Draft:Royce and Royce

Royce and Royce ロイスアンドロイス
Breed	Thoroughbred
Sire	Tony Bin
Dam	That's My Pal
Damsire	Key to the Mint
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	March 10, 1990
Died	June 14, 1996(1996-06-14) (aged 6)
Country	Japan
Color	Chestnut
Breeder	Shadai Farm
Owner	Tenzin Co., Ltd.
Trainer	Yasuhisa Matsuyama
Record	28: 3-9-7
Earnings	212,755,000 yen
Major wins
Murasaki Sho (1994) Sarobetsu Stakes (1994)

Royce and Royce (Japanese: ロイスアンドロイス, Hepburn: Roisu ando Roisu; March 10, 1990 - June 14, 1996) is a Japanese racehorse. Although he was unable to secure a win in races, he finished third in both maiden races and Grade I events, earning him the nickname of "Bronze Collector" alongside Nice Nature. In the Japan Racing Association, he finished second nine times and third seven times in a total of 28 races but never won a graded race.

Career

1992: three-year-old season

Roys and Roys made his debut in December 1992 in a maiden race at Nakayama Racecourse. From there, he ran six races—all maiden and unplaced races—but was unable to win, finishing second five times and third once. Chiaki Sakai rode him in all six races starting with his debut.

While still winless, Rois and Rois was entered in the Aoba Sho, a Derby trial race. In the Aoba Sho at that time, priority entry to the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby, G1) was granted to the top two finishers. However, horses that have not yet won a race are not eligible to run in the Tokyo Yushun Therefore, even if Royce and Royce were to secure priority entry by finishing second in the Aoba Sho, it would still be ineligible for the Tokyo Yushun because it remains an unplaced horse. In other words, for Royce and Royce to run in the Tokyo Yushun, it needed to win the Aoba Sho. However, in that Aoba Sho, in which it competed with jockey Tomio Yasuda, it finished third, two and a half lengths behind the winner, Stage Champ, and was unable to qualify for the Derby.

1993: four-year-old season

Having failed to qualify for the Derby, Rois and Rois competed in his next maiden race partnered with Hiroki Goto, securing his long-awaited first victory in his eighth start with a commanding win by five lengths.

After that, Rois and Rois finished third in the Radio Tanpa Stakes and placed second in two consecutive races in his own class—the 5 million yen or less condition races—struggling to secure a win. However, he finished second in the Saint Light Memorial, a trial race for the Kikuka Sho, and qualified to compete in the Kikuka Sho as a one-win horse.

In the Kikuka Sho, where he teamed up with Norihiro Yokoyama, he was the fourth favorite (third favorite for place) behind Biwa Hayahide, Winning Ticket, and Narita Taisin. During the race, he ran in the middle of the pack but failed to finish strongly, finishing seventh, 1.8 seconds behind the winner, Biwa Hayahide.

After the Kikuka Sho, Rois and Rois competed in the Winter Solstice Stakes—a race for horses earning 15 million yen or less—in December, but finished fifth, bringing his year to a close.

1994: five-year-old season

At age 5, Rois and Rois finished second in his first race back, but went on to win the Murasaki Sho—a race for horses with earnings of 15 million yen or less—and finally reached the Open class. He finished eighth in the Epsom Cup, his first graded stakes challenge since the Kikuka Sho, and was temporarily demoted to the Quasi-Open class; however, he won the Sarobetsu Stakes and returned to the Open class.

In the fall, he began his campaign with the All-Comers, finishing third behind Biwa Hayahide—the strongest horse at the time—and the previous year’s Japanese Derby winner, Winning Ticket. In the Autumn Tenno Sho, he finished third ahead of the aforementioned pair, securing his spot in the Japan Cup.

1995: six-year-old season

After the Tenno Sho (Autumn), Royce and Royce was entered in the Japan Cup, where he would face the world’s top contenders.. That year, Biwa Hayahide and Winning Ticket were unable to run due to injuries sustained in the previous Tenno Sho (Autumn). Since Nehai Caesar, who had won the Tenno Sho, and Narita Brian, who had achieved the Triple Crown, also opted not to run, the field ended up with not a single G1 winner among the JRA-selected horses. The selected horses’ combined record stood at 6 third-place finishes and 9 fourth-place finishes in G1 races, with Nice Nature, Fujiyama Kenzan, and Machikane Tanhoiza, with a combined record of 3 G1 wins, 6 third-place finishes, and 9 fourth-place finishes. Although Marvelous Crown had secured his second graded stakes victory in his previous race, the Kyoto Daishoten, he had also recorded four second-place finishes in G2 and G3 races. Consequently, all the Japanese horses were considered “horses that couldn’t quite win,” and the top betting favorites were dominated by foreign contenders. Amidst this, Rois and Rois raced from the middle of the pack and briefly surged ahead from the far outside in the home stretch, but was overtaken by the two horses on the inside (Marvelous Crown and Paradise Creek) and once again finished third.

1996: seven-year-old season & death

After the Japan Cup, Royce and Royce took a break due to fatigue and returned in the spring with the Osaka Cup, but finished a disappointing fourth. He took another break and finished third in his first race of the fall, the Fuji Stakes, but finished seventh in the Japan Cup and seventh in the Arima Kinen.

The following spring, he raced in three events—the AJC Cup, the Nikkei Sho, and the Spring Tenno Sho—but finished fourth in the AJC Cup, eighth in the Nikkei Sho, and eleventh in the Spring Tenno Sho, dropping in the standings with each race, and his former form was a thing of the past. He was then sent to pasture in an attempt to regain his form, but while there, he developed gastric torsion and died.

Racing form

The following racing form is based on information available on JBIS search and netkeiba.com.

Date	Racecourse	Race	Grade	Distance	Gate	Odds	Fav.	Fin.	Time	Margin	Jockey	Winner (Runner-Up)
1992 – three-year-old season
1992/12/13	Nakayama	Three-Year-Old Newcomer	Maiden	T 1600m	5	8.7	5	2	1:37.1	0.1	C.Sakai	Quest for Best
1992/12/26	Nakayama	Three-Year-Old Newcomer	Maiden	T 2000m	14	4.0	2	2	2:03.9	0.1	C.Sakai	Shinko Yamabuki
1993 – three-year-old season
1993/02/14	Tokyo	Four-Year-Old Maiden	Maiden	D 1600m	4	1.4	1	3	1:41.9	1.7	C.Sakai	Northern Rainbow
1993/02/28	Nakayama	Four-Year-Old Maiden	Maiden	T 2200m	6	3.9	2	2	2:18.4	0.2	C.Sakai	Max Digger
1993/03/13	Nakayama	Four-Year-Old Maiden	Maiden	T 2000m	2	1.8	1	2	2:06.4	0.2	C.Sakai	Kikuno Senri
1993/04/03	Nakayama	Four-Year-Old Maiden	Maiden	T 2200m	12	1.8	1	2	2:16.3	0.1	C.Sakai	Sakura Rhythm O
1993/05/01	Tokyo	Aoba Sho	OP	T 2400m	8	14.8	6	3	2:28.1	0.4	T.Yasuda	Stage Champ
1993/06/06	Tokyo	Four-Year-Old Maiden	Maiden	T 1800m	3	1.2	1	1	1:50.6	-0.8	H.Goto	(Oza Gulliver)
1993/07/04	Fukushima	Radio Tampa Sho	G3	T 1800m	5	8.0	6	3	1:48.8	0.7	K.Takehara	A.P.Grand Prix
1993/08/08	Niigata	Sasayama Tokubetsu	Pre-OP	T 1800m	8	1.2	1	2	1:49.8	0.1	Y.Okabe	Magic Morning
1993/08/28	Niigata	Akakura Tokubetsu	Pre-OP	T 2000m	4	1.8	1	2	2:04.2	0.7	C.Sakai	Sun Bridge City
1993/09/26	Nakayama	St. Lite Kinen	G2	T 2200m	6	13.4	7	2	2:15.1	0.3	C.Sakai	Rugger Champion
1993/11/07	Kyoto	Kikuka Sho (Japanese St.Leger)	G1	T 3000m	8	19.4	4	7	3:06.5	1.8	N.Yokoyama	Biwa Hayahide
1993/12/18	Nakayama	Toji Stakes	Pre-OP	T 2500m	7	4.3	3	5	2:35.5	0.9	C.Sakai	Chamade Symboli
1994 – three-year-old season
1994/05/07	Tokyo	Kumpu Stakes	Pre-OP	T 2000m	8	7.2	4	2	2:01.7	0.2	H.Goto	Sakura Ryusei
1994/05/29	Tokyo	Murasaki Sho	Pre-OP	T 1800m	12	2.8	1	1	1:47.5	-0.1	H.Goto	(Belle Charmante)
1994/06/11	Tokyo	Epsom Cup	G3	T 1800m	6	3.7	2	8	1:47.9	0.4	H.Goto	Wako Chikako
1994/08/06	Sapporo	Sarobetsu Stakes	Pre-OP	T 2000m	4	2.8	1	1	2:01.9	0.0	N.Yokoyama	(Kyowa Alysheba)
1994/09/18	Nakayama	Sankei Sho All Comers	G3	T 2200m	5	35.8	4	3	2:15.0	0.5	N.Yokoyama	Biwa Hayahide
1994/10/30	Tokyo	Tenno Sho (Autumn)	G1	T 2000m	4	65.7	11	3	1:58.9	0.3	N.Yokoyama	Nehai Caesar
1994/11/27	Tokyo	Japan Cup	G1	T 2400m	15	18.1	8	3	2:23.8	0.2	N.Yokoyama	Marvelous Crown
1995 – three-year-old season
1995/04/02	Kyoto	Sankei Osaka Hai	G2	T 2000m	1	7.2	4	4	1:59.5	0.2	N.Yokoyama	Inter My Way
1995/11/12	Tokyo	Fuji Stakes	OP	T 1800m	8	7.6	3	3	1:47.8	0.3	K.Tanaka	Fujiyama Kenzan
1995/11/26	Tokyo	Japan Cup	G1	T 2400m	6	15.4	8	7	2:25.4	0.8	N.Yokoyama	Lando
1995/12/24	Nakayama	Arima Kinen	G1	T 2500m	4	26.9	8	7	2:34.8	1.2	N.Yokoyama	Mayano Top Gun
1996 – three-year-old season
1996/01/21	Tokyo	American Jockey Club Cup	G2	T 2200m	7	5.7	3	4	2:15.6	0.6	N.Yokoyama	Kanetsu Cross
1996/03/17	Nakayama	Nikkei Sho	G2	T 2500m	5	12.9	4	8	2:38.4	1.1	Y.Okabe	Hokkai Rousseau
1996/04/21	Kyoto	Tenno Sho (Spring)	G1	T 3200m	13	128.0	14	11	3:20.3	2.5	C.Sakai	Sakura Laurel

In popular culture

An anthropomorphized version of Royce and Royce appears in Umamusume: Pretty Derby and is voiced by Rui Tanabe.

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