Win Bright

Win Bright
Win Bright in 2017
SireStay Gold
GrandsireSunday Silence
DamSummer Eternity
DamsireAdmire Cozzene
SexColt
Foaled12 May 2014[1]
CountryJapan
ColourGrey
BreederCosmo View Farm
OwnerWin Co Ltd
TrainerYoshihiro Hatakeyama
Record24: 9-3-0
Earnings¥299,523,000 in Japan
Major wins
Spring Stakes (2017)
Fukushima Kinen (2017)
Nakayama Kinen (2018, 2019)
Nakayama Kimpai (2019)
Queen Elizabeth II Cup (2019)
Hong Kong Cup (2019)
Awards
JRA Award for Best Older Male Horse (2019)

Win Bright (Japanese: ウインブライト, foaled 12 May 2014) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse best known for his performances in Hong Kong. He showed good early form, winning once as a juvenile and taking the Spring Stakes and Fukushima Kinen in the following year. As a four-year-old he added a win over a strong field in the Nakayama Kinen but the rest of his form was unremarkable. He reached his peak as a five-year-old in 2019 when he won the Nakayama Kimpai and a second Nakayama Kinen before capturing the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Sha Tin Racecourse. In December he returned to Hong Kong and recorded a second major victory as he won the Hong Kong Cup. He failed to win in 2020 but finished second in the Hong Kong Cup.

Background

Win Bright is a grey horse bred in Japan by Cosmo View Farm. During his racing career he was trained by Yoshihiro Hatakeyama and raced in the black, white and red colours of Win Co Ltd. He had a white blaze and white socks on his hind legs but these markings became less visible as his coat lightened.[2] Masami Matsuoka rode Win Bright in most of his races.

He was from the eleventh crop of foals sired by Stay Gold a horse whose wins included the Dubai Sheema Classic and Hong Kong Vase in 2001. He went on to sire many major winners including Orfevre, Gold Ship, Nakayama Festa, Rainbow Line and Fenomeno.[3] Win Bright's dam Summer Eternity, from whom he inherited his colour, won three minor races in four seasons on the track between 2007 and 2010[4] Her grand-dam Miss Guelain was a half-sister to the dam of the Yushun Himba winner Cosmo Dream.[5]

Racing career

2016: two-year-old season

Win Bright began his racing career by finishing sixth in a contest for previously unraced juveniles over 1800 metres at Tokyo Racecourse on 26 June and then ran fifth in a maiden race over the same distance at Fukushima Racecourse four weeks later. At Tokyo on 12 November the colt recorded his first success when he won a maiden from Meiner Raptis and eleven others. On his final run of the year he finished second to Outliers in a minor race over 1600 metres at Nakayama Racecourse in December.[6]

2017: three-year-old season

Win Bright's regular jockey Masami Matsuoka

On his three-year-old debut Win Bright won the Wakatake Sho over 1800 metres at Nakayama on 21 January. He was then stepped up in class for the Spring Stakes (a major trial race for the Grade 2 Satsuki Sho) over the same course and distance on 19 March and started the 8.1/1 fourth choice in the betting behind Satono Ares (winner of the Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes), Outliers, Tricolore Bleu and Monde Can Know. After being settled towards the rear by Matsuoka he was switched to the outside in the straight and produced a sustained run to take the lead in last 100 metres and win by half a length from Outliers. In the Shuka Sho over 2000 metres at the same track he started slowly, and never looked likely to win despite making late progress on the outside, coming home eighth of the eighteen runners behind Al Ain.[7] Win Bright was then stepped up in distance to contest the 2400 Tokyo Yushun on 28 May, in which he started a 133/1 outsider and finished towards the rear behind Rey de Oro after fading in the closing stages.[8]

After a break of over four months Win Bright was matched against older horses in the Grade 2 Mainichi Okan over 1800 metres at Tokyo and finished tenth of the twelve runners behind Real Steel. On his final run of the year the colt started the 4.4/1 second favourite for the Group 3 Fukushima Kinen on 12 November. After racing in third place for most of the way, Win Bright went to the front early in the straight and held on to win by a neck from the six-year-old Suzuka Devious in a tight finish.[9]

2018: four-year-old season

Win Bright's third campaign began at Nakayama on 6 January 2018 when he was beaten a neck into second place by the favoured Seda Brillantes in the Grade 3 Nakayama Kimpai. At the same track on 25 February he contested the Grade 2 Nakayama Kinen and started at 4.3/1 in a ten-runner field which also included the Grade 1 winners Persian Knight (Mile Championship), Aerolithe (NHK Mile Cup) and Vivlos. After racing in mid-division, Win Bright made a forward move approaching the final turn, overtook the front-running Maltese Apogee in the straight, and held off the late challenge of Aerolithe to win by a neck.[10]

Win Bright was then moved up to Grade 1 class for the Osaka Hai at Hanshin Racecourse on 1 April but never looked likely to win and finished unplaced behind Suave Richard. He returned to the track in autumn but failed to reproduce his best form in two races, finishing tenth to Logi Cry in the Fuji Stakes at Tokyo in October, and ninth to Stelvio in the Mile Championship at Kyoto Racecourse in November.

2019: five-year-old season

Sha Tin Racecourse, where Win Bright recorded his two biggest victories in 2019

As in the previous year, Win Bright began his season in the Nakayama Kimpai and went one better than in 2018 as came with a strong late run on the outside to take the lead inside the last 100 metres and won by half a length from Stay Foolish at odds of 7.4/1.[11] In the following month he started at odds of 6/1 as he attempted to repeat his 2018 success in the Nakayama Kinen, facing ten rivals including Deirdre, Lucky Lilac, Epoca d'Oro, Stelvio and Suave Richard. After racing in fourth place for most of the way Win Bright stayed on strongly in the straight and won by a neck and a head from Lucky Lilac and Stelvio.[12]

For his next start Win Bright joined Lys Gracieux and Deirdre in a three-horse Japanese challenge for the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup over 2000 metres at Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong and started a 47/1 outsider in a thirteen-runner field. The home contingent included Exultant (Hong Kong Vase), Glorious Forever (2018 Hong Kong Cup), Pakistan Star (winner of the race in 2018) and Time Warp (2017 Hong Kong Cup). After starting slowly Win Bright settled in mid-division on the inside as Time Warp set the pace from Glorious Forever, before making a forward move on the final turn. He briefly struggled to obtain a clear run in the straight but overtook Pakistan Star 100 metres from the finish and won by three quarters of a length from Exultant and Lys Gracieux.[13] Matsuoka, who was recording his first Grade 1 win in ten years, commented "We didn't get off to a good start but we still managed to travel in the position we wanted to and everything worked out in the end. It turned out to be a fabulous day."[14]

When Win Bright returned to the track in autumn he ran disappointingly in the Sankei Sho All Comers at Nakayama in September and then finished unplaced when starting a 148/1 outsider for the autumn edition of the Tenno Sho at Tokyo a month later. On 8 December the horse returned to Sha Tin for the Hong Kong Cup and started the 4.4/1 third choice in the betting behind the locally trained duo Furore (Hong Kong Derby) and Rise High (Sha Tin Trophy). The other five runners Magic Wand from Ireland (Mackinnon Stakes), Edisa from France, Glorious Forever, Time Warp and Dark Dream. Win Bright settled behind the leaders took the lead 150 metres from the finish and held off the late challenge of Magic Wand to win by a nose.[15] After the race Matsuoka said "It was very, very good because his last two starts were not first-three performances but the horse's condition has been going up since he got here so were very happy. We had a very good day here in April so it was very memorable to come here. Sha Tin suits the horse very well because he likes the right-handed course in Japan, so it is very suitable".[16]

In January 2020, at the JRA Awards for 2019, Win Bright was voted Best Older Male Horse, beating Indy Champ by 136 votes to 118.[17]

2020: six-year-old season

Win Bright began his 2020 season by running seventh behind Danon Kingly in the Nakayama Kinen on 1 March. Plans to campaign the horse in Dubai and Hong Kong later that spring had to be abandoned because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He was then aimed at the Takarazuka Kinen but developed a hoof problem and was off the track until the autumn.[18]

Win Bright returned to competition in the autumn edition of the Tenno Sho at Tokyo on 1 November when he started a 180/1 outsider and came home tenth of the twelve runners behind Almond Eye. On 13 December Win Bright attempted to repeat his 2019 success in the Hong Kong Cup and went off the 9/1 fifth choice in an eight-runner field. He raced in mid-division before making progress in the straight and recovered from being hampered 400 metres from the finish to take second place behind Normcore.[19] Yoshihiro Hatakeyama said, "It was unfortunate, as the horse really gave it his all. The jockey, like he did last year, gave him a ride that allowed for no complaints and one that brought out the horse’s very best. The result come down to the fact that winner ran a very good race and was stronger. This year has been anything but normal, but this horse gave, as his last race, a race that was very much him. The breeder, owner and jockey all worked together as a team and gave him an experience that’s not easy to have. I take my hat off to everyone."[20]

In the 2020 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, Win Bright was rated on 119, making him the equal 57th best racehorse in the world.[21]

Stud career

After his retirement from racing, Win Bright became a breeding stallion at the Big Red Farm in Hokkaido.[22]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Win Bright (JPN), grey stallion, 2014[1]
Sire
Stay Gold (JPN)
1994 		Sunday Silence (USA)
1986 		Halo Hail To Reason
Cosmah
Wishing Well Understanding
Mountain Flower
Golden Sash (JPN)
1988 		Dictus (FR) Sanctus
Doronic
Dyna Sash Northern Taste (CAN)
Royal Sash (GB)
Dam
Summer Eternity (JPN)
2005 		Admire Cozzene (JPN)
1996 		Cozzene (USA) Caro (IRE)
Ride The Trails
Admire Mcardy Northern Taste (CAN)
Mrs McArdy (GB)
All For Guelain (JPN)
1993 		Jade Robbery (USA) Mr. Prospector
Number
Miss Guelain Maruzensky
Guerlain (Family: 18)[5]
  • Win Bright was inbred 4 × 4 to Northern Taste, meaning that this stallion appears twice in the fourth generation of his pedigree.

References

  1. ^ a b "Win Bright pedigree". Equineline.
  2. ^ "Win Bright(JPN) summary". JBIS.
  3. ^ "Stay Gold progeny". Racing Post. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  4. ^ "Summer Eternity race record". JBIS.
  5. ^ a b "Old Woodcock Mare – Family 18". Thoroughbred Bloodlines.
  6. ^ "Race Records:Lifetime Starts Win Bright". JBIS.
  7. ^ "Ninth Pick Al Ain by Deep Impact Scores Upset Victory in This Year's Satsuki Sho". Horse Racing in Japan. 16 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Rey de Oro Tactfully Defeats Strong Field of 3-Y-Os in This Year's Tokyo Yushun". Horse Racing in Japan. 28 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Fukushima Kinen result". Racing Post. 12 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Nakayama Kinen result". Racing Post. 25 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Nakayama Kimpai result". Racing Post. 5 January 2019.
  12. ^ "Nakayama Kinen result". Racing Post. 24 February 2019.
  13. ^ "Queen Elizabeth II Cup result". Racing Post. 28 April 2019.
  14. ^ "2019.04.30 Win Bright Sparkles in Hong Kong, Takes QEII Cup". Horse Racing in Japan. 30 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Hong Kong Cup result". Racing Post. 8 December 2019.
  16. ^ Akers, Trenton (8 December 2019). "No Almond Eye, no worries as Win Bright storms away with Cup". South China Morning Post.
  17. ^ "Winners of the 2019 JRA Awards announced". Horse Racing in Japan. 8 January 2020.
  18. ^ "Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1) - Comments from runners' connections". Horse Racing in Japan. 30 October 2020.
  19. ^ "Hong Kong Cup result". Racing Post. 13 December 2020.
  20. ^ "Japan-based horses capture two wins at HKIR". Horse Racing in Japan. 14 December 2020.
  21. ^ "The 2020 World Thoroughbred Rankings". Horseracingintfed.com. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
  22. ^ "Win Bright(JPN) 2014". ビッグレッドファーム (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-10-17.

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