Daring Heart
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 Daring Heart at the 2008 February Stakes | |
| Breed | Thoroughbred |
| Sire | Sunday Silence |
| Grandsire | Halo |
| Dam | Daring Danzig |
| Damsire | Danzig |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 9 March 2002 |
| Country | Japan |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Shadai Farm |
| Owner | Shadai Race Horse |
| Racing colours |  |
| Trainer | Hideaki Fujiwara |
| Jockey | |
| Record | 26: 4-4-4 |
| Earnings | ¥274,862,000 |
| Major wins | |
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Daring Heart (Japanese: デアリングハート, Dearingu Hāto; foaled 9 March 2002) is a retired Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She recorded four wins from twenty-six starts between 2004 and 2008, including the Queen Stakes (GIII) in 2006 and the Fuchu Himba Stakes (GIII) in 2006 and 2007.[1] She placed in two Grade 1 races, finishing third in the 2005 Oka Sho and second in the 2005 NHK Mile Cup.[1] She is the granddam of Daring Tact, the winner of the 2020 Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown.[2] Her name means "brave heart".[2]
Background
[edit]Daring Heart is a chestnut mare foaled in Chitose, Hokkaido, by Shadai Farm.[2] She was sired by Sunday Silence, and her dam was Daring Danzig, a mare by Danzig.[3] She was owned by Shadai Race Horse and trained by Hideaki Fujiwara at the JRA's Ritto Training Center.[2] Her notable stablemates at the Shadai Farm from the 2002 crop included Air Messiah, Maruka Rascal, Shadow Gate and Agnes Jedi.[2]
Racing career
[edit]2004: two-year-old season
[edit]Daring Heart debuted on 9 October 2004 in a 2-year-old newcomer race over 1400 metres on turf at Kyoto Racecourse, finishing second behind Mayano Stardom with Koshiro Take.[4] On 30 October, she won her maiden race over 1600 metres at Kyoto on turf by 0.4 seconds.[5] On 5 December, she ran in the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (GI) at Hanshin Racecourse, finishing fifth behind Shonan Peintre.[1]
2005: three-year-old season
[edit]She began the year with a third in the Kobai Stakes and a sixth in the Elfin Stakes at Kyoto.[1] On 13 March, she finished second in the Fillies' Revue (GII) at Hanshin behind Rhein Kraft, earning priority entry to the Oka Sho.[6] On 10 April, she started as the 10th favourite in the Oka Sho (GI) at Hanshin. Ridden by Mirco Demuro, she finished third, a neck behind the second-place Cesario, who in turn was beaten by Rhein Kraft by a head.[7] On 8 May, she ran in the NHK Mile Cup (GI) at Tokyo Racecourse. Starting as the 10th favourite, she improved one place to finish second behind Rhein Craft.[8]
She then finished fourth in the GIII Queen Stakes, 12th in the Shuka Sho behind Air Messiah, and 15th in the Swan Stakes.[1]
2006: four-year-old season
[edit]Daring Heart began the year with a 12th in the Hanshin Himba Stakes and a sixth in the inaugural Victoria Mile.[1] On 13 August, she contested the Queen Stakes at Sapporo Racecourse. Ridden by Shinji Fujita, she defeated the Grade 1 winner Yamanin Sucre to record her first graded stakes victory.[9] On 15 October, she won the Fuchu Himba Stakes (GIII) at Tokyo, recording her second consecutive graded win.[10] She ended the year with a 13th in the Mile Championship behind Daiwa Major.[1]
2007: five-year-old season
[edit]She began the year with a sixth in the Lord Derby Challenge Trophy at Nakayama Racecourse.[1] On 13 May, she finished third in the Victoria Mile (JpnI) at Tokyo behind Koiuta.[11] After a ninth in the Epsom Cup and a seventh in the Queen Stakes, she won the Fuchu Himba Stakes at Tokyo on 14 October for the second consecutive year, defeating Asahi Rising.[12] She then finished 12th in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup behind Daiwa Scarlet, and third in the Queen Sho at Funabashi Racecourse.[1]
2008: six-year-old season
[edit]Daring Heart began the year on 16 January in the TCK Jo-o Hai (JpnIII) at Ohi Racecourse, finishing second behind Rapid Orange.[13] On 24 February, she ran in the February Stakes (GI) on dirt at Tokyo, finishing seventh behind Vermilion.[14] She was retired from racing on 28 February 2008 to become a broodmare.[15]
Race record
[edit]The following table details all 26 starts of Daring Heart's racing career based on official JBIS and netkeiba records. Record current as of her final start on 24 February 2008.[1][16]
| Date | Distance (Condition) | Race | Class | Course | Odds (Favourite) |
Field | Finish | Time | Jockey | Winning (Losing) Margin |
Winner (2nd Place) |
Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 – two-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Oct 9 | Turf 1400 m (Yielding) | 2-Y-O Newcomer | Maiden | Kyoto | 3.4 (2nd) | 10 | 2nd | 1:24.8 | Koshiro Take | 0.2 | Mayano Stardom | [4] |
| Oct 30 | Turf 1600 m (Good) | 2-Y-O Maiden | Maiden | Kyoto | 2.5 (1st) | 14 | 1st | 1:35.3 | Koshiro Take | –0.4 | (Toho Levin) | [5] |
| Dec 5 | Turf 1600 m (Good) | Hanshin Juvenile Fillies | GI | Hanshin | 36.6 (11th) | 18 | 5th | 1:35.5 | Koshiro Take | 0.3 | Shonan Peintre | [1] |
| 2005 – three-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Jan 16 | Turf 1400 m (Good) | Kobai Stakes | Open | Kyoto | 4.0 (2nd) | 13 | 3rd | 1:24.4 | Koshiro Take | 0.1 | Erimo Final | [1] |
| Feb 5 | Turf 1600 m (Good) | Elfin Stakes | Open | Kyoto | 6.0 (3rd) | 12 | 6th | 1:36.5 | Koshiro Take | 0.5 | Air Messiah | [1] |
| Mar 13 | Turf 1400 m (Good) | Fillies' Revue | GII | Hanshin | 28.4 (7th) | 15 | 2nd | 1:21.2 | Koshiro Take | 0.0 | Rhein Kraft | [6] |
| Apr 10 | Turf 1600 m (Good) | Oka Sho | GI | Hanshin | 20.0 (10th) | 18 | 3rd | 1:33.6 | Mirco Demuro | 0.1 | Rhein Kraft | [7] |
| May 8 | Turf 1600 m (Good) | NHK Mile Cup | GI | Tokyo | 36.6 (10th) | 18 | 2nd | 1:33.9 | Hiroki Goto | 0.3 | Rhein Kraft | [8] |
| Aug 14 | Turf 1800 m (Good) | Queen Stakes | GIII | Sapporo | 2.9 (1st) | 14 | 4th | 1:47.2 | Hiroki Goto | 0.5 | Les Clefs d'Or | [1] |
| Oct 16 | Turf 2000 m (Good) | Shuka Sho | GI | Kyoto | 20.6 (3rd) | 18 | 12th | 2:01.1 | Hiroki Goto | 1.9 | Air Messiah | [1] |
| Oct 29 | Turf 1400 m (Heavy) | Swan Stakes | GII | Kyoto | 7.3 (3rd) | 18 | 15th | 1:22.8 | Mikio Matsunaga | 1.3 | Cosmo Sunbeam | [1] |
| 2006 – four-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Apr 8 | Turf 1400 m (Good) | Hanshin Himba Stakes | GII | Hanshin | 28.4 (7th) | 12 | 12th | 1:23.3 | Mirco Demuro | 2.1 | Rhein Kraft | [1] |
| May 14 | Turf 1600 m (Yielding) | Victoria Mile | GI | Tokyo | 82.9 (11th) | 18 | 6th | 1:34.6 | Shinji Fujita | 0.6 | Dance in the Mood | [1] |
| Jun 11 | Turf 1800 m (Heavy) | Epsom Cup | GIII | Tokyo | 27.2 (10th) | 18 | 4th | 1:49.5 | Shinji Fujita | 0.3 | Top Gun Joe | [1] |
| Aug 13 | Turf 1800 m (Good) | Queen Stakes | GIII | Sapporo | 5.1 (3rd) | 14 | 1st | 1:46.7 | Shinji Fujita | –0.3 | (Yamanin Sucre) | [9] |
| Oct 15 | Turf 1800 m (Good) | Fuchu Himba Stakes | GIII | Tokyo | 4.8 (2nd) | 16 | 1st | 1:47.5 | Hiroki Goto | –0.0 | (Sanrei Jasper) | [10] |
| Nov 19 | Turf 1600 m (Good) | Mile Championship | GI | Kyoto | 27.4 (7th) | 18 | 13th | 1:33.9 | Shinji Fujita | 1.2 | Daiwa Major | [1] |
| 2007 – five-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Apr 1 | Turf 1600 m (Good) | Lord Derby Challenge Trophy | GIII | Nakayama | 11.6 (6th) | 15 | 6th | 1:33.7 | Shinji Fujita | 0.6 | Picaresque Coat | [1] |
| May 13 | Turf 1600 m (Good) | Victoria Mile | JpnI | Tokyo | 32.6 (8th) | 18 | 3rd | 1:32.6 | Shinji Fujita | 0.1 | Koiuta | [11] |
| Jun 10 | Turf 1800 m (Yielding) | Epsom Cup | GIII | Tokyo | 6.5 (3rd) | 18 | 9th | 1:49.2 | Shinji Fujita | 0.9 | Eishin Deputy | [1] |
| Aug 12 | Turf 1800 m (Good) | Queen Stakes | JpnIII | Sapporo | 7.1 (4th) | 12 | 7th | 1:47.2 | Shinji Fujita | 0.5 | Asahi Rising | [1] |
| Oct 14 | Turf 1800 m (Good) | Fuchu Himba Stakes | GIII | Tokyo | 7.8 (4th) | 16 | 1st | 1:45.4 | Shinji Fujita | –0.3 | (Asahi Rising) | [12] |
| Nov 11 | Turf 2200 m (Good) | Queen Elizabeth II Cup | GI | Kyoto | 22.0 (8th) | 13 | 12th | 2:13.0 | Shinji Fujita | 1.1 | Daiwa Scarlet | [1] |
| Dec 5 | Dirt 1800 m (Yielding) | Queen Sho | JpnIII | Funabashi | 6.5 (4th) | 14 | 3rd | 1:52.5 | Shinji Fujita | 0.9 | White Melody | [1] |
| 2008 – six-year-old season | ||||||||||||
| Jan 16 | Dirt 1800 m (Good) | TCK Jo-o Hai | JpnIII | Ohi | 2.4 (1st) | 14 | 2nd | 1:54.3 | Shinji Fujita | 0.2 | Rapid Orange | [13] |
| Feb 24 | Dirt 1600 m (Good) | February Stakes | GI | Tokyo | 36.9 (10th) | 16 | 7th | 1:36.5 | Shinji Fujita | 1.2 | Vermilion | [14] |
Broodmare career
[edit]Daring Heart retired to Shadai Farm as a broodmare.[15] Her first foal, Daring Bird (by King Kamehameha), is the dam of Daring Tact, the winner of the 2020 Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown.[2] Her other foals include Daring Edge, Heart Rich, Ravanchiful, Eternal Heart, Daring Woman, Awesome Dealer and Bravely.[17] She was retired from broodmare duty on 11 November 2022.[18]
Pedigree
[edit]| Sire Sunday Silence (USA) 1986 |
Halo (USA) 1969 |
Hail to Reason | Turn-to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nothirdchance | |||
| Cosmah | Cosmic Bomb | ||
| Almahmoud | |||
| Wishing Well (USA) 1975 |
Understanding | Promised Land | |
| Pretty Ways | |||
| Mountain Flower | Montparnasse | ||
| Edelweiss | |||
| Dam Daring Danzig (USA) 1990 |
Danzig (USA) 1977 |
Northern Dancer | Nearctic |
| Natalma | |||
| Pas de Nom | Admiral's Voyage | ||
| Petitioner | |||
| Impetuous Gal (USA) 1975 |
Briartic | Nearctic | |
| Sweet Lady Briar | |||
| Impetuous Lady | Hasty Rord | ||
| Escocesa |
- Daring Heart is inbred 4 × 5 to Almahmoud and 4 × 4 to Nearctic (within the dam line).[3]
- Her half-brothers Ection Park (by Forty Niner) and Pit Fighter (by Pulpit) both won graded stakes races.[3]
References
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- 1 2 3 "デアリングハート 血統情報：5代血統表". JBIS Search (in Japanese). Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- 1 2 "【新馬】（京都4R）〜マヤノスターダム初戦突破". Radio Nikkei (in Japanese). 9 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
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- 1 2 "【TCK女王杯】（大井）〜ラピッドオレンジ、重賞初制覇". Radio Nikkei (in Japanese). 16 January 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- 1 2 "【フェブラリーS（GI）】（東京）〜王者ヴァーミリアン 貫録勝ち". Radio Nikkei (in Japanese). 24 February 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- 1 2 "デアリングハート引退、繁殖入り". Radio Nikkei (in Japanese). 27 February 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- ↑ "デアリングハートの競走成績". netkeiba (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- ↑ "デアリングハートの繁殖牝馬情報". Keiba Lab (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- ↑ "デアリングハート". Japan Stud Book International (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2026.