Kinshasa no Kiseki
| Kinshasa no Kiseki キンシャサノキセキ | |
|---|---|
 Kinshasa no Kiseki after winning the 2011 Takamatsunomiya Kinen | |
| Sire | Fuji Kiseki |
| Grandsire | Sunday Silence |
| Dam | Keltshaan |
| Damsire | Pleasant Colony |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 24 September 2003 |
| Country | Australia |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Arrowleave Joint Venture |
| Owner | Kazumi Yoshida |
| Racing colours |  |
| Trainer | Noriyuki Hori |
| Jockey | Shinji Fujita Yasunari Iwata Hirofumi Shii Umberto Rispoli |
| Record | 31: 12-4-3 |
| Earnings | ¥785,306,000 |
| Major wins | |
| Hakodate Sprint Stakes (2008) Swan Stakes (2009) Hanshin Cup (2009, 2010) Ocean Stakes (2010) Takamatsunomiya Kinen (2010, 2011) | |
| Awards | |
| JRA Award for Best Sprinter or Miler (2010) | |
Kinshasa no Kiseki (Japanese: キンシャサノキセキ, Hepburn: Kinshasa no Kiseki; foaled 24 September 2003) is a retired Australian-bred, Japanese-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire. He competed from 2005 to 2011, recording twelve wins in thirty-one starts, including consecutive runnings of the Takamatsunomiya Kinen in 2010 and 2011. He received the JRA Award for Best Sprinter or Miler in 2010.[1]
Background
Kinshasa no Kiseki is a bay horse bred in Australia by Arrowleave Joint Venture.[2] He was sired by Fuji Kiseki, a son of Sunday Silence. His dam, Keltshaan, was sired by Pleasant Colony.[3] He was purchased by Kazumi Yoshida and trained by Noriyuki Hori.[2] During his career, he was ridden by jockeys including Yasunari Iwata, Hirofumi Shii, Umberto Rispoli, and Christophe Soumillon.[4]
Racing career
Kinshasa no Kiseki debuted in December 2005 at Nakayama Racecourse, winning his maiden start on the turf.[4] In 2006, he contested the NHK Mile Cup (GI), finishing third. He won allowance races at Kyoto and Tokyo later that year.[4] In 2007, he won the Tanigawadake Stakes and the Capital Stakes.[4]
In 2008, he finished second in the Takamatsunomiya Kinen (GI) and the Sprinters Stakes (GI), and won the Hakodate Sprint Stakes (GIII).[4] In 2009, he won the Swan Stakes (GII) and the Hanshin Cup (GII).[4]
In 2010, he won the Ocean Stakes (GIII), the Takamatsunomiya Kinen (GI), and the Hanshin Cup (GII). He also finished third in the Sprinters Stakes and the Mile Championship (GI).[4] In 2011, he won the Takamatsunomiya Kinen for the second time, ridden by Umberto Rispoli.[4] He was retired following this race.[2]
Statistics
The following table details all 31 starts of Kinshasa no Kiseki's racing career based on official netkeiba race charts.
| Date | Distance (Condition) | Race | Class | Course | Odds (Favourite) |
Field | Finish | Time | Winning (Losing) Margin |
Winner (2nd Place) |
Jockey | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 – two-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Dec 3 | Turf 1200 m (Firm) | 2-Y-O Newcomer | Maiden | Nakayama | 1.8 (1st) | 12 | 1st | 1:11.7 | –0.4 | (Yakumo Cat) | Fuyuki Igarashi | [4] |
| 2006 – three-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Jan 5 | Turf 1600 m (Firm) | Junior Cup | Open | Nakayama | 6.1 (5th) | 12 | 1st | 1:33.6 | 0.0 | (Admire Carib) | Yuichi Shibayama | [4] |
| Feb 25 | Turf 1600 m (Firm) | Arlington Cup | GIII | Hanshin | 2.5 (1st) | 15 | 6th | 1:35.8 | 1.1 | Suteki Shinsukekun | Yuichi Shibayama | [4] |
| Apr 2 | Turf 1400 m (Soft) | Marguerite Stakes | Open | Hanshin | 1.5 (1st) | 11 | 4th | 1:26.6 | 0.5 | M S World | Yutaka Take | [4] |
| May 7 | Turf 1600 m (Firm) | NHK Mile Cup | GI | Tokyo | 14.8 (6th) | 18 | 3rd | 1:33.4 | 0.2 | Logic | Katsumi Ando | [4] |
| Oct 7 | Turf 1600 m (Good) | Ireland Trophy | Allowance (3 win) | Tokyo | 2.5 (1st) | 16 | 4th | 1:33.6 | 0.3 | Nishino Nurse Call | Katsumi Ando | [4] |
| Nov 5 | Turf 1400 m (Firm) | Katsuragawa Stakes | Allowance (3 win) | Kyoto | 3.4 (1st) | 15 | 1st | 1:19.4 | –0.5 | (Spinning Noir) | Katsumi Ando | [4] |
| Nov 19 | Turf 1600 m (Firm) | Mile Championship | GI | Kyoto | 13.2 (5th) | 18 | 5th | 1:33.2 | 0.5 | Daiwa Major | Shinichiro Akiyama | [4] |
| 2007 – four-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Jan 6 | Turf 1600 m (Good) | Kyoto Kimpai | GIII | Kyoto | 4.0 (1st) | 16 | 6th | 1:34.3 | 0.4 | Meiner Scherzi | Katsumi Ando | [4] |
| Feb 25 | Turf 1400 m (Firm) | Hankyu Hai | GIII | Hanshin | 3.0 (1st) | 16 | 4th | 1:20.7 | 0.2 | Precise Machine | Olivier Peslier | [4] |
| Apr 29 | Turf 1400 m (Firm) | Tanigawadake Stakes | Open | Niigata | 1.8 (1st) | 16 | 1st | 1:20.1 | –0.1 | (Peer Gynt) | Shinji Fujita | [4] |
| Sep 9 | Turf 1200 m (Firm) | Centaur Stakes | GII | Hanshin | 2.6 (1st) | 16 | 3rd | 1:07.9 | 0.8 | Sans Adieu | Shinji Fujita | [4] |
| Nov 23 | Turf 1600 m (Firm) | Capital Stakes | Open | Tokyo | 5.5 (2nd) | 18 | 1st | 1:32.8 | –0.1 | (Air Shady) | Shinji Fujita | [4] |
| 2008 – five-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Jan 5 | Turf 1600 m (Firm) | Kyoto Kimpai | GIII | Kyoto | 5.1 (2nd) | 16 | 10th | 1:34.3 | 0.7 | Eishin Deputy | Shinji Fujita | [4] |
| Mar 2 | Turf 1400 m (Firm) | Hankyu Hai | GIII | Hanshin | 4.5 (2nd) | 16 | 5th | 1:21.3 | 0.6 | Laurel Guerreiro | Katsumi Ando | [4] |
| Mar 30 | Turf 1200 m (Firm) | Takamatsunomiya Kinen | GI | Chukyo | 9.3 (5th) | 18 | 2nd | 1:07.1 | 0.0 | Fine Grain | Yasunari Iwata | [4] |
| Jul 6 | Turf 1200 m (Firm) | Hakodate Sprint Stakes | GIII | Hakodate | 1.8 (1st) | 16 | 1st | 1:08.4 | –0.1 | (Tosho Courage) | Yasunari Iwata | [4] |
| Aug 31 | Turf 1200 m (Firm) | Keeneland Cup | GIII | Sapporo | 2.0 (1st) | 16 | 3rd | 1:08.1 | 0.2 | Tanino Martini | Yasunari Iwata | [4] |
| Oct 5 | Turf 1200 m (Firm) | Sprinters Stakes | GI | Nakayama | 5.9 (2nd) | 16 | 2nd | 1:08.2 | 0.2 | Sleepless Night | Yasunari Iwata | [4] |
| 2009 – six-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Mar 7 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Ocean Stakes | GIII | Nakayama | 2.9 (1st) | 16 | 10th | 1:09.5 | 0.3 | Urbanity | Yasunari Iwata | [4] |
| Mar 29 | Turf 1200 m (Firm) | Takamatsunomiya Kinen | GI | Chukyo | 9.0 (5th) | 18 | 10th | 1:08.8 | 0.8 | Laurel Guerreiro | Yasunari Iwata | [4] |
| Oct 4 | Turf 1200 m (Firm) | Sprinters Stakes | GI | Nakayama | 9.6 (4th) | 16 | 12th | 1:07.9 | 0.4 | Laurel Guerreiro | Kosei Miura | [4] |
| Oct 31 | Turf 1400 m (Firm) | Swan Stakes | GII | Kyoto | 8.6 (4th) | 18 | 1st | 1:20.3 | 0.0 | (Early Robusto) | Christophe Soumillon | [4] |
| Dec 20 | Turf 1400 m (Firm) | Hanshin Cup | GII | Hanshin | 4.7 (1st) | 18 | 1st | 1:20.4 | –0.2 | (Premium Box) | Mirco Demuro | [4] |
| 2010 – seven-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Mar 6 | Turf 1200 m (Soft) | Ocean Stakes | GIII | Nakayama | 4.2 (2nd) | 16 | 1st | 1:09.8 | 0.0 | (A Shin F Danz) | Hirofumi Shii | [4] |
| Mar 28 | Turf 1200 m (Firm) | Takamatsunomiya Kinen | GI | Chukyo | 3.7 (1st) | 18 | 1st | 1:08.6 | 0.0 | (B B Guldan) | Hirofumi Shii | [4] |
| Sep 12 | Turf 1200 m (Firm) | Centaur Stakes | GII | Hanshin | – | 15 | Scratched | – | – | Dasher Go Go | Hirofumi Shii | [4] |
| Oct 3 | Turf 1200 m (Firm) | Sprinters Stakes | GI | Nakayama | 5.6 (3rd) | 16 | 2nd | 1:07.6 | 0.2 | Ultra Fantasy | Hirofumi Shii | [4] |
| Nov 21 | Turf 1600 m (Firm) | Mile Championship | GI | Kyoto | 7.2 (3rd) | 18 | 13th | 1:32.5 | 0.7 | A Shin Forward | Ryan Moore | [4] |
| Dec 18 | Turf 1400 m (Firm) | Hanshin Cup | GII | Hanshin | 3.9 (2nd) | 17 | 1st | 1:20.3 | 0.0 | (Red Spada) | Christophe Soumillon | [4] |
| 2011 – eight-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Mar 5 | Turf 1200 m (Firm) | Ocean Stakes | GIII | Nakayama | 3.6 (2nd) | 16 | 2nd | 1:07.9 | 0.1 | Dasher Go Go | Umberto Rispoli | [4] |
| Mar 27 | Turf 1200 m (Firm) | Takamatsunomiya Kinen | GI | Hanshin[a] | 4.5 (3rd) | 16 | 1st | 1:07.9 | –0.2 | (San Carlo) | Umberto Rispoli | [4] |
- ↑ The 2011 Takamatsunomiya Kinen was relocated to Hanshin due to track renovations at Chukyo.
Notable progeny
- 2012 crop
- Win Unified – Miyako Stakes
- 2013 crop
- Shuji – Hankyu Hai
- Simon Zele – Silk Road Stakes
- 2014 crop
- Success Energy – JBC Sprint, Kashima Kinen
- Monde Can No – Kitakyushu Kinen
- 2015 crop
- Cassius – Keeneland Cup
- 2017 crop
- Galo Creek – Tokyo Shimbun Hai
- Thunder Blitz – Keio Hai Spring Cup
Pedigree
| Sire Fuji Kiseki 1992 |
Sunday Silence 1986 |
Halo | Hail to Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cosmah | |||
| Wishing Well | Understanding | ||
| Mountain Flower | |||
| Millracer 1983 |
Le Fabuleux | Wild Risk | |
| Anguar | |||
| Marston's Mill | In Reality | ||
| Millicent | |||
| Dam Keltshaan 1994 |
Pleasant Colony 1978 |
His Majesty | Ribot |
| Flower Bowl | |||
| Sun Colony | Sunrise Flight | ||
| Colonia | |||
| Featherhill 1978 |
Lyphard | Northern Dancer | |
| Goofed | |||
| Lady Berry | Violon d'Ingres | ||
| Moss Rose |
See also
References
- ↑ "Kinshasa no Kiseki(AUS) - Profile & Tabulated Race Record". JBIS Search (in Japanese). Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 "キンシャサノキセキ(AUS) - Profile, Stud Record & Main Wins". Uma Furusato (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- ↑ "Five-generation Pedigree Table: Kinshasa no Kiseki(AUS)". JBIS Search (in Japanese). Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- 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 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 "Kinshasa no Kiseki - Full Race Record (31 Starts)". netkeiba. Retrieved 22 June 2026.