Orfevre

Orfevre
Orfevre after winning the 2011 Arima Kinen
Sire	Stay Gold
Grandsire	Sunday Silence
Dam	Oriental Art
Damsire	Mejiro McQueen
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	2008
Country	Japan
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Shadai Farm
Owner	Sunday Racing
Trainer	Yasutoshi Ikee
Record	21: 12-6-2
Earnings	1,344,084,000 JPY + EUR 2,159,880
Major wins
Spring Stakes (2011) Satsuki Sho (2011) Tokyo Yushun (2011) Kobe Shimbun Hai (2011) Kikuka Sho (2011) Arima Kinen (2011, 2013) Takarazuka Kinen(2012) Prix Foy (2012, 2013) Sankei Osaka Hai (2013)
Awards
JRA Award for Best Three-Year-Old Colt (2011) Japanese Horse of the Year (2011) JRA Award for Best Older Male Horse (2012)
Honours
JRA Hall of Fame Horse (2015)
Last updated on September 14, 2015

Orfevre (Japanese : オルフェーヴル, foaled May 14, 2008) is a retired Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. In 2011 he won the Japanese Triple Crown and was voted Japanese Horse of the Year. In 2012 he added victories in the Takarazuka Kinen and the Prix Foy but was narrowly beaten in both the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the Japan Cup. He acquired the reputation of being an extremely talented but temperamental racehorse. In 2013 Orfevre again won the Prix Foy and finished second in the Arc before ending his career with an eight length win in the Arima Kinen.

Orfevre (French for "goldsmith") is a chestnut horse with a white blaze, bred by the Shadai Farm in Hokkaido, Japan. His sire Stay Gold, a son of the thirteen time Leading sire in Japan Sunday Silence, was a successful international performer, winning the Dubai Sheema Classic and the Hong Kong Vase. Standing at stud at the Big Red Farm in Hokkaido, he has produced numerous important winners including Dream Journey, Nakayama Festa and Gold Ship. His dam Oriental Art was a daughter of the Hall of Fame inductee Mejiro McQueen was also the dam of Dream Journey. The horse was ridden in Japan by Kenichi Ikezoe while Christophe Soumillon rode the horse in his European races.