Lord Kanaloa

Lord Kanaloa
Lord Kanaloa at Kyoto in January 2012
Sire	King Kamehameha
Grandsire	Kingmambo
Dam	Lady Blossom
Damsire	Storm Cat
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	11 March 2008
Country	Japan
Colour	Bay
Breeder	K I Farm
Owner	Lord Horse Club
Trainer	Takayuki Yasuda
Record	19-13-5-1
Major wins
Keihan Hai (2011) Silk Road Stakes (2012) Sprinters Stakes (2012, 2013) Hong Kong Sprint (2012, 2013) Hankyu Hai (2013) Takamatsunomiya Kinen (2013) Yasuda Kinen (2013)
Awards
JRA Award for Best Sprinter or Miler (2012,2013) Japanese Horse of the Year (2013)

Lord Kanaloa (ロードカナロア^?, foaled 11 March 2008) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. A specialist sprinter he recorded his first important success in 2011 when he won the Grade 3 Keihan Hai at Kyoto Racecourse. In the following year he won once from his first four starts but then emerged as a world-class performer with wins in the Sprinters Stakes and the Hong Kong Sprint, becoming the first Japanese horse to win the latter race. Lord Kanaloa was even better in 2013 winning the Takamatsunomiya Kinen before stepping up in distance to take the Yasuda Kinen. In the autumn he repeated his wins in the Sprinters Stakes and the Hong Kong Sprint and ended the year rated as one of the best racehorses in the world.

Lord Kanaloa is a bay horse with no white markings bred in Hokkaido, Japan by the K I Farm. His sire, King Kamehameha was one of the best Japanese colts of his generation, beating a field including Heart's Cry and Daiwa Major in the 2004 Japanese Derby. His other winners as a breeding stallion include Rose Kingdom (Japan Cup), Belshazzar (Japan Cup Dirt), Rulership (Queen Elizabeth II Cup) and Apapane (Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown). Lord Kanaloa's dam, Lady Blossom, won five of her twenty-four races between 1998 and 2001, and was a descendant of Somethingroyal, the dam of Secretariat and Sir Gaylord.