Nakayama Festa

Nakayama Festa
Nakayama Festa at 2010 Takarazuka Kinen
Sire	Stay Gold
Grandsire	Sunday Silence (USA)
Dam	Dear Wink
Damsire	Tight Spot (USA)
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	April 5, 2006
Country	Japan
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Arai Bokujo
Owner	Shinichi Izumi
Trainer	Yoshitaka Ninomiya
Jockey	1) Masayoshi Ebina 2) Yoshitomi Shibata
Record	11: 3 - 3 - 0
Earnings	¥ 346,273,172
Major wins
Keio Hai Nisai Stakes (2008) St Lite Kinen (2009) Takarazuka Kinen (2010)
Horse (Equus ferus caballus)
Last updated on January 21, 2011

Nakayama Festa (ナカヤマフェスタ^?, foaled April 5, 2006)^[1] is a champion Japanese thoroughbred racehorse, which is most notable for winning the 2010 Takarazuka Kinen and running second to Workforce in the 2010 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

Pedigree

Nakayama Festa was sired by the 2001 Hong Kong Vase winner Stay Gold, who was in turn sired by the influential American-bred sire Sunday Silence. Nakayama Festa's dam, Dear Wink, was sired by the American stallion Tight Spot, which was a Grade 1 stakes winner in the United States and has since been exported to China for stud services.^[2]

Racing career

Nakayama Festa won the Nisai Stakes as a two-year old, which was his only placing in 2008. He only won one race (St Lite Kinen) as a 3-year old and placed in the 2009 Keisei Hai. Nakayama Festa won the 2010 Takarazuka Kinen in Japan by beating two-time champion filly Buena Vista.^[3] He also placed at the 2010 Prix Foy and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in France.^[1] He will race as a 5-year old in 2011.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Nakayama Festa (JPN)". Sky.com. http://www1.skysports.com/racing/form-profiles/horse/539342/nakayama-festa. Retrieved 22 January 2011. 
2. ^ "Nakayama Festa Pedigree". Pedigree Query. http://www.pedigreequery.com/nakayama+festa. Retrieved 22 January 2011. 
3. ^ Curry, Mike. "Longshot Nakayama Festa wins Takarazuka Kinen". Thoroughbred Times. http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/international-news/2010/june/27/nakayama-festa-stuns-buena-vista-in-takarazuka-kinen.aspx. Retrieved 22 January 2011.