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.jpg) Meikei Yell at the 2022 Centaur Stakes | |
| Breed | Thoroughbred |
| Sire | Mikki Isle |
| Grandsire | Deep Impact |
| Dam | Shiroinger |
| Damsire | Harbinger |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 23 February 2018 |
| Country | Japan |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Northern Farm |
| Owner | Nagoya Keiba Co. |
| Trainer | Hidenori Take |
| Jockey | Kenichi Ikezoe |
| Record | 20: 7-0-0 |
| Earnings | ¥343,057,200 |
| Major wins | |
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Meikei Yell (Japanese: メイケイエール, Meikei Ēru; foaled 23 February 2018) is a retired Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. She competed from 2020 to 2024, recording seven wins from twenty starts, including the Tulip Sho (GII) in 2021, the Keio Hai Spring Cup (GII) in 2022, the Centaur Stakes (GII) in 2022, the Kokura Nisai Stakes (GIII) in 2020, the Fantasy Stakes (GIII) in 2020, and the Silk Road Stakes (GIII) in 2022.[1] She never won a GI race despite ten attempts.[2] Her name combines "Meikei," the owner's prefix, with "Yell" (応援).[1]
Background
[edit]Meikei Yell is a bay filly bred in Abira, Hokkaido, by Northern Farm.[1] She was sired by Mikki Isle, a son of Deep Impact, and her dam was Shiroinger (シロインジャー), a white mare by Harbinger.[3] Shiroinger is a descendant of the white horse family tracing back to Shirayukihime (シラユキヒメ); Meikei Yell's dam is white but Meikei Yell herself is bay.[3] She is owned by Nagoya Keiba Co., Ltd., owner of the Chukyo Racecourse, and was trained by Hidenori Take at the JRA's Ritto Training Center.[1]
Racing career
[edit]2020: two-year-old season
[edit]Meikei Yell debuted on 22 August 2020 in a maiden race at Kokura Racecourse, winning by 0.8 seconds.[4] She won the Kokura Nisai Stakes (GIII) on 6 September and the Fantasy Stakes (GIII) at Hanshin Racecourse on 7 November in a race-record time of 1:20.1.[5] She finished fourth in the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (GI) on 13 December.[2]
2021: three-year-old season
[edit]Meikei Yell won the Tulip Sho (GII) at Hanshin on 6 March in a dead heat with Elizabeth Tower.[6] She finished last of eighteen in the Oka Shō (GI) on 11 April after failing to settle.[2] She finished seventh in the Keeneland Cup (GIII) on 29 August and fourth in the Sprinters Stakes (GI) on 3 October.[2]
2022: four-year-old season
[edit]Meikei Yell won the Silk Road Stakes (GIII) at Chukyo Racecourse on 30 January.[2] She finished fifth in the Takamatsunomiya Kinen (GI) on 27 March.[2] She won the Keio Hai Spring Cup (GII) at Tokyo Racecourse on 14 May.[7] She won the Centaur Stakes (GII) at Chukyo on 11 September in a race-record time of 1:06.2.[2] She finished fourteenth in the Sprinters Stakes (GI) on 2 October and fifth in the Hong Kong Sprint (G1) at Sha Tin Racecourse on 11 December.[2]
2023: five-year-old season
[edit]Meikei Yell finished twelfth in the Takamatsunomiya Kinen (GI) on 26 March, fifteenth in the Yasuda Kinen (GI) on 4 June, and fifth in the Sprinters Stakes (GI) on 1 October.[2] She finished ninth in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) at Santa Anita Park on 4 November, her first dirt start.[2]
2024: six-year-old season
[edit]Meikei Yell finished tenth in the Kyoto Himba Stakes (GIII) on 17 February.[2] Her final race was the Takamatsunomiya Kinen (GI) on 24 March, where she finished ninth.[8] A retirement ceremony was held after the race.[8] She was retired on 27 March 2024 and entered stud at Northern Farm.[9]
Statistics
[edit]The following table details all 20 starts of Meikei Yell's racing career. Record current as of 24 March 2024.
| Date | Distance (Condition) | Race | Class | Course | Odds (Favourite) |
Field | Finish | Time | Jockey | Winning (Losing) Margin |
Winner (2nd Place) |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 – two-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Aug 22 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | 2-Y-O Newcomer | Maiden | Kokura | 1.9 (1st) | 17 | 1st | 1:09.4 | Yuichi Fukunaga | –0.8 | (Pegasus Wing) | [4] |
| Sep 6 | Turf 1200 m (Heavy) | Kokura Nisai Stakes | GIII | Kokura | 6.3 (2nd) | 10 | 1st | 1:09.6 | Yutaka Take | –0.2 | (Mondreise) | [2] |
| Nov 7 | Turf 1400 m (Good) | Fantasy Stakes | GIII | Hanshin | 2.5 (1st) | 12 | 1st | R1:20.1 | Yutaka Take | –0.1 | (Opal Moon) | [5] |
| Dec 13 | Turf 1600 m (Good) | Hanshin Juvenile Fillies | GI | Hanshin | 4.7 (3rd) | 18 | 4th | 1:33.3 | Yutaka Take | 0.2 | Sodashi | [2] |
| 2021 – three-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Mar 6 | Turf 1600 m (Yielding) | Tulip Sho | GII | Hanshin | 1.6 (1st) | 12 | 1st | 1:33.8 | Yutaka Take | 0.0 | (Elizabeth Tower) | [6] |
| Apr 11 | Turf 1600 m (Good) | Oka Shō | GI | Hanshin | 6.4 (3rd) | 18 | 18th | 1:34.0 | Norihiro Yokoyama | 2.9 | Sodashi | [2] |
| Aug 29 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Keeneland Cup | GIII | Sapporo | 2.8 (1st) | 16 | 7th | 1:09.4 | Yutaka Take | 0.3 | Lei Haria | [2] |
| Oct 3 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Sprinters Stakes | GI | Nakayama | 24.9 (7th) | 16 | 4th | 1:07.8 | Kenichi Ikezoe | 0.7 | Pixie Knight | [2] |
| 2022 – four-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Jan 30 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Silk Road Stakes | GIII | Chukyo | 4.0 (2nd) | 18 | 1st | 1:08.1 | Kenichi Ikezoe | –0.1 | (Shine Garnet) | [2] |
| Mar 27 | Turf 1200 m (Heavy) | Takamatsunomiya Kinen | GI | Chukyo | 5.2 (2nd) | 18 | 5th | 1:08.4 | Kenichi Ikezoe | 0.1 | Naran Huleg | [2] |
| May 14 | Turf 1400 m (Good) | Keio Hai Spring Cup | GII | Tokyo | 3.1 (1st) | 12 | 1st | 1:20.2 | Kenichi Ikezoe | –0.1 | (Sky Groove) | [7] |
| Sep 11 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Centaur Stakes | GII | Chukyo | 1.7 (1st) | 13 | 1st | R1:06.2 | Kenichi Ikezoe | –0.4 | (Fast Force) | [2] |
| Oct 2 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Sprinters Stakes | GI | Nakayama | 2.5 (1st) | 16 | 14th | 1:08.7 | Kenichi Ikezoe | 0.9 | Gendarme | [2] |
| Dec 11 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Hong Kong Sprint | G1 | Sha Tin | 22.0 (6th) | 14 | 5th | 1:09.02 | James McDonald | 0.26 | Wellington | [2] |
| 2023 – five-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Mar 26 | Turf 1200 m (Soft) | Takamatsunomiya Kinen | GI | Chukyo | 4.5 (1st) | 18 | 12th | 1:12.6 | Kenichi Ikezoe | 1.1 | Fast Force | [2] |
| Jun 4 | Turf 1600 m (Good) | Yasuda Kinen | GI | Tokyo | 37.0 (12th) | 18 | 15th | 1:32.7 | Kenichi Ikezoe | 1.3 | Songline | [2] |
| Oct 1 | Turf 1200 m (Good) | Sprinters Stakes | GI | Nakayama | 12.4 (5th) | 16 | 5th | 1:08.4 | Kenichi Ikezoe | 0.4 | Mama Cocha | [2] |
| Nov 4 | Dirt 1400 m (Fast) | Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint | G1 | Santa Anita | 23.5 (6th) | 9 | 9th | 1:25.51 | Kenichi Ikezoe | 2.54 | Goodnight Olive | [2] |
| 2024 – six-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Feb 17 | Turf 1400 m (Good) | Kyoto Himba Stakes | GIII | Kyoto | 7.6 (3rd) | 18 | 10th | 1:20.9 | Kenichi Ikezoe | 0.6 | So Dazzling | [2] |
| Mar 24 | Turf 1200 m (Heavy) | Takamatsunomiya Kinen | GI | Chukyo | 21.9 (10th) | 18 | 9th | 1:10.0 | Kenichi Ikezoe | 1.1 | Mad Cool | [8] |
Pedigree
[edit]| Sire Mikki Isle (JPN) 2011 |
Deep Impact (JPN) 2002 |
Sunday Silence | Halo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wishing Well | |||
| Wind in Her Hair | Alzao | ||
| Burghclere | |||
| Star Isle (IRE) 2004 |
Rock of Gibraltar | Danehill | |
| Offshore Boom | |||
| Isle de France | Nureyev | ||
| Stella Madrid | |||
| Dam Shiroinger (JPN) 2013 |
Harbinger (GB) 2006 |
Dansili | Danehill |
| Hasili | |||
| Penang Pearl | Bering | ||
| Guapa | |||
| Yukichan (JPN) 2005 |
Kurofune | French Deputy | |
| Blue Avenue | |||
| Shirayukihime | Sunday Silence | ||
| Wave Wind |
- Meikei Yell is inbred 3 × 4 to Sunday Silence and 4 × 4 to Danehill.[3]
- Her sire Mikki Isle won the 2014 NHK Mile Cup.[3]
- Her dam Shiroinger is a white mare. Her grandmother Yukichan won the 2008 Kanto Oaks.[3]
- Her relatives include Sodashi, Mama Cocha, and Hayayakko.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "メイケイエール". JBIS Search (in Japanese). Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- 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 "メイケイエール 競走成績". JBIS Search (in Japanese). Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "メイケイエール - 5代血統表". JBIS Search (in Japanese). Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- 1 2 "メイケイエール 競走成績". netkeiba (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- 1 2 "【ファンタジーS結果】武豊メイケイエールがレコードでV！無傷3連勝！". netkeiba (in Japanese). 7 November 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- 1 2 "【チューリップ賞結果】メイケイエールとエリザベスタワーの1着同着". netkeiba (in Japanese). 6 March 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- 1 2 "【京王杯スプリングC結果】メイケイエールが人気に応えて重賞5勝目". netkeiba (in Japanese). 14 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 "メイケイエールが高松宮記念で引退 武英師が発表". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 20 February 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ "メイケイエールの競走馬登録抹消". netkeiba (in Japanese). 27 March 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2026.