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Kawakami Princess

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Kawakami Princess
カワカミプリンセス
Kawakami Princess at the 2007 Takarazuka Kinen
BreedThoroughbred
SireKing Halo
GrandsireDancing Brave
DamTakano Secretary
DamsireSeattle Slew
SexMare
Foaled(2003-06-05)5 June 2003
Died11 September 2023(2023-09-11) (aged 20)
Mitsuishi, Hokkaido, Japan
CountryJapan
ColourBay
BreederMitsuishi Kawakami Bokujo
OwnerMitsuishi Kawakami Bokujo
TrainerKatsuichi Nishiura
JockeyMasaru Honda
Koshiro Take
Norihiro Yokoyama
Record17: 5-2-2
Earnings¥350,892,000
Major wins
Japanese Classic Tiara Race wins:
Yushun Himba (2006)
Shuka Sho (2006)
Awards
JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly (2006)
JRA Award for Best Japanese-Bred Horse (2006)

Kawakami Princess (Japanese: カワカミプリンセス, Hepburn: Kawakami Purinsesu; 5 June 2003 – 11 September 2023) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She competed from 2006 to 2009, recording five wins in seventeen starts, including the Yushun Himba (GI) and Shuka Shō (GI) in 2006.[1] She won both races undefeated, becoming the first horse to win the Yushun Himba and Shuka Shō without a prior defeat.[2] She was named JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Filly and JRA Award for Best Japanese-Bred Horse in 2006.[1]

Background

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Kawakami Princess was a bay mare bred in Mitsuishi, Hokkaido, by Mitsuishi Kawakami Bokujo.[1] She was sired by King Halo, a son of Dancing Brave, and her dam was Takano Secretary, an American-bred mare by Seattle Slew.[3] Her dam's granddam was Summer Secretary, a daughter of the 1973 American Triple Crown winner Secretariat.[3] Her racing name combines the "Kawakami" prefix of her breeder with "Princess."[1] She was owned by Mitsuishi Kawakami Bokujo and sent into training with Katsuichi Nishiura at the JRA's Ritto Training Center.[1]

Racing career

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2006: Three-year-old season

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Kawakami Princess debuted on February 26, 2006, in a maiden race on the turf at Hanshin Racecourse, ridden by Masaru Honda, winning by 1.25 lengths.[4] She won the Kunshiran Sho (Allowance) at Hanshin in March and the Sweet Pea Stakes (Open) at Tokyo Racecourse in April.[4]

On May 21, she won the Yushun Himba (GI) at Tokyo by 0.75 lengths, defeating Fusaichi Pandora, becoming the first horse to win the race undefeated since Miss Onward in 1957.[4] On October 15, she won the Shuka Shō (GI) at Kyoto Racecourse by 0.5 lengths, defeating Asahi Rising, completing the Filly Triple Crown double undefeated.[4]

On November 12, she finished first past the post in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup (GI) at Kyoto but was demoted to twelfth place after being found to have interfered with Yamanin Sucre in the straight.[5] Fusaichi Pandora was declared the winner.[5]

2007–2009: Later career

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Kawakami Princess finished tenth in the Victoria Mile (GI) at Tokyo in May 2007 and sixth in the Takarazuka Kinen (GI) at Hanshin in June.[4] She was then sidelined for over a year after fracturing a sesamoid bone in training in July 2007.[6]

She returned in May 2008, finishing third in the Kinko Shō (GII) at Chukyo Racecourse.[4] She finished second in the Fuchu Himba Stakes (GIII) at Tokyo in October and second in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup (GI) at Kyoto in November, beaten 1.5 lengths by Little Amapola.[4] She finished seventh in the Arima Kinen (GI) at Nakayama Racecourse in December.[4]

In 2009, she finished fourth in the Kyoto Kinen (GII), third in the Sankei Shō Osaka Hai (GII) at Hanshin, and failed to place in her remaining three starts.[4] She was retired from racing on November 19, 2009.[7]

Statistics

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The following table details all 17 starts of Kawakami Princess's racing career based on official netkeiba and JBIS records.

Date Distance (Condition) Race Class Course Odds
(Favourite)		 Field Finish Time Jockey Winning
(Losing)
Margin		 Winner
(2nd Place)		 Ref
2006 – three-year-old season
Feb 26 Turf 1400 m (Heavy) 3-Y-O Newcomer Maiden Hanshin 33.0 (9th) 15 1st 1:25.4 Masaru Honda –0.2 (Meisho Topper) [4]
Mar 26 Turf 1400 m (Firm) Kunshiran Sho Allowance Hanshin 11.3 (6th) 18 1st 1:23.0 Masaru Honda –0.2 (South Tida) [4]
Apr 30 Turf 1800 m (Firm) Sweet Pea Stakes Open Tokyo 2.2 (1st) 18 1st 1:48.4 Masaru Honda –0.1 (Yamanin Fabuleux) [4]
May 21 Turf 2400 m (Firm) Yushun Himba GI Tokyo 6.7 (3rd) 18 1st 2:26.2 Masaru Honda –0.1 (Fusaichi Pandora) [4]
Oct 15 Turf 2000 m (Firm) Shūka Shō GI Kyoto 3.6 (2nd) 18 1st 1:58.2 Masaru Honda –0.1 (Asahi Rising) [4]
Nov 12 Turf 2200 m (Firm) Queen Elizabeth II Cup GI Kyoto 2.7 (1st) 15 12th (demoted) 2:11.4 Masaru Honda – Fusaichi Pandora [4]
2007 – four-year-old season
May 13 Turf 1600 m (Firm) Victoria Mile GI Tokyo 2.1 (1st) 18 10th 1:33.4 Koshiro Take 0.9 Koiuta [4]
Jun 24 Turf 2200 m (Good) Takarazuka Kinen GI Hanshin 10.2 (6th) 18 6th 2:13.2 Koshiro Take 0.8 Admire Moon [4]
2008 – five-year-old season
May 31 Turf 2000 m (Good) Kinko Sho GII Chukyo 10.0 (5th) 17 3rd 1:59.3 Koshiro Take 0.2 Eishin Deputy [4]
Oct 19 Turf 1800 m (Firm) Fuchu Himba Stakes GIII Tokyo 2.3 (1st) 18 2nd 1:45.6 Norihiro Yokoyama 0.1 Blumenblatt [4]
Nov 16 Turf 2200 m (Firm) Queen Elizabeth II Cup GI Kyoto 1.8 (1st) 18 2nd 2:12.3 Norihiro Yokoyama 0.2 Little Amapola [4]
Dec 28 Turf 2500 m (Firm) Arima Kinen GI Nakayama 19.0 (6th) 14 7th 2:32.5 Norihiro Yokoyama 1.0 Daiwa Scarlet [4]
2009 – six-year-old season
Feb 21 Turf 2200 m (Firm) Kyōto Kinen GII Kyoto 3.3 (2nd) 12 4th 2:14.9 Norihiro Yokoyama 0.3 Asakusa Kings [4]
Apr 5 Turf 2000 m (Firm) Sankei Shō Ōsaka Hai GII Hanshin 11.5 (4th) 12 3rd 2:00.0 Norihiro Yokoyama 0.3 Dream Journey [4]
May 17 Turf 1600 m (Firm) Victoria Mile GI Tokyo 7.1 (2nd) 18 8th 1:33.9 Norihiro Yokoyama 1.5 Vodka [4]
Oct 18 Turf 1800 m (Firm) Fuchu Himba Stakes GIII Tokyo 4.4 (1st) 18 6th 1:45.5 Norihiro Yokoyama 0.9 Mood Indigo [4]
Nov 15 Turf 2200 m (Firm) Queen Elizabeth II Cup GI Kyoto 15.1 (5th) 18 9th 2:15.2 Norihiro Yokoyama 1.6 Queen Spumante [4]

Broodmare career

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Following her retirement, Kawakami Princess returned to Mitsuishi Kawakami Bokujo as a broodmare.[7] She produced ten foals between 2012 and 2021.[8] She died on September 11, 2023, at the age of 20.[9]

c = colt, f = filly, g = gelding[10]

No. Name Foaled Sex Color Sire Races Wins Remarks
(infertility) 2011 Deep Sky
1st Minnano Princess 2012 f Dark bay Commands 15 2 Broodmare
2nd Muge Princess 2013 Bay Empire Maker 15 1
3rd Haruno Hidamari 2014 5 0
4th Casuapiani 2015 g Henny Hughes 75 8 Retired
5th Queen Hearts 2016 f King Kamehemeha 3 0 Broodmare
6th Grand Prix Arzan 2017 c Chestnut Henny Hughes 9 1 Retired
7th George Burrows 2018 g Dark bay Daiwa Major 24 2
8th Tigre 2019 c Bay Duramente 35 1
9th Kawakami Elegance 2020 f Chesnut Declaration of War 20 1 Broodmare
10th Love and Lucky 2021 Bay California Chrome 22 7 Active

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Kawakami Princess (JPN), bay filly, 2003[11]
Sire
King Halo (JPN)
1995		 Dancing Brave (USA)
1983		 Lyphard Northern Dancer
Goofed
Navajo Princess Drone
Olmec
Goodbye Halo (USA)
1985		 Halo Hail to Reason
Cosmah
Pound Foolish Sir Ivor
Squander
Dam
Takano Secretary (USA)
1996		 Seattle Slew (USA)
1974		 Bold Reasoning Boldnesian
Reason to Earn
My Charmer Poker
Fair Charmer
Summer Secretary (USA)
1985		 Secretariat Bold Ruler
Somethingroyal
Golden Summer Key to the Mint
Summer Guest
  • Kawakami Princess is inbred 4 × 5 to Hail to Reason, 4 × 5 to Bold Ruler, and 5 × 5 to Sir Gaylord.[3]
  • Her dam's granddam Golden Summer was a daughter of Key to the Mint and Summer Guest, the 1972 Coaching Club American Oaks winner.[3]
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Kawakami Princess appears as a character in the multimedia franchise Umamusume: Pretty Derby, where she is voiced by Karin Takahashi.[12] She is portrayed as a rough, elegant tomboy who looks up to her sire's portrayal, King Halo, and seeks to be a first-rate racer just like her. Princess' portrayal also searches for her ideal "prince" that she can pick up and have him stand by her side as an equal, a quality inspired by her favorite magical girl anime, "Princess Fighter."

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "カワカミプリンセス (Kawakami Princess) - Profile & Race Record". JBIS Search (in Japanese). Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "秋華賞アラカルト". Keiba Book (in Japanese). 15 October 2006. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "カワカミプリンセス - 5代血統表". JBIS Search (in Japanese). Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "カワカミプリンセス 競走成績". netkeiba (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  5. 1 2 "カワカミプリンセス 進路妨害で無念の降着、女王の座はフサイチパンドラに". Radio Nikkei (in Japanese). 12 November 2006. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "カワカミプリンセスが骨折、休養期間は1年". netkeiba (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  7. 1 2 "カワカミプリンセス引退、繁殖生活へ". Radio Nikkei (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "カワカミプリンセス 繁殖牝馬情報". JBIS Search (in Japanese). Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "カワカミプリンセス死亡 06年オークス＆秋華賞制覇し最優秀3歳牝馬受賞". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 12 September 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Family | Kawakami Princess(JPN) | JBIS-Search". www.jbis.jp. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Kawakami Princess Horse Pedigree". pedigreequery.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "Kawakami Princess". Umamusume Wiki. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
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