368:. Take restrained the colt towards the back of the field before making his challenge on the outside in the straight. He took the lead inside the last 100 metres and held off the late challenge of Ruler of the World to win by a head. After the race Kizuna's trainer Shozo Sasaki said "This was his first run abroad so I'm very pleased. He was about 80% compared with the Japanese Derby, so we will work hard to get the final 20% before the Arc." On 6 October started the third favourite in a field of seventeen runners in the Arc de Triomphe. Date held the colt up at the back of the field before moving up on the outside approaching the turn into the straight. He stayed on well in the closing stages to finish fourth behind
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On 4 May Kizuna entered one of the preparation races, the Kyoto
Shimbun Hai over 2200 metres at Kyoto. He started the 2/5 favourite and won by one and a half lengths from Peptide Amazon. Kizuna was one of eighteen colts to contest the 80th running of the Tokyo Yūshun at
404:, Win Variation and Hokko Brave. Shortly after the race, it was announced that Kizuna had sustained a small fracture to his left hind leg and would be off the track for most of the year. Sasaki suggested that his next run might be the Arima Kinen in December.
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in fifth. In April he started odds-on favourite for the Sankei Osaka Hai but was beaten into second place by the five-year-old mare
Lachesis. On 3 May Kizuna was made the 2.3/1 favourite for the Tennō Shō but finished seventh of the seventeen runners behind
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at Kyoto. He was held up at the back of the eighteen runner field before switching to the wide outside in the straight. He finished strongly, but was unable to catch the leaders and finished fourth behind
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on 3 March. In a blanket finish, he took fifth place in a field of twelve runners, less than three-quarters of a length behind the winner Camino
Tassajara. Three weeks later, Kizuna started the
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Koji Maeda, head of North Hills, named the horse Kizuna, which is a
Japanese word meaning "bond", after he was touched by the warm words he was given by others around him when he was visiting
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on his hind legs, bred in Japan by the North Hills Co Ltd. He was sired by the outstanding
Japanese racehorse Deep Impact out of the Canadian-bred mare Catequil. Deep Impact was the
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winner
Logotype. Take produced the colt with a strong late run on the outside to take the lead in the final strides and win by half a length from Epiphaneia in a time of 2:24.6.
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After a nine-month absence, Kizuna returned in the Grade 2 Kyoto Kinen on 15 February 2015 and finished third, beaten a nose and a neck by Lovely Day and Suzuka
Devious with
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Kizuna began his third season with an easy win in the Grade 2 Sankei Osaka Hai at
Hanshin on 6 April. On 4 May Kizuna started 7/10 favourite for the two-mile
329:, the first leg of Japanese Triple Crown, Kizuna's connection decided not to field him in the race, but to focus on the Tokyo Yūshun, the Japanese derby.
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Kizuna began his racing career on 7 October 2012 when he won a race for newcomers over 1800
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Kizuna made his three-year-old debut in the Grade 2 Hochi Hai Yayoi Sho at
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in Paris where he faced a strong field of
European colts including
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favourite for the Grade 3 Mainichi Hai at
Hanshin. Ridden by
1206:- Sports Graphic Number Web (Japanese). Visited 2022-12-17.
1442:"Record | Stallion Reports | Kizuna(JPN) | JBIS-Search"
276:, which coincided with Kizuna just turning 1 year old.
249:. She was also a half-sister of Pacificus, the dam of
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1172:"Thoroughbred Bloodlines – Rutilia – Family 13-a"
348:. On 15 September he contested the Prix Niel at
1333:"Kizuna Stops Ruler of the World in Prix Niel"
1287:"Kizuna Kicks Late for Japanese Derby Triumph"
441:Below data is based on JBIS Stallion Reports.
226:in 2005 and 2006, winning races including the
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337:and started the 19/10 favourite ahead of the
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1379:"Injured Japanese star Kizuna will miss Arc"
946:Pedigree of Kizuna (JPN), brown horse, 2010
214:Kizuna is a brown horse with a small white
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242:. Catequil had previously produced the
1217:"Radio Nikkei Hai Nisai Stakes result"
433:and has a service fee of ¥12,000,000.
385:JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Colt
199:) (foaled 5 March 2010) is a Japanese
184:JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Colt
1192:運命の馬で“夢”を叶えた名物馬主。キズナ産駒と武豊でダービーを。（1/5）
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16:Japanese-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
272:that was held two weeks after the
206:who won the Tokyo Yushun in 2013.
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1377:Masakazu Takahashi (8 May 2014).
1331:Lewyn, Myra (15 September 2013).
1359:. Japanracing.jp. 8 January 2014
1313:. Racing Post. 15 September 2013
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1219:. Racing Post. 22 December 2012
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383:In January 2014 Kizuna won the
652:Queen Sho, Breeders' Gold Cup
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387:taking 238 of the 280 votes.
1482:Racehorses trained in Japan
1285:Lewyn, Myra (26 May 2013).
775:Lord Derby Challenge Trophy
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309:2013: three-year-old season
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1267:. Racing Post. 26 May 2013
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429:Kizuna was retired to the
408:2015: five-year-old season
391:2014: four-year-old season
259:Japanese Horse of the Year
257:, both of whom were named
224:Japanese Horse of the Year
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285:2012: two-year-old season
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1487:Thoroughbred family 13-a
1477:Racehorses bred in Japan
431:Shadai Stallion Station
244:Japanese champion filly
1120:Rififi (Family: 13-a)
1090:Pacific Princess (USA)
745:Fukushima Himba Stakes
666:Hokkaido Nisai Yushun
537:Hakodate Sprint Stakes
520:Queen Elizabeth II Cup
274:2011 Tohoku Earthquake
1472:2010 racehorse births
1265:"Tokyo Yushun result"
1238:"Mainichi Hai result"
791:Nakayama Himba Stakes
545:Hakodate Nisai Stakes
461:bold = grade 1 stakes
1492:Tokyo Yūshun winners
895:Sapporo Nisai Stakes
350:Longchamp Racecourse
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821:Daily Hai Queen Cup
362:Grand Prix de Paris
315:Nakayama Racecourse
1311:"Prix Niel result"
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880:Kyoto Shimbun Hai
760:Kyoto Shimbun Hai
681:New Zealand Trophy
358:Ruler of the World
299:Hanshin Racecourse
116:North Hills Co Ltd
1421:"Kizuna Stallion"
1144:"Kizuna pedigree"
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33:2013 Tokyo Yushun
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1174:. Bloodlines.net
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1391:on 12 May 2014
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1150:. 2012-05-08
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1101:Sword Dancer
1070:South Ocean
987:Wishing Well
888:Magic Sands
846:
784:Conch Shell
724:Yasuda Kinen
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705:Shion Stakes
701:Fairy Stakes
646:Teleos Bell
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247:Phalaenopsis
228:Tokyo Yushun
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161:Tokyo Yushun
151:Mainichi Hai
132:Shozo Sasaki
124:Shinji Maeda
90:5 March 2010
1446:www.jbis.jp
1409:Racing Post
1384:Racing Post
1243:Racing Post
1079:Secretariat
1026:Burghclere
954:Deep Impact
848:Satsuki Shō
825:Rose Stakes
694:Fine Rouge
425:Stud career
339:Satsuki Sho
327:Satsuki Sho
323:Yutaka Take
236:Arima Kinen
195:(Japanese:
43:Deep Impact
1466:Categories
1451:2024-03-17
1427:2022-12-17
1395:2014-05-10
1363:2014-01-09
1342:2013-09-15
1337:BloodHorse
1317:2013-09-15
1296:2013-09-15
1291:BloodHorse
1271:2013-09-15
1250:2013-09-15
1223:2013-09-15
1178:2013-09-15
1154:2013-09-15
1148:Equineline
1127:References
1115:Acropolis
1075:Terlingua
1059:Storm Bird
874:June Take
738:Stellaria
570:Deep Bond
561:Keisei Hai
541:Aoi Stakes
530:Bien Fait
501:Flower Cup
485:Major Wins
366:Flintshire
303:Epiphaneia
218:and white
210:Background
145:Major wins
1051:Storm Cat
1037:Highclere
858:Sixpence
601:Tulip Sho
419:Gold Ship
414:Harp Star
397:Tenno Sho
354:The Derby
240:Japan Cup
232:Tenno Sho
204:racehorse
171:Osaka Hai
166:Prix Niel
140:13: 7-1-2
71:Storm Cat
49:Grandsire
1096:Damascus
941:Pedigree
923:Songline
911:Akai Ito
715:Songline
585:Prix Foy
511:Akai Ito
402:Fenomeno
360:and the
62:Catequil
1107:Kerala
1015:Lyphard
981:Cosmah
494:Ablaze
455:gelding
378:Intello
374:Orfevre
364:winner
356:winner
129:Trainer
113:Breeder
95:Country
67:Damsire
1030:Busted
470:Foaled
453:, g =
449:, f =
291:metres
193:Kizuna
186:(2013)
178:Awards
173:(2014)
168:(2013)
163:(2013)
158:(2013)
153:(2013)
137:Record
103:Colour
87:Foaled
22:Kizuna
1204:（5/5）
1201:（4/5）
1198:（3/5）
1195:（2/5）
1112:Fiji
1092:1973
1055:1983
1053:(USA)
1047:1990
1010:Alzao
1006:1991
1004:(IRE)
966:1986
964:(USA)
958:2002
956:(JPN)
885:2022
871:2021
855:2021
831:2021
811:2021
797:2020
781:2020
765:2019
751:2019
735:2018
711:2018
691:2018
671:2018
657:2017
643:2017
627:2017
611:2017
591:2017
567:2017
551:2017
527:2017
507:2017
491:2017
451:filly
370:Treve
266:Dubai
220:socks
121:Owner
107:Brown
98:Japan
970:Halo
951:Sire
475:Name
447:colt
445:c =
376:and
253:and
238:and
216:star
81:Colt
39:Sire
1043:Dam
480:Sex
319:1/2
293:at
197:キズナ
77:Sex
59:Dam
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