Draft:Halwa Sweet
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| Halwa Sweet ハルーワスウィート | |
|---|---|
| Breed | Thoroughbred |
| Sire | Machiavellian |
| Grandsire | Mr. Prospector |
| Dam | Halwa Song |
| Damsire | Nureyev |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | March 12, 2001 |
| Died | 2024 |
| Country | Japan |
| Color | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Northern Farm |
| Owner | Kazumi Yoshida |
| Racing colors |  |
| Trainer | Yasuo Tomomichi |
| Record | 22: 5-2-1 |
| Earnings | ¥59,110,000 JPY |
Halwa Sweet (Japanese: ハルーワスウィート, Hepburn: Harūwa Suwīto; March 12, 2001—circa. 2024) was a Japanese racehorse and mare.
Background
[edit]Halwa Sweet is a filly bred in 2001 at Northern Farm in Abira Town, Hokkaido. The name means "sweet confection."[1] Her dam, Halwa Song, was a broodmare who entered the breeding program without ever racing; her maternal line traces back to Glorious Song, the 1980 Eclipse Award-winning Older Filly and Mare, who also produced 1996 Eclipse Award-winning Turf Horse Sing Spirit and Grand Opera, the sire of the successful stallions Rai and Meisei Opera—making her a horse of excellent pedigree. Her sire was Machiavellian, who stood at stud in the United States and sired numerous successful racehorses. Haruwa Sweet was conceived in the United States, imported to Japan, and born at Northern Farm, making her what is known as an “imported mare.” Haruwa Sweet was born without a coccyx and lacked a tail [6]. Racehorses are said to use their tails to maintain balance while turning, but Haruwa Sweet was burdened with the handicap of lacking that function [6].
Yasuo Tomomichi, a trainer based at the Ritto Training Center, was a rookie technical trainer who had just obtained his trainer’s license and did not yet have his own stable when Haruwa Sweet was a young horse.[2] In preparation for his upcoming opening, Tomomichi was searching for a young foal to be the first member of the Tomomichi Stable. Just then, upon a recommendation from Katsumi Yoshida, he set his sights on Haruwa Sweet, who was a newborn yearling at the time [6]. Tomomichi found Haruwa Sweet’s physique appealing.[2] As soon as he opened his stable, he brought Haruwa Sweet into the Tomomichi Stable.[2] Haruwa Sweet’s pedigree was not the kind typically entrusted to a trainer-in-training who had not yet opened his own stable, but Tomomichi reflects that the reason he was able to take on such a horse was likely because she had no tail.[3]
Racing career
[edit]Haruwa Sweet made her racing debut in 2003 and, before retiring in 2007, recorded five wins and rose to the quasi-open class.[4]
Racing form
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Retirement
[edit]Haruwa Sweet became a broodmare at Northern Farm in 2007.[5] In her first breeding season, she was bred to Dance in the Dark and gave birth to her first foal, a colt, in 2008 [10].[5] That same year, during her second breeding season, she was bred to Deep Impact.[5]On March 5, 2009, her second foal—a bay filly (later named Verxina)—was born [1].
Haruwa’s Sweet went on to give birth to her third foal in 2010; after a barren year due to a failed pregnancy, she gave birth to her “fourth foal”—a chestnut colt (sire: Heart’s Cry)—in 2012, and her “fifth foal”—a blue-roan filly (sire: Deep Impact)—in 2013.[5] This “fourth foal” is Cheval Grand, and the “fifth foal” is Vixlos.[5]
Vilcina won the Victoria Mile in 2013 and 2014; Shuval Gran won the 2017 Japan Cup; and Vibros won the 2016 Shuka Sho and the 2017 Dubai Turf, all becoming G1 winners. Having three of her offspring win G1 races ties the Japanese record held by Dancing Key and Caesarion.
Due to this outstanding breeding record, the name “Halwa Sweet” was later designated by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities as an internationally protected name (prohibiting its use for Thoroughbreds worldwide) [11].
She retired from breeding in 2021.[6] Afterward, she served as a lead horse at Northern Farm, guiding foals immediately after weaning [8], and died in 2024 at the age of 23.[7]
All eight of Halwa Sweet’s offspring are owned by Kazuhiro Sasaki and are stabled at the Tomomichi Stable, where she herself was stabled during her racing career. Speaking about Halwa Sweet, Sasaki described her as “a gentle and truly good girl.”[6]
Pedigree
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References
[edit]- ^ "競走馬情報 JRA". jra.jp. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
- ^ a b c 優駿 [Yushun magazine] (in Japanese). Japan: Japan Racing Association. July 2013. p. 74.
- ^ "友道康夫調教師やオーナーの「大魔神」佐々木主浩氏と結びつきが深いハルーワスウィートの最後の子供、エヴァンスウィートがデビュー". スポーツ報知 (in Japanese). 2023-07-21. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
- ^ "ハルーワスウィート｜JBISサーチ（JBIS-Search）". www.jbis.or.jp. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
- ^ a b c d e "ハルーワスウィート 公益財団法人 ジャパン・スタッドブック・インターナショナル". www.studbook.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2025-10-05. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
- ^ a b "「生まれた瞬間につばをつけて」3頭のG1馬を所有…大魔神・佐々木主浩さん「ハルちゃん」最後の産駒エヴァンスウィートに期待大【熱中オーナーズサロン】：中日スポーツ・東京中日スポーツ". 中日スポーツ・東京中日スポーツ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-07-21.
- ^ Nileport (2025-05-26). 縁を繋ぎ愉しむ日々 馬主という生き方 佐々木主浩. Retrieved 2026-07-21 – via YouTube.