User blog:Karimenrider/IRL:Maruzensky

Profile

 * Sex: Stallion
 * Born: 19 May. 1974
 * Died: 21 Aug. 1997
 * Birthplace: Hashimoto Farm, Hayakita Town, Hokkaido, Japan
 * Owner: Zenkichi Hashimoto

Family

 * Father: Nijinsky II (CA)
 * Mother: Shill (USA)
 * Broodmare Sire: Buckpasser
 * Child: Sakura Chiyono O
 * Grandchildren: Special Week, Winning Ticket, Rice Shower, Mejiro Bright
 * Great-grandchild: Curren Chan

Results

 * 8 runs, 8 wins
 * Earnings: 76,601,000 JPY
 * 1976 Fuchu 3-year-old Stakes (Present Tokyo Sports Hai 2-year-old Stakes, G2)
 * 1976 Asahi Hai 3-year-old Stakes (Present Asahi Hai Futurity Stakes, G1)
 * 1977 Nippon Tampa Sho (Present Radio NIKKEI Sho, G3)

The oldest horse in Uma Musume character motifs.

Maruzensky was imported to Japan with his mother Shill being pregnant. Then he was foaled. Those horses are called mochikomi-ba (brought-in horses). They are Japanese-bred, but in 1970s they were treated as foreign-bred, and couldn't enter Japanese-bred limited races. He was so fast that other horses couldn't reach, but he couldn't run on Satsuki, Derby, Kikka, and Tenno Sho.

His jockey Seiichi Nakanowatari said, "I woudn't mind in the outermost gate. I don't need any reward. I won't intercept other horses. I only want to make sure Maruzensky's strength. Please let him run on the Derby." Of course he couldn't. This episode became a turning point loosening mochikomi-ba regulation. and abolished in 1984.

The race he could enter in 8 Major races of Japan was Arima Kinen. However, he became a bowed tendon before that and retired.

As a broodsire, many G1 horses were born and his pedigree continues now. In 2021, His grandson Winning Ticket's great-granddaughter Lei Papale won G1 Osaka Hai.