Legacy World

Legacy World
Legacy World in retirement in 2007
Sire	Mogami
Grandsire	Lyphard
Dam	Donna Lydia
Damsire	Jim French
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	23 April 1989
Country	Japan
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Heihata Farm
Owner	Horse Tajima Co Ltd
Trainer	Toyama Tameo Hideyuki Mori
Record	32: 7-5-2
Earnings	¥423,774,000
Major wins
St Lite Kinen (1992) Japan Cup (1993)

Legacy World (Japanese レガシーワールド, foaled 23 April 1989) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 1993 Japan Cup. He failed to win in five starts as a juvenile and was gelded before the start of his second season. In 1992 he won six races including the Grade II St Lite Kinen, finished fourth in the Japan Cup and ran second in the Arima Kinen. In the following year he was lightly raced and made only two appearances before defeating a top-class international field in the Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse. His later career was blighted by injury and he failed to win in fourteen subsequent races before being retired in 1996.

Legacy World was a bay gelding with no white markings bred in Japan by the Heihata Farm. His sire Mogami raced in France where he won the valuable Prix des Foals at Deauville Racecourse in 1978 before retiring to become a breeding stallion in Japan. He sired several major winners including Sirius Symboli (Tokyo Yushun), Mejiro Ramona (Yushun Himba) and Buzen Candle (Shuka Sho). Legacy World was one of several winners produced by the Japanese mare Donna Lydia, an unraced daughter of the American stallion Jim French. She was descended from Propontis, a British broodmare who was imported to Japan in the first decade of the 20th century.

During his track career, Legacy World raced in the colours of Horse Tajima Co Ltd and was initially trained by Toyama Tameo.

Legacy World failed to win in five races as a two-year-old in 1991. Competing exclusively in maiden races he finished fourth over 1200 metres at Hakodate Racecourse on his debut on 18 August and then ran second over the same course and distance six days later. The best of his three subsequent efforts came when he finished third to Dyna Splendor over 1600 metres at Kyoto Racecourse in October. At the end of his first season, Legacy World's lack of success and difficult temperament led to the decision to have the colt gelded.