Sakura Laurel

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Bright, positive and never to be discouraged horse girl. She is not so healthy by birth and has been suffered from injuries. But she stood up how many times she got.

She is to be a protagonist of new manga by Shueisha Inc.

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"Sakura again! Cherry blossoms fully bloom in Kyoto racecourse again! Sakura Laurel!"

- 1996 Tenno Sho Spring, by Kiyoshi Sugimoto (Kansai TV)

Sakura Laurel is a racehorse in the middle of 1990s. He is known as one of 1997 Old Horse Top Three with Mayano Top Gun and Marvelous Sunday. He got fatal injuries in his legs, but he survived and got two G1s.


 * His health was not good, so his debut was delayed until his age of three.
 * He broke his legs twice. The first time was when he was four, training for Tenno Sho Spring. He almost lost his racing abilty or his life, though, his stable tried and tried curing him and he returned on the turf. The second time was during 1997 Prix Foy in France. He cancelled the race, and the vet suggested to put him down. His groom Ryota Kojima stopped it and returnd to Japan.