Eishin Preston

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Eishin Preston


caption =
sire = Green Dancer
grandsire = Nijinsky
dam = Warranty Applied
damsire = Monteverdi
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1997
country = United States flagicon|USA
colour = Bay
breeder = Joseph E. Gehl
owner = Toyomitsu Hirai
trainer = Shuji Kitahashi
record = 32: 10-5-2
earnings = 491,067,000 JPY + 24,600,000 HKD
race = Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes (1999)
Arlington Cup (2000)
New Zealand Trophy Yonsai Stakes (2000)
Kitakyushu Kinen (2001)
Mainichi Okan (2001)
Hong Kong Mile (2001)
Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2002 & 2003)
awards= JRA Best Two-year-old Colt (1999)
honours =
updated= April 19, 2007

Eishin Preston (Japanese: エイシンプレストン, Chinese: 栄進寳蹄) (born 1997) is an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in Japan and Hong Kong.

Sired by Green Dancer, 1991's leading sire in France and a son of English Triple Crown champion, Nijinsky, Eishin Preston's damsire Monteverdi was the son of Lyphard, who, like Nijinsky, was a son of Northern Dancer.

Eishin Preston won important graded stakes races in Japan under trainer Shuji Kitahashi. At Kyoto Racecourse, he was second in the 2001 and 2002 Mile Championship. Sent to compete at Hong Kong's Sha Tin Racecourse, he won the 2001 Hong Kong Mile then came back in 2002 and 2003 to win back-to-back runnings of the Queen Elizabeth II Cup.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/eishin+preston Eishin Preston's pedigree and racing stats]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/2972469.stm BBC Sport article " Repeat win for Eishin Preston"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdOEwoTP4Is Video at YouTube of Eishin Preston's win in the 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Cup]