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Shahryar (horse)

Shahryar, (Japanese: シャフリヤール, foaled 13 April 2018) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. He won his only start as a juvenile in 2020 and made rapid improvement in the following spring as he ran third in the Tokinominoru Kinen before taking the Mainichi Hai and Tokyo Yushun.

Shahryar
Shahryar at the Tokyo Yushun
SireDeep Impact
GrandsireSunday Silence
DamDubai Majesty
DamsireEssence of Dubai
SexColt
Foaled13 April 2018[1]
CountryJapan
ColourBrown
BreederNorthern Farm
OwnerSunday Racing Co Ltd
TrainerHideaki Fujiwara
Record17: 4-2-4
Earnings1,317,487,600 JPY[2][note 1]
Japan : 596,847,000 JPY
UAE : 4,860,000 USD[4][5][6]
UK : 53,600 GBP[7]
USA : 810,000 USD[8][9]
Major wins
Mainichi Hai (2021)
Tokyo Yushun (2021)
Dubai Sheema Classic (2022)
Last updated on November 3, 2024

Background

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Shahryar is a dark bay or brown horse with a white star and white socks on his hind legs bred in Japan by Northern Farm. The horse entered the ownership of the Northern Farm associate Sunday Racing and was sent into training with Hideaki Fujiwara. He is not a large horse by Thoroughbred standards, weighing around 450 kg.[10] He usually races in a hood.

He was from the eleventh crop of foals sired by Deep Impact, who was the Japanese Horse of the Year in 2005 and 2006, winning races including the Tokyo Yushun, Tenno Sho, Arima Kinen and Japan Cup. Deep Impact's other progeny include Gentildonna, Harp Star, Kizuna, A Shin Hikari, Marialite and Saxon Warrior.[11] Shahryar's dam Dubai Majesty was a top class performer on dirt in the United States, recording her biggest win when taking the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint as a five-year-old in 2010.[12] 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.[13] She was a descendant of the Virginia-bred mare Knight's Gal who was the female-line ancestor of many good winners including Palace Malice and Mutafaweq.[14] The mare had previously produced Sharyar's full-brother Al Ain.

Racing career

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2020: two-year-old season

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On his first and only start as a juvenile, Shahryar started the 1.3/1 favourite for a newcomers' race over 1800 metres on firm ground at Kyoto Racecourse on 25 October. Ridden by Yuichi Fukunaga he turned into the straight in fourth place before finishing strongly to win by a neck from Vivant, with four lengths back to Sunrise Golazo in third place.[10]

2021: three-year-old season

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Shahryar's trainer Hideaki Fujiwara

For his first run as a three-year-old, Shahryar was partnered by Fukunaga when he was stepped up in class to contest the Grade 3 Tokinominoru Kinen on 14 February over 1800 metres at Tokyo Racecourse. Starting the 3.9/1 second favourite he finished strongly but never looked likely to win and came home third behind Efforia and Victipharus.[15] On 27 March at Hanshin Racecourse, the colt started second favourite behind Great Magician for the Grade 3 Mainichi Hai in which he was ridden by Yuga Kawada. After settling in fifth place he made progress to take the lead in the straight and held off a strong challenge from Great Magician to win by a neck in a race record time of 1:43.9.[16] Commenting on the race some time later Shahryar's assistant trainer Nobuyuki Tashiro stated: "It was a good win, with a very fast time, showing how good his reactions are. It became clear that a run in the Derby would be his next target."[17]

On 30 May at Tokyo Shahryar was reunited with Fukunaga when he was one of seventeen three-year-olds to contest the 88th running of the Tokyo Yushun over 2400 metres. In the build-up to the race Hideaki Fujiwara said "He’s developing really nicely, and everything’s gone as I would have expected with him... He's an easy horse to ride and there’s no doubt he has ability. The jockey feels good about what the horse has done in training, including his usual work uphill. The 2,400 meters at Tokyo will be good for him."[18] He went off the 10.7/1 fourth choice in the betting behind Efforia, the filly Satono Reinas (runner-up in the Oka Sho) and Great Magician while the other contenders included Wonderful Town (winner of the Aoba Sho), Titleholder (Yayoi Sho), Stella Veloce (Saudi Arabia Royal Cup), Gratias (Keisei Stakes), Bathrat Leon (New Zealand Trophy), Red Genesis (Kyoto Shimbun Hai), Victipharus (Spring Stakes) and Lagom (Kisaragi Sho). Fukunaga settled his mount in mid-division on the inside as Bathrat Leon set a steady pace from Titleholder and entered the straight in eleventh place. Satono Reinas gained the advantage in the straight before giving way to Efforia but Shahryar, having struggled to obtain a clear run began to make rapid progress. He moved up to challenge the favourite in the final strides and prevailed by a nose in a record time of 2:22.5. After the race Fukunaga said "It's so great to have won the Derby which I had made it my target with this colt ever since his debut. We were keeping an eye on the race favorite but the race didn’t go as smoothly as planned and we were in a tight spot so we were forced to make our charge late, but this colt really gave a terrific effort."[19]

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Shahryar (JPN), brown colt 2018[1]
Sire
Deep Impact (JPN)
2002 		Sunday Silence (USA)
1986 		Halo Hail to Reason
Cosmah
Wishing Well Understanding
Mountain Flower
Wind in Her Hair (IRE)
1991 		Alzao (USA) Lyphard
Lady Rebecca (GB)
Burghclere (GB) Busted
Highclere
Dam
Dubai Majesty (USA)
2005 		Essence of Dubai (USA)
1999 		Pulpit A.P. Indy
Preach
Epitome Summing
Honest And True
Great Majesty (USA)
1990 		Great Above Minnesota Mac
Ta Wee
Mistic Majesty His Majesty
Necara's Miss (Family: 2-s)[14]

Footnotes

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Notes

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  1. ^ Earnings earned overseas are converted to JPY using the formula provided by JRA.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Shahryar pedigree". Equineline.
  2. ^ "競走馬情報 - シャフリヤール". www.jra.go.jp. 日本中央競馬会. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  3. ^ 外国の競馬の競走における本賞金の換算について（2024 年）(Foreign Horseracing Prize Money Conversion 2024) - Page 8 (PDF). JRA (in Japanese). Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  4. ^ "2022 ドバイ・ワールドカップ・デイ施行競走 登録要綱（簡易版）". www.jairs.jp. 公益財団法人　ジャパン・スタッドブック・インターナショナル. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  5. ^ "2023ドバイ・ワールドカップ・デイ施行競走 登録要綱（簡易版）". Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  6. ^ "2024 Longines Dubai Sheema Classic". Retrieved 2024-03-31.
  7. ^ "2022 プリンスオブウェールズステークス（G1）の登録要網". www.jairs.jp. 公益財団法人　ジャパン・スタッドブック・インターナショナル. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  8. ^ "Equibase｜Charts". Equibase. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  9. ^ "Equibase｜Charts" (PDF). Equibase. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  10. ^ a b "Shahryar(JPN) Race Record". JBIS.
  11. ^ "Deep Impact – Stud Record". Racing Post.
  12. ^ "Dubai Majesty – Race Record & Form". Racing Post.
  13. ^ Biles, Deirdre B. (7 November 2010). "Dubai Majesty Brings $1.1 Million at F-T". The Blood-Horse.
  14. ^ a b "Orville Mare – Family 2-s". Thoroughbred Bloodlines.
  15. ^ "Race 11: Tokinominoru Kinen result". JBIS. 14 February 2021.
  16. ^ "Race 11: Mainichi Hai result". JBIS. 27 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Tokyo Yushun - Preview". Horse Racing in Japan. 25 May 2021.
  18. ^ "Tokyo Yushun - Comments from runners' connections". Horse Racing in Japan. 28 May 2021.
  19. ^ "Shahryar Robs Heavy Favorite's Second Crown by a Nod to Claim Tokyo Yushun Title". Horse Racing in Japan. 30 May 2021.
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