Vodka (horse)
| Vodka | |
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2007 Tokyo Yūshun race, Tokyo Racecourse
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| Sire | Tanino Gimlet |
| Grandsire | Brian's Time (USA) |
| Dam | Tanino Sister |
| Damsire | Rousillon (USA) |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 2004 |
| Country | Japan |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Country Bokujo |
| Owner | Yuzo Tanimizu |
| Trainer | Katsuhiko Sumii |
| Record | 26: 10-5-3 |
| Earnings | 793,578,000 JPY $13,147,826 USD |
| Major wins | |
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Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (2006) Tokyo Yūshun (2007) Yasuda Kinen(2008, 2009) Tenno Sho (Autumn)(2008) Victoria Mile (2009) Japan Cup (2009) |
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| Awards | |
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JRA Award for Best Two-Year-Old Filly (2006) Japanese Champion Older Female (2008, 2009) Japanese Horse of the Year (2008, 2009) JRA Special Achievement Award (2007) |
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| Honours | |
| Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame (2011) | |
| Last updated on December 23, 2008 | |
Vodka (ウオッカ?) (4 April 2004 - ) is a Japanese Thoroughbred racemare that won the 2007 Group One (GI) Tokyo Yūshun (Japanese Derby), the first filly to win this race in 64 years, as well as winning the 2009 Japan Cup. She won seven G1 races in Japan and is the highest earning racemare in Thoroughbred history.
Vodka was foaled on 4 April 2004 at Country Bokujo in Hokkaido's Shizunai. She is a bay mare by the 2002 Tokyo Yushun (Derby) winner, Tanino Gimlet out of Tanino Sister by Rousillon (USA).
Vodka is owned by Yuzo Tanimizu and trained by Katsuhiko Sumii.
In 2006, Vodka won her first race start and was second in the ungraded Kigiku Sho race which was also contested at the Kyoto Racecourse before she won the G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies race at the Hanshin Racecourse. Vodka was then awarded the 2007 Best Two-Year-Old Filly.
In 2007, Vodka won her first start in the ungraded Elfin Stakes, followed by another win in the G3 Tulip Sho, from Daiwa Scarlet, who finished in second place. At her next start on 8 April, in the G1 Oka Sho (Cherry Blossom Awards), the first race of the Japanese Filly Triple Crown, Daiwa Scarlet relegated Vodka into second place. Daiwa Scarlet and Vodka would go on to meet a total of four times that year. Daiwa Scarlet defeated her in three of those races. One of those wasn't a win though, in the 2007 G1 Arima Kinen at Nakayama Racecourse, Daiwa Scarlet finished second to Matsurida Gogh, with Vodka finishing 11th.
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