Rose Kingdom

Rose Kingdom
Rose Kingdom in April 2010
Sire	King Kamehameha
Grandsire	Kingmambo
Dam	Rosebud
Damsire	Sunday Silence
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	10 May 2007
Country	Japan
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Northern Farm
Owner	Sunday Racing Co Ltd
Trainer	Kojiro Hashiguchi
Record	25: 6-2-3
Earnings	¥694,668,000
Major wins
Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes (2009) Kobe Shimbun Hai (2010) Japan Cup (2010) Kyoto Daishoten (2011)
Awards
Japanese Champion two-year-old colt (2009)

Rose KIngdom (Japanese ローズキングダム, foaled 10 May 2007) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from 2009 until 2013 he won six of his twenty-five races. As a two-year-old in 2009 he was undefeated in three races and was voted Japanese Champion two-year-old colt. In the following year he won the Kobe Shimbun Hai and finished second in both the Satsuki Sho and the Tokyo Yushun before being awarded the Japan Cup on the disqualification of Buena Vista. He won only once in sixteen subsequent starts and was retired from racing in 2013.

Rose Kingdom is a dark bay or brown horse with a small white star standing 1.63 metres bred in Japan by Northern 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 Lord Kanaloa, Lovely Day, Belshazzar (Japan Cup Dirt), Rulership (Queen Elizabeth II Cup) and Apapane. Rose Kingdom's dam Rosebud won three races including the Grade II Fillies' Revue and finished second in the Oka Sho, Yushun Himba and Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup. She was a descendant of the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches winner Riverqueen.