Nishino Daisy
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.jpg) Nishino Daisy after winning the 2022 Nakayama Daishogai | |
| Breed | Thoroughbred |
| Sire | Harbinger |
| Grandsire | Dansili |
| Dam | Nishino Hinagiku |
| Damsire | Agnes Tachyon |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 18 April 2016 |
| Country | Japan |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Tanikawa Farm |
| Owner | Shigeyuki Nishiyama |
| Racing colours | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Trainer | Noboru Takagi |
| Jockey |
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| Record | 32: 6-3-4 |
| Earnings | ¥339,428,000 |
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| JRA Award for Best Steeplechase Horse (2024) | |
Nishino Daisy (Japanese: ニシノデイジー, Nishino Deijī; foaled 18 April 2016) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He competed from 2018 to 2024, recording six wins from thirty-two starts on both the flat and over jumps.[1] On the flat, he won the Sapporo Nisai Stakes (GIII) and the Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes (GIII) in 2018.[2] After switching to steeplechase racing in 2022, he won the Nakayama Daishogai (J-GI) in 2022 and 2024.[3] His 2022 Nakayama Daishogai victory came in the retirement race of the champion Oju Chosan, and he became the second horse in JRA history to win a J-GI race after winning a flat graded stakes.[4] He was named JRA Award for Best Steeplechase Horse in 2024.[5]
Background
Nishino Daisy is a bay stallion bred in Urakawa, Hokkaido, by Tanikawa Farm.[1] He was sired by Harbinger, a British-bred stallion by Dansili, and his dam was Nishino Hinagiku (ニシノヒナギク), a mare by Agnes Tachyon.[6] His third dam is Nishino Flower, winner of the 1992 Oka Shō and Sprinters Stakes, and his female line also carries the blood of Seiun Sky.[6] He is owned by Shigeyuki Nishiyama, whose father Masayuki Nishiyama owned Seiun Sky and Nishino Flower, and was trained by Noboru Takagi at the JRA's Miho Training Center.[1] His name combines the owner's prefix with "daisy" (雛菊), meaning "something wonderful" in reference to his dam.[7]
Racing career
2018: two-year-old season
Nishino Daisy debuted on 8 July 2018 in a maiden race at Hakodate Racecourse, finishing second.[2] He won his maiden on 21 July at Hakodate.[2] On 1 September, he won the Sapporo Nisai Stakes (GIII) at 6th favourite.[8] On 17 November, he won the Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes (GIII) at Tokyo Racecourse at 8th favourite in a four-horse photo finish.[9] He finished third in the Hopeful Stakes (GI) at Nakayama Racecourse on 28 December.[2]
2019: three-year-old season
Nishino Daisy finished fourth in the Yayoi Sho (GII) on 3 March and seventeenth in the Satsuki Shō (GI) on 14 April.[2] On 26 May, he finished fifth in the Tōkyō Yūshun (Japanese Derby) at odds of 107.9 (13th favourite).[2] He finished fifth in the St. Lite Kinen (GII) on 16 September and ninth in the Kikuka Shō (GI) on 20 October, ridden by Christophe Lemaire.[2]
2020: four-year-old season
Nishino Daisy finished sixth in the American Jockey Club Cup (GII) on 26 January and sixth in the Kinkō Shō (GII) on 15 March.[2] He struggled thereafter, finishing eighteenth in the Meguro Kinen (GII) on 31 May and thirteenth in the Hakodate Kinen (GIII) on 19 July.[2]
2021: five-year-old season
Nishino Daisy failed to place in his starts this year, finishing thirteenth in the Tokyo Shimbun Hai (GIII) on 7 February, twelfth in the Niigata Daishoten (GIII) on 9 May, and eighteenth in the Epsom Cup (GIII) on 13 June.[2] He later finished eleventh in the Shimotsuki Stakes on 21 November and twelfth in the Betelgeuse Stakes on 28 December.[2]
2022: six-year-old season
After finishing twelfth in the Shirafuji Stakes in January, Nishino Daisy was switched to steeplechase racing.[2] He finished third in his jump debut on 28 May at Niigata before winning his jump maiden on 19 June at Tokyo.[2] He finished second in the Shuyo Jump Stakes on 19 November.[2] On 24 December, he won the Nakayama Daishogai (J-GI) at 5th favourite, defeating the retiring Oju Chosan and recording his first J-GI victory in only his fourth jump start.[10] In the JRA Award for Best Steeplechase Horse voting, he lost to Oju Chosan by a single vote (137–138).[4]
2023: seven-year-old season
Nishino Daisy finished third in the Hanshin Spring Jump (J-GII) on 11 March and ninth in the Nakayama Grand Jump (J-GI) on 15 April.[2] He finished eleventh in the Tokyo High Jump (J-GII) on 15 October.[2] On 23 December, he finished second in the Nakayama Daishogai (J-GI), beaten 1.8 seconds by Meiner Grand.[2]
2024: eight-year-old season
Nishino Daisy finished fourth in the Hanshin Spring Jump (J-GII) on 9 March and third in the Nakayama Grand Jump (J-GI) on 13 April.[2] He finished fourth in the Tokyo High Jump (J-GII) on 13 October.[2] On 21 December, he won the Nakayama Daishogai (J-GI) for the second time, defeating Ecoro Duel by 0.8 seconds.[11] He was named JRA Award for Best Steeplechase Horse for 2024.[5] He officially retired on 26 December 2024.[12]
Statistics
The following table details all 32 starts of Nishino Daisy's racing career. Record current as of 21 December 2024.
| Date | Distance (Condition) | Race | Class | Course | Odds (Favourite) |
Field | Finish | Time | Jockey | Winning (Losing) Margin |
Winner (2nd Place) |
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| 2018 – two-year-old season (flat) | ||||||||||||
| Jul 8 | Turf 1800 m (Yielding) | 2-Y-O Newcomer | Maiden | Hakodate | 5.3 (2nd) | 7 | 2nd | 1:53.6 | Masaki Katsuura | 0.2 | Love Me Fine | [2] |
| Jul 21 | Turf 1800 m (Good) | 2-Y-O Maiden | Maiden | Hakodate | 1.5 (1st) | 12 | 1st | 1:49.7 | Masaki Katsuura | –0.2 | (Tuareg) | [2] |
| Sep 1 | Turf 1800 m (Good) | Sapporo Nisai Stakes | GIII | Sapporo | 28.2 (6th) | 14 | 1st | 1:50.1 | Masaki Katsuura | –0.0 | (Naimama) | [8] |
| Nov 17 | Turf 1800 m (Good) | Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes | GIII | Tokyo | 38.4 (8th) | 16 | 1st | 1:46.6 | Masaki Katsuura | –0.0 | (Agaras) | [9] |
| Dec 28 | Turf 2000 m (Good) | Hopeful Stakes | GI | Nakayama | 6.6 (3rd) | 13 | 3rd | 2:01.9 | Masaki Katsuura | 0.3 | Saturnalia | [2] |
| 2019 – three-year-old season (flat) | ||||||||||||
| Mar 3 | Turf 2000 m (Heavy) | Yayoi Sho | GII | Nakayama | 2.7 (1st) | 10 | 4th | 2:03.7 | Masaki Katsuura | 0.4 | Meisho Tengen | [2] |
| Apr 14 | Turf 2000 m (Good) | Satsuki Shō | GI | Nakayama | 30.2 (6th) | 18 | 17th | 2:00.1 | Masaki Katsuura | 2.0 | Saturnalia | [2] |
| May 26 | Turf 2400 m (Good) | Tōkyō Yūshun | GI | Tokyo | 107.9 (13th) | 18 | 5th | 2:23.1 | Masaki Katsuura | 0.5 | Roger Barows | [2] |
| Sep 16 | Turf 2200 m (Heavy) | St. Lite Kinen | GII | Nakayama | 5.8 (2nd) | 18 | 5th | 2:12.1 | Masaki Katsuura | 0.6 | Lion Lion | [2] |
| Oct 20 | Turf 3000 m (Good) | Kikuka Shō | GI | Kyoto | 6.0 (2nd) | 18 | 9th | 3:06.7 | Christophe Lemaire | 0.7 | World Premiere | [2] |
| 2020 – four-year-old season (flat) | ||||||||||||
| Jan 26 | Turf 2200 m (Yielding) | American Jockey Club Cup | GII | Nakayama | 8.2 (6th) | 12 | 6th | 2:16.1 | Hironobu Tanabe | 1.1 | Blast Onepiece | [2] |
| Mar 15 | Turf 2000 m (Good) | Kinkō Shō | GII | Chukyo | 20.6 (4th) | 12 | 6th | 2:02.3 | Hironobu Tanabe | 0.7 | Saturnalia | [2] |
| May 31 | Turf 2500 m (Good) | Meguro Kinen | GII | Tokyo | 19.2 (9th) | 18 | 18th | 2:31.9 | Hironobu Tanabe | 2.3 | King of Koji | [2] |
| Jul 19 | Turf 2000 m (Good) | Hakodate Kinen | GIII | Hakodate | 10.3 (6th) | 16 | 13th | 2:01.4 | Masaki Katsuura | 1.7 | Admire Justa | [2] |
| 2021 – five-year-old season (flat) | ||||||||||||
| Feb 7 | Turf 1600 m (Good) | Tokyo Shimbun Hai | GIII | Tokyo | 68.7 (13th) | 16 | 13th | 1:33.5 | Masaki Katsuura | 1.1 | Karate | [2] |
| May 9 | Turf 2000 m (Good) | Niigata Daishoten | GIII | Niigata | 64.4 (12th) | 14 | 12th | 2:01.4 | Masaki Katsuura | 2.1 | Sanrei Pocket | [2] |
| Jun 13 | Turf 1800 m (Good) | Epsom Cup | GIII | Tokyo | 92.9 (16th) | 18 | 18th | 1:47.0 | Teruo Eda | 1.9 | Zadar | [2] |
| Nov 21 | Dirt 1400 m (Good) | Shimotsuki Stakes | Open | Tokyo | 66.3 (14th) | 16 | 11th | 1:24.7 | Hiroyuki Uchida | 1.0 | Helios | [2] |
| Dec 28 | Dirt 1800 m (Good) | Betelgeuse Stakes | Listed | Hanshin | 87.1 (16th) | 16 | 12th | 1:53.5 | Fuma Matsuwaka | 1.8 | Iolite | [2] |
| 2022 – six-year-old season (flat / jump) | ||||||||||||
| Jan 29 | Turf 2000 m (Good) | Shirafuji Stakes | Listed | Tokyo | 236.3 (13th) | 14 | 12th | 1:58.6 | Genki Maruyama | 1.2 | Jack d'Or | [2] |
| May 28 | Jump 2890 m (Yielding) | Jump 4-Y-O+ Maiden | Maiden | Niigata | 7.4 (5th) | 14 | 3rd | 3:12.0 | Yusuke Igarashi | 0.5 | Be My Ocean | [2] |
| Jun 19 | Jump 3000 m (Good) | Jump 3-Y-O+ Maiden | Maiden | Tokyo | 1.7 (1st) | 11 | 1st | 3:23.1 | Yusuke Igarashi | –0.5 | (Fervore) | [2] |
| Nov 19 | Jump 3110 m (Good) | Shuyo Jump Stakes | Open | Tokyo | 2.6 (1st) | 14 | 2nd | 3:27.4 | Yusuke Igarashi | 0.1 | Kouyu Nureyev | [2] |
| Dec 24 | Jump 4100 m (Good) | Nakayama Daishogai | J-GI | Nakayama | 15.4 (5th) | 11 | 1st | 4:45.9 | Yusuke Igarashi | –0.5 | (Xenoverse) | [10] |
| 2023 – seven-year-old season (jump) | ||||||||||||
| Mar 11 | Jump 3900 m (Good) | Hanshin Spring Jump | J-GII | Hanshin | 2.2 (1st) | 12 | 3rd | 4:23.0 | Shinichi Ishigami | 1.4 | Gemini King | [2] |
| Apr 15 | Jump 4250 m (Heavy) | Nakayama Grand Jump | J-GI | Nakayama | 1.8 (1st) | 10 | 9th | 5:00.2 | Shinichi Ishigami | 6.1 | Irogotoshi | [2] |
| Oct 15 | Jump 3110 m (Heavy) | Tokyo High Jump | J-GII | Tokyo | 5.6 (3rd) | 12 | 11th | 3:37.0 | Yusuke Igarashi | 5.0 | Meiner Grand | [2] |
| Dec 23 | Jump 4100 m (Good) | Nakayama Daishogai | J-GI | Nakayama | 6.6 (3rd) | 12 | 2nd | 4:39.6 | Yusuke Igarashi | 1.8 | Meiner Grand | [2] |
| 2024 – eight-year-old season (jump) | ||||||||||||
| Mar 9 | Jump 3900 m (Good) | Hanshin Spring Jump | J-GII | Hanshin | 10.3 (3rd) | 10 | 4th | 4:26.4 | Yusuke Igarashi | 2.5 | Meiner Grand | [2] |
| Apr 13 | Jump 4250 m (Good) | Nakayama Grand Jump | J-GI | Nakayama | 14.2 (3rd) | 12 | 3rd | 4:48.1 | Yusuke Igarashi | 0.6 | Irogotoshi | [2] |
| Oct 13 | Jump 3110 m (Good) | Tokyo High Jump | J-GII | Tokyo | 6.5 (2nd) | 9 | 4th | 3:26.0 | Yusuke Igarashi | 0.8 | June Velocity | [2] |
| Dec 21 | Jump 4100 m (Good) | Nakayama Daishogai | J-GI | Nakayama | 6.0 (4th) | 9 | 1st | 4:40.4 | Yusuke Igarashi | –0.8 | (Ecoro Duel) | [11] |
Stud career
Nishino Daisy entered stud at Hakuba Farm in Niikappu, Hokkaido, in 2025.[13]
Pedigree
| Sire Harbinger (GB) 2006 |
Dansili (GB) 1996 |
Danehill | Danzig |
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| Razyana | |||
| Hasili | Kahyasi | ||
| Kerali | |||
| Penang Pearl (FR) 1996 |
Bering | Arctic Tern | |
| Beaune | |||
| Guapa | Shareef Dancer | ||
| Sauceboat | |||
| Dam Nishino Hinagiku (JPN) 2008 |
Agnes Tachyon (JPN) 1998 |
Sunday Silence | Halo |
| Wishing Well | |||
| Agnes Flora | Royal Ski | ||
| Agnes Lady | |||
| Nishino Mirai (JPN) 2003 |
Seiun Sky | Sheriff's Star | |
| Sister Mill | |||
| Nishino Flower | Majestic Light | ||
| Duplicit |
- Nishino Daisy is inbred 4 × 5 to Danzig and 5 × 5 to Northern Dancer (sire side).[6]
- His third dam Nishino Flower won the 1992 Oka Shō and Sprinters Stakes.[6]
- His female line belongs to the Somethingroyal family, which also produced Secretariat and Lord Kanaloa.[6]
References
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- 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 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 "ニシノデイジー 競走成績". netkeiba (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- ↑ "ニシノデイジー 競走成績". JBIS Search (in Japanese). Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- 1 2 "障害界に現れたニューヒーロー。ニシノデイジーが平地・障害重賞両制覇". TOA (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- 1 2 "【中山大障害】右手を高々と…ニシノデイジー口取り写真の馬上にスーツ姿の勝浦正樹元騎手！". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 21 December 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "ニシノデイジー - 5代血統表". JBIS Search (in Japanese). Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- ↑ "【中山大障害】ニシノデイジーの時代到来！転向4戦目でJ・G1初挑戦V". Sponichi (in Japanese). 25 December 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- 1 2 "【札幌2歳S】6番人気ニシノデイジー重賞初V!2歳戦線の主役に名乗り". Sports Hochi (in Japanese). 2 September 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- 1 2 "【東京スポーツ杯2歳S】8番人気ニシノデイジー、4頭横一線の大接戦制し重賞連勝！". Sports Hochi (in Japanese). 17 November 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- 1 2 "【中山大障害】ニシノデイジーの時代到来！転向4戦目でJ・G1初挑戦V". Sponichi (in Japanese). 25 December 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- 1 2 "【中山大障害】返り咲いた大輪！ニシノデイジーが2年ぶり2度目V". Keiba Lab (in Japanese). 21 December 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- ↑ "障害GI・2勝のニシノデイジーが登録抹消 今後は西山牧場で種牡馬に". netkeiba (in Japanese). 27 December 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- ↑ "ニシノデイジーがけい養先の白馬牧場に到着". netkeiba (in Japanese). 6 January 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2026.