Calstone Light O
| Calstone Light O カルストンライトオ | |
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 Calstone Light O in the paddock for the 2005 Hankyu Hai | |
| Sire | Warning |
| Grandsire | Known Fact |
| Dam | Oshima Lucia |
| Damsire | Crystal Glitters |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 3 May 1998 |
| Died | 7 February 2024 (aged 25) |
| Country | Japan |
| Colour | Dark Bay/Brown |
| Breeder | Oshima Bokujo |
| Owner | Sadamitsu Shimizu |
| Racing colours |  |
| Trainer | Yuya Ooneda Hiroyuki Ooneda |
| Jockey | Naohiro Onishi Shigefumi Kumazawa Takao Koike |
| Record | 36: 9-4-7 |
| Earnings | ¥422,044,000 |
| Major wins | |
| Ibis Summer Dash (2002, 2004) Sprinters Stakes (2004) | |
Calstone Light O (Japanese: カルストンライトオ, Hepburn: Karusuton Raito O; 3 May 1998 – 7 February 2024) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He competed from 2000 to 2005, recording nine wins in thirty-six starts, including the Sprinters Stakes in 2004 and the Ibis Summer Dash in 2002 and 2004.[1]
Background
[edit]Calstone Light O was a dark bay horse with a white blaze and a white sock on his right hind leg bred in Urakawa, Hokkaido by Oshima Bokujo.[1] He was sired by Warning, the top-rated European racehorse in 1988[2] who stood as a breeding stallion in Europe before being exported to Japan. His other best progeny included Piccolo, Diktat (Prix Maurice de Gheest, Haydock Sprint Cup), Charnwood Forest (Queen Anne Stakes), and Annus Mirabilis (Dubai Duty Free).[3] Calstone Light O's dam was Oshima Lucia, a daughter of Crystal Glitters who won 4 of her 18 starts.[4]
In 1999, he was offered at the Hokkaido Summer Sale and purchased for ¥18.9 million by Sadamitsu Shimizu.[5] The name "Calstone" was derived from Shimizu's business dealing in pumice (light stone), combined with "Light" and "O" (from the owner's name, Sadamitsu, and "King").[6] He was sent into training with Yuya Ooneda at the JRA's Ritto Training Center, and later transferred to the stable of Hiroyuki Ooneda.[1]
Racing career
[edit]2000: Two-year-old season
[edit]Calstone Light O debuted on November 5, 2000, in a maiden race on the turf at Kyoto Racecourse, winning by a margin of 0.7 seconds.[7] He followed this with a victory in the Kaede Sho (500 Win Allowance) later that month.[7] He concluded his two-year-old season by finishing tenth in the Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes (GI).[7]
2001: Three-year-old season
[edit]In 2001, Calstone Light O competed primarily in sprint stakes races. He won the Aoi Stakes (OP) in May.[7] He finished third in the Falcon Stakes (GIII), the Ibis Summer Dash (GIII), and the Centaur Stakes (GIII).[7] He also placed second in the Fukushima Minyu Cup (OP) and the Margaret Stakes (OP).[7]
2002: Four-year-old season
[edit]Calstone Light O secured his first graded stakes victory in the Ibis Summer Dash (GIII) at Niigata Racecourse in August 2002. Ridden by Naohiro Onishi, he won the 1000-meter straight turf race in a time of 0:53.7, setting a new course record.[7] He subsequently finished third in the Centaur Stakes (GIII) and the Fukushima Minpo Hai (OP).[7]
2003: Five-year-old season
[edit]During the 2003 season, Calstone Light O struggled in graded stakes company, finishing unplaced in the Sprinters Stakes (GI) and the CBC Sho (GII).[7] He recorded his only victory of the year in the Andromeda Stakes (OP) at Kyoto in November.[7]
2004: Six-year-old season
[edit]Calstone Light O won his second Ibis Summer Dash (GIII) in August 2004.[7] On October 3, he contested the Sprinters Stakes (GI) at Nakayama Racecourse. Starting as the fifth favorite on a sloppy track, he took the early lead and maintained his advantage in the final strides, winning by a margin of 0.7 seconds over Durandal.[7]
In December, he traveled to Hong Kong to compete in the Hong Kong Sprint (G1) at Sha Tin Racecourse, where he finished fourteenth behind Silent Witness.[7]
2005: Seven-year-old season
[edit]In his final racing season, Calstone Light O finished second in the Hankyu Hai (GIII) and fourth in the Takamatsunomiya Kinen (GI).[7] He ran fourth in his third attempt at the Ibis Summer Dash and tenth in the Sprinters Stakes.[7] Following the Sprinters Stakes, it was announced that he had developed inflammation in his right foreleg. He was officially retired from racing on November 2, 2005.[8]
Stud career
[edit]Following his retirement, Calstone Light O stood at Lex Stud in Shizunai, Hokkaido, beginning in 2006.[9] He later moved to Hashimoto Bokujo in Abira, and subsequently to Nissei Bokujo in Hidaka.[10] He sired several winners in regional NAR competition, including Brave Call (winner of the Hyogo Derby) and Tulipa (winner of the Hyogo Wakagoma Sho and Nojigiku Sho).[1] He was noted as one of the few active stallions in Japan that is a descendant of the Godolphin Arabian.[10]
Calstone Light O died of old age on February 7, 2024, at Nissei Bokujo at the age of 25.[11]
Statistics
[edit]The following table details all 36 starts of Calstone Light O's racing career based on official netkeiba and JBIS records.
| Date | Distance (Condition) | Race | Class | Course | Odds (Favourite) |
Field | Finish | Time | Winning (Losing) Margin |
Winner (2nd Place) |
Jockey | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 – two-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Nov 5 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | 3-Y-O Newcomer | Maiden | Kyoto | 5.2 (3rd) | 13 | 1st | 1:09.5 | –0.7 | (Capital Luck) | Takao Koike | [7] |
| Nov 25 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Kaede Sho | Allowance | Kyoto | 3.6 (2nd) | 11 | 1st | 1:08.9 | –1.0 | (Rugger Pageant) | Shigefumi Kumazawa | [7] |
| Dec 10 | Turf 1600 m (Good) | Asahi Hai Sansai Stakes | GI | Nakayama | 26.5 (8th) | 16 | 10th | 1:35.7 | 1.2 | Mejiro Bailey | Takao Koike | [7] |
| 2001 – three-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Jan 28 | Dirt 1400 m (Heavy) | Violet Stakes | Open | Kyoto | 3.3 (1st) | 13 | 10th | 1:26.4 | 1.7 | Meiner Ehre | Shigefumi Kumazawa | [7] |
| Apr 1 | Turf 1400 m (Good) | Margaret Stakes | Open | Hanshin | 8.8 (5th) | 14 | 2nd | 1:21.2 | 0.1 | Stima | Shigefumi Kumazawa | [7] |
| May 12 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Aoi Stakes | Open | Kyoto | 2.0 (1st) | 16 | 1st | 1:07.4 | –0.1 | (Resurreccion) | Shigefumi Kumazawa | [7] |
| Jun 10 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Falcon Stakes | GIII | Chukyo | 2.7 (1st) | 17 | 3rd | 1:09.1 | 0.2 | Rusunai Christie | Shigefumi Kumazawa | [7] |
| Jul 8 | Turf 1600 m (Good) | Bodaiju Stakes | Open | Hanshin | 6.5 (5th) | 11 | 4th | 1:34.5 | 0.9 | Meisho Ramses | Shigefumi Kumazawa | [7] |
| Jul 22 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Kitakyushu Tankyori S | Open | Kokura | 3.5 (3rd) | 10 | 1st | 1:07.9 | –0.1 | (Nobori Yukio) | Shigefumi Kumazawa | [7] |
| Aug 19 | Turf 1000 m (Good) | Ibis Summer Dash | GIII | Niigata | 3.0 (1st) | 12 | 3rd | 0:54.2 | 0.3 | Mejiro Darling | Shigefumi Kumazawa | [7] |
| Sep 9 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Centaur Stakes | GIII | Hanshin | 3.0 (1st) | 13 | 3rd | 1:08.2 | 0.1 | Tennessee Girl | Shigefumi Kumazawa | [7] |
| Oct 28 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Fukushima Minyu Cup | Open | Fukushima | 3.6 (1st) | 14 | 2nd | 1:08.5 | 0.4 | Yuwa Falcon | Junichi Serizawa | [7] |
| Nov 25 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Andromeda Stakes | Open | Kyoto | 2.5 (1st) | 11 | 6th | 1:08.4 | 0.3 | Tenshino Kiseki | Hiroshi Kawachi | [7] |
| Dec 15 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | CBC Sho | GII | Chukyo | 4.9 (2nd) | 15 | 9th | 1:10.2 | 1.1 | Rikiai Taikan | Hiroshi Kawachi | [7] |
| 2002 – four-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Jun 8 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | TV Aichi Open | Open | Chukyo | 40.9 (10th) | 18 | 13th | 1:09.9 | 1.3 | Native Heart | Koshiro Take | [7] |
| Jun 29 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | TUF Hai | Allowance | Fukushima | 4.1 (1st) | 16 | 1st | 1:08.4 | –0.4 | (Tenzan Desert) | Naohiro Onishi | [7] |
| Jul 14 | Turf 1400 m (Good) | NST Open | Open | Niigata | 14.1 (5th) | 18 | 7th | 1:19.6 | 0.6 | Magnaten | Naohiro Onishi | [7] |
| Aug 4 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Kokura Nikkei Open | Open | Kokura | 1.5 (1st) | 11 | 3rd | 1:08.3 | 0.2 | Tenshino Kiseki | Shigefumi Kumazawa | [7] |
| Aug 18 | Turf 1000 m (Good) | Ibis Summer Dash | GIII | Niigata | 2.6 (2nd) | 13 | 1st | R0:53.7 | –0.3 | (Breaktime) | Naohiro Onishi | [7] |
| Sep 8 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Centaur Stakes | GIII | Hanshin | 5.8 (2nd) | 12 | 3rd | 1:07.8 | 0.7 | Believe | Naohiro Onishi | [7] |
| Oct 6 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Fukushima Minpo Hai | Open | Fukushima | 3.0 (1st) | 16 | 3rd | 1:08.3 | 0.1 | Star El Dorado | Naohiro Onishi | [7] |
| Oct 26 | Turf 1400 m (Good) | Swan Stakes | GII | Kyoto | 62.8 (11th) | 18 | 13th | 1:21.9 | 2.1 | Shonan Kampf | Shigefumi Kumazawa | [7] |
| 2003 – five-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Sep 14 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Centaur Stakes | GIII | Hanshin | 64.9 (7th) | 13 | 12th | 1:09.4 | 1.6 | Tenshino Kiseki | Koshiro Take | [7] |
| Oct 5 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Sprinters Stakes | GI | Nakayama | 76.9 (11th) | 15 | 13th | 1:09.6 | 1.6 | Durandal | Ichiyo Murata | [7] |
| Oct 26 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Fukushima Minyu Cup | Open | Fukushima | 5.7 (3rd) | 16 | 5th | 1:07.6 | 0.2 | Atago Taisho | Naohiro Onishi | [7] |
| Nov 30 | Turf 1200 m (Heavy) | Andromeda Stakes | Open | Kyoto | 8.6 (5th) | 12 | 1st | 1:10.3 | –0.2 | (She is Tosho) | Takao Koike | [7] |
| Dec 21 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | CBC Sho | GII | Chukyo | 14.9 (5th) | 16 | 10th | 1:09.5 | 1.0 | She is Tosho | Takao Koike | [7] |
| 2004 – six-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Jun 20 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Baden Baden Cup | Open | Fukushima | 10.7 (5th) | 16 | 2nd | 1:07.3 | 0.0 | Wonder Seattle | Naohiro Onishi | [7] |
| Jul 4 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Hakodate Sprint Stakes | GIII | Hakodate | 9.8 (5th) | 15 | 3rd | 1:09.7 | 0.3 | She is Tosho | Junichi Serizawa | [7] |
| Aug 22 | Turf 1000 m (Good) | Ibis Summer Dash | GIII | Niigata | 2.2 (1st) | 12 | 1st | 0:53.9 | –0.5 | (Takao Ruby) | Naohiro Onishi | [7] |
| Oct 3 | Turf 1200 m (Sloppy) | Sprinters Stakes | GI | Nakayama | 8.5 (5th) | 16 | 1st | 1:09.9 | –0.7 | (Durandal) | Naohiro Onishi | [7] |
| Dec 12 | Turf 1000 m (Good) | Hong Kong Sprint | GI | Sha Tin | 5.5 (2nd) | 14 | 14th | 1:00.1 | 3.3 | Silent Witness | Naohiro Onishi | [7] |
| 2005 – seven-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Feb 27 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Hankyu Hai | GIII | Hanshin | 5.7 (3rd) | 16 | 2nd | 1:08.5 | 0.0 | Keeneland Swan | Naohiro Onishi | [7] |
| Mar 27 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Takamatsunomiya Kinen | GI | Chukyo | 7.1 (3rd) | 18 | 4th | 1:08.9 | 0.5 | Admire Max | Naohiro Onishi | [7] |
| Aug 21 | Turf 1000 m (Good) | Ibis Summer Dash | GIII | Niigata | 1.8 (1st) | 13 | 4th | 0:54.5 | 0.5 | T M Churasan | Naohiro Onishi | [7] |
| Oct 2 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Sprinters Stakes | GI | Nakayama | 26.3 (8th) | 16 | 10th | 1:08.0 | 0.7 | Silent Witness | Naohiro Onishi | [7] |
In popular culture
[edit]Calstone Light O is depicted as an anthropomorphic character in Umamusume: Pretty Derby, voiced by Yumiko Mochizuki.[12] She is depicted as a straight-faced girl with a strange obsession with speed and straight lines that extends outside the racetrack. She is single-minded and prefers to do tasks as quickly and efficiently as possible and has a strong dislike for curves, which she regularly attempts to remove from her daily life.
Pedigree
[edit]| Sire Warning (GB) 1985 |
Known Fact (USA) 1977 |
In Reality | Intentionally |
|---|---|---|---|
| My Dear Girl | |||
| Tamerett | Tim Tam | ||
| Mixed Marriage | |||
| Slightly Dangerous (USA) 1979 |
Roberto | Hail to Reason | |
| Bramalea | |||
| Where You Lead | Raise a Native | ||
| Noblesse | |||
| Dam Oshima Lucia (JPN) 1990 |
Crystal Glitters (USA) 1980 |
Blushing Groom (FR) 1974 |
Red God |
| Runaway Bride | |||
| Tales to Tell (USA) 1967 |
Donut King | ||
| Fleeting Doll | |||
| Oshima Suzuran (JPN) 1978 |
Kauai King (USA) 1963 |
Native Dancer (1950) | |
| Sweep In | |||
| Never Jo O (JPN) 1969 |
Never Beat | ||
| Gunshin (1959) (Family 10-b)[13] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "カルストンライトオ (Calstone Light O) - Profile & Race Record". JBIS Search (in Japanese). Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- ↑ Morris, Tony; Randall, John (1990). Horse Racing: Records, Facts, Champions (3rd ed.). Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-902-1.
- ↑ "Warning Stud Record". Racing Post. 15 February 2012. Archived from the original on 7 April 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
- ↑ "Oshima Lucia Race Record and Form". netkeiba. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Calstone Light O - Horse Profile". netkeiba. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- ↑ "芦谷有香のオーナーサロン vol.217 スプリンターズS優勝馬カルストンライトオのオーナー 清水 貞光氏". Shukan Keiba Book (in Japanese). 7 November 2004.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 "カルストンライトオ 競走成績". netkeiba (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- ↑ "カルストンライトオ引退" (in Japanese). Radio Nikkei. 2 November 2005. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- ↑ "カルストンライトオ". Uma Furusato (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- 1 2 "カルストンライトオ / Calstone Light O". Dream Horse (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- ↑ "日西牧場の公式X（旧Twitter）". X (formerly Twitter) (in Japanese). 7 February 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- ↑ "カルストンライトオ" (in Japanese). Cygames. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- ↑ "Thoroughbred Bloodlines – Bonny Bell – Family 10-b". www.bloodlines.net. Archived from the original on 20 April 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
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