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| Fine Needle | |
|---|---|
_IMG_2512-1_20170910.jpg) Fine Needle in 2017 | |
| Sire | Admire Moon |
| Grandsire | End Sweep |
| Dam | Needlecraft |
| Damsire | Mark of Esteem |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 26 April 2013[1] |
| Country | Japan |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Darley Japan Farm |
| Owner | Godolphin |
| Trainer | Yoshitada Takahashi |
| Record | 28: 10-2-2 |
| Earnings | JPY478,276,000 |
| Major wins | |
| Centaur Stakes (2017, 2018) Silk Road Stakes (2018) Takamatsunomiya Kinen (2018) Sprinters Stakes (2018) | |
| Awards | |
| JRA Award for Best Sprinter or Miler (2018) | |
Fine Needle (Japanese: ファインニードル foaled 26 April 2013) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.
Background[edit]
Fine Needle is a bay horse with no white markings bred in Japan by his owner Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Japan Farm. He was sent into training with Yoshitada Takahashi and raced in the ownership of Godolphin.
He was from the fifth crop of foals sired by Admire Moon the 2007 Japanese Horse of the Year.[2] Fine Needle's dam Needlecraft showed high class form in Europe winning the Group 3 Prix Chloe in 2005.[3] Her grand-dam, Nice Point was a half-sister to the 2000 Guineas winner Tirol.[4]
Racing career[edit]
2015: two-year-old season[edit]
4312
2016: three-year-old season[edit]
0443191004
2017: four-year-old season[edit]
21471510
2018: five-year-old season[edit]
114118
Pedigree[edit]
| Sire Admire Moon (JPN) 2003 |
End Sweep (USA) 1991 |
Forty Niner | Mr Prospector |
|---|---|---|---|
| File | |||
| Broom Dance | Dance Spell | ||
| Witching Hour | |||
| My Katies (JPN) 1998 |
Sunday Silence (USA) | Halo | |
| Wishing Well | |||
| Katies First (USA) | Kris (GB) | ||
| Katies (IRE) | |||
| Dam Needlecraft (IRE) 2002 |
Mark of Esteem (IRE) 1993 |
Darshaan (GB) | Shirley Heights |
| Delsy (FR) | |||
| Homage (GB) | Ajdal (USA) | ||
| Home Love (USA) | |||
| Sharp Point (IRE) 1992 |
Royal Academy (USA) | Nijinsky (CAN) | |
| Crimson Saint | |||
| Nice Point (GB) | Sharpen Up | ||
| Alpine Niece (Family: 10-c)[4] |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Fine Needle pedigree". JBIS.
- ^ "Adnire Moon(JPN) profile". JBIS.
- ^ "Needlecraft Race Record & Form". Racing Post.
- ^ a b "Bonnie Doon – Family 10-c". Thoroughbred Bloodlines.
Ctegory:2013 racehorse births Ctegory:Racehorses bred in Japan Ctegory:Racehorses trained in Japan Ctegory:Thoroughbred family 10-c