A Shin Hikari

A Shin Hikari
A Shin Hikari in December 2014
Sire	Deep Impact
Grandsire	Sunday Silence
Dam	Catalina
Damsire	Storm Cat
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	3 May 2011
Country	Japan
Colour	Grey
Breeder	Kida Ranch
Owner	Eishindo Co Ltd
Trainer	Masanori Sakaguchi
Record	15: 10-0-2
Major wins
Ireland Trophy (2014) Mijakooji Stakes (2015) Epsom Cup (2015) Mainichi Okan (2015) Hong Kong Cup (2015) Prix d'Ispahan (2016)
Awards
Top-rated Japanese horse (2015, 2016)

A Shin Hikari (Japanese エイシンヒカリ, foaled 3 May 2011) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. He began his racing career as a three-year-old in 2014 when he won his first five races including the Listed Ireland Trophy. In the following year he won the Mijakooji Stakes, Epsom Cup and Mainichi Okan in Japan before establishing himself as one of the best racehorses in the world with a victory in the Hong Kong Cup. In the spring of 2016 he was sent to Europe and began his campaign with a ten length win in the Prix d'Ispahan.

A Shin Hikari is a grey horse bred and owned by Eishindo Co Ltd, most of whose horse are named with the "A Shin" (or "Eishin") prefix. He is from the fourth crop of foals sired by Deep Impact who was the Japanese Horse of the Year in 2005 and 2006, winning races including the Tokyo Yushun, Tenno Sho, Arima Kinen and Japan Cup. Deep Impact's other progeny include Gentildonna, Harp Star and Kizuna. A Shin Hikari is the seventh foal of his dam Catalina who was bred in Florida and won three races in the United States before being exported to Japan to become a broodmare. She was a great-granddaughter of Lea Lark, an American broodmare whose other descendants have included Tobougg, Miswaki, Almutawakel, Southern Halo Peter Davies and White Muzzle. The colt has been trained throughout his career by Masanori Sakaguchi and has been ridden in most of his major races by Yutaka Take. He usually races in a red and black hood.