Nakayama Festa

Nakayama Festa
Nakayama Festa at 2010 Takarazuka Kinen
SireStay Gold
GrandsireSunday Silence (USA)
DamDear Wink
DamsireTight Spot (USA)
SexStallion
Foaled(2006-04-05)April 5, 2006
DiedAugust 23, 2026(2026-08-23) (aged 20)
CountryJapan
ColourBay
BreederArai Bokujo
OwnerNobuko Izumi→Shinichi Izumi
TrainerYoshitaka Ninomiya
Jockey1) Masayoshi Ebina
2) Yoshitomi Shibata
Record15: 5 - 3 - 0
Earnings¥ 346,273,172 (£2,627,475)
Major wins
Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes (2008)
St Lite Kinen (2009)
Takarazuka Kinen (2010)
Awards
JRA Award for Best Older Male Horse (2010)
Timeform rating: 132
Last updated on January 21, 2011

Nakayama Festa (Japanese: ナカヤマフェスタ, Hepburn: Nakayama Fesuta; April 5, 2006 – August 23, 2026) was a champion Japanese thoroughbred racehorse, who was most notable for winning the 2010 Takarazuka Kinen and running second to Workforce in the 2010 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.[1]

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, who 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 finished second at the 2010 Prix Foy and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in France.[1] Nakayama Festa ran in two races in 2011. He finished in last place out of a field of four horses at the Prix Foy run at Longchamp Racecourse in France, the race ultimately being won by the French horse Sarafina.[4] In the final start of his career on October 2, 2011, at the same course, Nakayama Festa finished in 11th place out of a field of 16 horses in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, which was won by Danedream.[5]

Racing form

Nakayama Festa had raced in 15 races resulting in five wins. The data available is based on JBIS and netkeiba.com.[6][7]

Date Track Race Grade Distance
(Condition)		 Entry HN Odds
(Favored)		 Finish Time Margins Jockey Winner
(Runner-up)
2008 – two-year-old season
Nov 2 Tokyo 2YO debut 1600m（Firm） 17 2 5.6（3） 1st 1:35.9 0.0 Hiroyuki Uchida (Viva Miracolo)
Nov 22 Tokyo Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai Stakes 3 1800m（Firm） 14 5 27.5（9） 1st 1:47.7 0.0 Masayoshi Ebina (Break Run Out)
2009 – three-year-old season
Jan 18 Nakayama Keisei Hai 3 2000m（Firm） 13 2 2.6（1） 2nd 2:02.7 0.0 Masayoshi Ebina Early Robusto
Apr 19 Nakayama Satsuki Sho 1 2000m（Firm） 18 7 24.2（6） 8th 2:00.1 1.4 Masayoshi Ebina Unrivaled
May 31 Tokyo Tokyo Yushun 1 2400m（Heavy） 18 7 25.1（9） 4th 2:34.5 0.8 Masayoshi Ebina Logi Universe
Sep 20 Nakayama St. Lite Kinen 2 2200m（Firm） 18 17 4.3（2） 1st 2:12.0 –0.1 Masayoshi Ebina (Sacred Valley)
Oct 25 Kyoto Kikuka Sho 1 3000m（Firm） 18 16 8.4（4） 12th 3:05.2 1.7 Masayoshi Ebina Three Rolls
Dec 12 Chukyo Chunichi Shimbun Hai 3 2000m（Firm） 15 10 5.0（3） 13th 1:59.5 2.1 Masayoshi Ebina Earnestly
2010 – four-year-old season
Apr 24 Tokyo Metropolitan Stakes OP 2400m（Firm） 14 10 5.6（3） 1st 2:26.1 –0.3 Yoshitomi Shibata (Top Coming)
Jun 27 Hanshin Takarazuka Kinen 1 2200m（Good） 17 17 37.8（8） 1st 2:13.0 –0.1 Yoshitomi Shibata (Buena Vista)
Sep 12 Longchamp Prix Foy 2 2400m（Soft） 6 3 3.0（3） 2nd 2:36.0 0.1 Masayoshi Ebina Duncan
Oct 3 Longchamp Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 1 2400m（Soft） 19 7 23.0 (10） 2nd 2:35.3 0.0 Masayoshi Ebina Workforce
Nov 28 Tokyo Japan Cup 1 2400m（Firm） 18 11 7.7 (2） 14th 2:26.1 0.9 Masayoshi Ebina Rose Kingdom
2011 – five-year-old season
Sep 11 Longchamp Prix Foy 2 2400m（Good） 4 3 7.0（3） 4th 2:32.6 0.4 Masayoshi Ebina Sarafina
Oct 2 Longchamp Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 1 2400m（Good） 16 5 29.0 (10） 11th 2:26.4 2.0 Masayoshi Ebina Danedream

Legend:
  Turf

Stud career

Nakayama Festa in February 2024

Nakayama Festa was retired from racing in October 2011 to stand at the Breeders Stallion Station in Hidaka, Hokkaido for the 2012 breeding season. On the decision to retire Nakayama Festa, his trainer Yoshitaka Ninomiya remarked, "He doesn't have any injuries but we thought it was better for him to retire when his condition was good."[8]

Notable progeny

c = colt, f = filly, g = gelding

Foaled Name Sex Major Wins
2013 Ganko[9] c Nikkei Sho
2017 Babbitt[10] c St Lite Kinen, Radio Nikkei Sho

Retirement and death

Nakayama Festa retired from stud duty in 2023 and was pensioned at the Urakawa Yushun Village AERU in Urakawa, Hokkaido.[11] He died on August 23, 2026, at the age of 20 after becoming unable to stand due to weakness caused by an illness he had contracted earlier in the month.[12][13]

An anthropomorphized version of Nakayama Festa appears in Umamusume: Pretty Derby, voiced by Shino Shimoji.[14] She is depicted as a thrill-seeker with an addiction to gambling, with this being reflected in her skill set and one possible epithet rewarded requiring the player to take risky bets including succeeding at training with a substantial chance of failure and not failing any once in an entire playthrough. She is friends with Gold Ship, whom she plays pranks together with as part of her thrill-seeking, with one of their regular victims being Fenomeno. The anthropomorphized Nakayama Festa is slated to debut in the global release of Umamusume: Pretty Derby in September 2026.[15]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Nakayama Festa[16][17]
Sire
Stay Gold
1994 dk.b.		 Sunday Silence
1986 dk.b.		 Halo Hail to Reason
Cosmah
Wishing Well Understanding
Mountain Flower
Golden Sash
1988 ch.		 Dictus Sanctus
Dronic
Dyna Sash Northern Taste
Royal Sash
Dam
Dear Wink
1998 b.		 Tight Spot
1987 b.		 His Majesty Ribot
Flower Bowl
Premium Win Lyphard
Classic Perfection
Seirei
1991 b.		 Danehill Danzig
Razyana
Sense of Rhythm Cure the Blues
Sensibility

References

  1. 1 2 "Nakayama Festa (JPN)". Sky.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Nakayama Festa Pedigree". Pedigree Query. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  3. ↑ Curry, Mike (June 27, 2010). "Longshot Nakayama Festa wins Takarazuka Kinen". Thoroughbred Times. Archived from the original on September 24, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Longchamp (FR) Result 11: Sep 2011". Racing Post. Archived from the original on December 31, 2018. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Longchamp (FR) Result 02: Oct 2011". Racing Post. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Race Records | Nakayama Festa(JPN) | JBIS-Search". www.jbis.jp. Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Archived from the original on January 6, 2026. Retrieved December 28, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Nakayama Festa Race Record and Form | Horse Profile". netkeiba. NET DREAMERS, Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on January 6, 2026. Retrieved December 28, 2025.
  8. ↑ Takahashi, Masakazu. "Arc second Nakayama Festa retired to stud (18 October 2011)". Racing Post. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Ganko(JPN) | JBIS-Search". www.jbis.jp. Retrieved August 26, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Babbitt(JPN) | JBIS-Search". www.jbis.jp. Retrieved August 26, 2026.
  11. ↑ "凱旋門賞２着のナカヤマフェスタが種牡馬引退 今後は功労馬として余生過ごす". UMATOKU (in Japanese). Hochi Shimbun. July 13, 2023. Archived from the original on December 7, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  12. ↑ １０年宝塚制覇＆凱旋門賞２着ナカヤマフェスタが死す　衰弱による起立不全のため　元相棒・蛯名正師が悼む「早いよね。ゆっくり休んで」 [Nakayama Festa, winner of the 2010 Takarazuka Kinen and runner-up in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, has died. The cause was an inability to stand due to debilitation. His former trainer, Masashi Ebina, paid tribute, saying, 'It's all too soon. Rest in peace.']. Daily Sports (in Japanese). August 23, 2026. Archived from the original on August 23, 2026.
  13. ↑ Lozano, Kurt (August 23, 2026). "Nakayama Festa, the legendary Japanese racehorse that inspired the Umamusume character, has died". Gosu Gamers. Retrieved August 23, 2026.
  14. ↑ "ナカヤマフェスタ｜ウマ娘 プリティーダービー 公式ポータルサイト｜Cygames". ウマ娘 プリティーダービー 公式ポータルサイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 5, 2025. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
  15. ↑ Team, Umamusume: Pretty DerbyWalkthrough (August 23, 2026). "Upcoming Banners: Character and Support Card Release Order | Umamusume: Pretty Derby｜Game8". Game8｜The Top Gaming and App Walkthroughs Straight from Japan!. Retrieved August 26, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Five-generation Pedigree Table". JBIS-Search. Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Archived from the original on May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  17. ↑ "PEDIGREE (5-GEN)". netkeiba.com]. Archived from the original on May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
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