Lovely Day (horse)
| Lovely Day | |
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| Sire | King Kamehameha |
| Grandsire | Kingmambo |
| Dam | Popcorn Jazz |
| Damsire | Dance in the Dark |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 30 January, 2010 |
| Country | Japan |
| Colour | Dark Bay or Brown |
| Breeder | Makoto Kaneko |
| Owner | Makoto Kaneko |
| Trainer | Yasutoshi Ikee |
| Record | 31:9-3-3 |
| Earnings | ¥647,555,000 |
| Major wins | |
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Metropolitan Stakes (2014) Nikkan Sports Sho Nakayama Kimpai (2015) Naruo Kinen (2015) Kyoto Kinen (2015) Takarazuka Kinen (2015) Kyoto Daishoten (2015) Tenno Sho (2015) |
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| Awards | |
| JRA Award for Best Older Male Horse (2015) | |
| Last updated on 11 October 2016 | |
Lovely Day (Japanese ラブリーデイ, foaled 30 January, 2010) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. After winning his first two races as a two-year-old, the horse recorded only one in from fifteen starts over the next two years. In 2015 however, he showed marked improvement to become one of the best horses in Japan, winning six races including the Takarazuka Kinen and the autumn edition of the Tenno Sho. He was voted Best Older Male Horse in the JRA Awards for 2015.
Lovely Day is a dark bay or brown horse with a white star bred in Japan by his owner Makoto Kaneko. 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 Lord Kanaloa, Rose Kingdom (Japan Cup), Belshazzar (Japan Cup Dirt), Rulership (Queen Elizabeth II Cup) and Apapane. Lovely Day's dam won one race, the Listed Sweetpea Stakes from five starts in 2002 and 2003. The colt was sent into training with Yasutoshi Ikee, previously best known for handling Orfevre.
Lovely Day began his racing career by winning a maiden race over 1800 metres at Kokura Racecourse on 19 August 2012. Four weeks later at Hanshin Racecourse he followed up in the Nojiku Stakes over the same distance, beating Sammaru Home. In November he was dropped in distance but moved up in class for the Grade II Keio Hai Nisai Stakes over 1400 metres at Tokyo Racecourse and finished second of the sixteen runners behind A Shin Top. On his final appearance of the season the colt contested Japan's most prestigious race for juveniles, the Grade I Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes over 1600 metres at Nakayama Racecourse in December and finished seventh, four and a half lengths behind Logotype.
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