamura settled the horse on the inside behind the leaders as Epoca d'Oro set a steady pace from Kiseki. As the field entered the straight Al Ain made a forward move to take the lead 200 metres from the finish and kept on well to win by a neck from Kiseki with Wagnerian another neck away in third. After the race Kitamura commented "We had a good draw and everything worked to our advantage. He was able to focus using the blinkers and he responded well so I just concentrated on keeping him comfortable".
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434:) over 2200 metres at Nakayama on 18 September. He started odds-on favourite but after taking the lead in the straight he was overtaken and beaten into second place by Mikki Swallow. The Kikuka Sho over 3000 metres at Kyoto on 22 October was run in heavy rain on
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and started second favourite at odds of 2.6/1. After tracking the leaders he took second place behind Suave
Richard in the straight but lost the runner-up spot to Persian Knight in the final strides. Four weeks later the colt was sent to Hong Kong for the
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as a five-year-old in 2010. Two days after her
Breeders' Cup win the mare was put up for auction at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November select breeding stock sale and bought for $ 1,100,000 by Northern Farm's Katsumi Yoshida. She was a descendant of the
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November the colt was dropped back in distance to contest the
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over 1600 metres at Kyoto. Ridden by Kawada, he tracked the leader
Aerolithe before taking the lead in the straight but was overtaken in the last 100 metres and finished third behind
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On 26 April, with
Matsuyama again in saddle, started a 21.4/1 outsider in an eighteen-runner field for the 77th running of the Satsuki Sho over 2000 metres at
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Al Ain returned from the summer break on 23 September at
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943:"Ninth Pick Al Ain by Deep Impact Scores Upset Victory in This Year's Satsuki Sho"
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Championship and eleventh behind Lys Gracieux in the
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1088:. International Federation of Horse Racing Authorities
1018:"2018.04.01 Suave Richard Storms to Osaka Hai victory"
999:. International Federation of Horse Racing Authorities
306:. The mare went on to produce the Tokyo Yushun winner
1107:"Osaka Hai (G1) – Comments from runners' connections"
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619:Pedigree of Al Ain (JPN), bay stallion 2014
874:"Dubai Majesty Brings $ 1.1 Million at F-T"
198:. Later that year he finished fifth in the
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214:and fourth in the autumn edition of the
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461:at Hanshin on 1 April he was ridden by
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1176:"【有馬記念】アルアイン11着 松山は相棒ラストランねぎらう「感謝してる」"
1086:"The 2018 World Thoroughbred Rankings"
997:"The 2017 World Thoroughbred Rankings"
265:. Deep Impact's other progeny include
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226:Al Ain is a bay horse with a white
186:, foaled 1 May 2014) is a Japanese
1243:"【弥生賞結果】6番人気コスモキュランダが捲りを決めて重賞初制覇！"
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327:on 29 October. On 13 December at
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485:. In the autumn edition of the
343:Al Ain's trainer Yasutoshi Ikee
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1038:. Racing Post. 29 April 2018.
931:. Racing Post. 25 March 2017.
370:half a length back in third.
1153:. 2019-11-17. Archived from
1288:Racehorses trained in Japan
897:"Orville Mare – Family 2-s"
845:"Deep Impact – Stud Record"
335:2017: three-year-old season
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899:. Thoroughbred Bloodlines.
509:2019: five-year-old season
449:2018: four-year-old season
247:Japanese Horse of the Year
1249:(in Japanese). 2024-03-03
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929:"Mainichi Hai result"
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30:Al Ain in March 2017
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1074:. 18 November 2018.
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436:soft ground
403:Satono Ares
267:Gentildonna
259:Arima Kinen
196:Satsuki Sho
166:Satsuki Sho
150:511,702,000
40:Deep Impact
1272:Categories
1253:2024-03-03
1217:2024-03-04
1186:2024-03-04
1161:2024-03-04
1092:2018-01-23
1003:2018-01-23
814:References
567:Indy Champ
432:Kikuka Sho
399:Win Bright
395:Rey de Oro
379:Flower Cup
222:Background
155:Major wins
87:1 May 2014
1147:サンスポZBAT!
743:A.P. Indy
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597:Yayoi Sho
539:Wagnerian
515:Kinko Sho
487:Tenno Sho
459:Osaka Hai
391:Yayoi Sho
304:Mutafaweq
283:Marialite
271:Harp Star
263:Japan Cup
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