YOSHIDA FAMILY : THE WORD IS DOMINANCE, WITH A CAPITAL "D"

“JAPAN HORSERACING”

Seasoned international racegoers all know Sunday Silence. His exploits as a stallion are legendary, and while his dominance of the Japanese racing scene was total, his progeny have raced and bred with distinction in almost every jurisdiction our sport is played. A glance at the bookings for his son Admire Main, is an indicator of the admiration international horsemen have for Sunday Silence; most of the outside mares booked to this accomplished racehorse, belong to breeders whom you’d expect to be subscribers to the Thoroughbred Daily News.

Most people know that Admire Main is at Summerhill because of our relationship with the Yoshida family in Japan, a dynasty of breeders who have so completely dominated Japanese racing in the past three or four decades, that they are the one name that automatically springs to mind when you think of racing in that part of the world. For that matter, they are one of the few families anywhere, whose name crop up in any legitimate conversation about history’s great breeders.

A glance at the stats for the current Japanese season completes the story. The first three on the Japanese log right now, Shadai Farm, Northern Farm and Shiraoi Farms are all Yoshida entities. For what it’s worth, their earnings are converted to South African Rands, and you will notice that between the three of them, they’ve amassed in excess of R1 billion this season. On the leading sire’s log, all ten of the top ten are based at Shadai Stallion Station and the same applies to the top ten juvenile sires.

It’s a remarkable story about the remarkable enterprise of a remarkable family.

2010 JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION
PURSE RATING / BREEDER

#	Breeder	# of start (head)	# of start (race)	win (head)	win (race)	Total Purse (ZAR)	Recent Winner
1	SHADAI FARM	651	2662	229	313	498,393,014	EISHIN FLASH
2	NORTHERN FARM	625	2502	201	256	426,975,550	APAPANE
3	SHIRAOI FARM	210	933	58	77	120,993,774	ALISEO
4	SHIMOKOBE FARM	134	573	37	44	78,512,908	DASHER GO GO
5	CHIYODA FARM	148	591	29	39	69,784,586	DAIWA BARBARIAN
6	NORTH HILLS MANAGEMENT	96	410	26	34	61,705,847	EARNESTLY
7	BIG RED FARM	136	527	36	40	56,469,628	MEINER KITZ
8	OIWAKE FARM	84	328	19	24	37,767,730	ORO MEISTER
9	YANAGAWA FARM	61	316	22	28	37,364,237	KOPANO GINGU
10	MISHIMA FARM	60	292	15	19	33,392,787	MEISHO BELUGA

2010 JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION
LEADING SIRE

#	Stallions	# of start (head)	# of start (race)	win (head)	win (race)	Total Purse (ZAR)	Recent Winner
1	KING KAMEHAMEHA	277	1216	108	139	198,019,818	APAPANE
2	SYMBOLI KRIS S	261	1116	77	99	149,746,469	ALISEO
3	FUJI KISEKI	263	1046	72	89	144,631,131	KINSHASA NO KISEKI
4	KUROFUNE	278	1209	97	127	140,282,536	BATEAU D’OR
5	MANHATTAN CAFE	238	905	67	89	140,075,019	GESTALT
6	AGNES TACHYON	220	844	65	84	134,638,573	KOPANO GINGU
7	SPECIAL WEEK	219	919	57	69	117,403,265	GUENA VISTA
8	SAKURA BAKUSHIN O	222	903	69	77	113,172,285	DASHER GO GO
9	JUNGLE POCKET	175	731	47	61	105,169,400	JAGUAR MAIL
10	NEO UNIVERSE	200	843	53	75	97,844,495	VICTOIRE PISA

2010 JAPAN RACING ASSOCIATION
LEADING SIRE OF TWO-YEAR-OLDS

#	Stallion	# of start (head)	# of start (race)	win (head)	win (race)	Total Purse (ZAR)	Recent Winner
1	HEART’S CRY	23	46	12	14	11,801,519	MEISHO NARUTO
2	DEEP IMPACT	35	58	14	14	11,468,413	RED SAINT
3	KING KAMEHAMEHA	49	94	13	14	10,292,787	TSURUMARU ONE PIECE
4	AGNES TACHYON	31	54	8	9	9,624,525	REVE D’ESSOR
5	FUJI KISEKI	36	66	10	10	9,294,685	ADMIRE SAGAS
6	JUNGLE POCKET	32	72	6	7	9,087,320	MAGICAL POCKET
7	SAKURA BAKUSHIN O	32	73	8	8	9,071,754	SUGINO ENDEAVOR
8	NEO UNIVERSE	38	75	5	6	7,027,107	ALL AS ONE
9	TANINO GIMLET	43	81	6	7	6,919,590	MIENER GIBSON
10	MANHATTAN CAFE	27	49	10	10	6,336,371	CAFE RAPIDO

Statistics Courtesy of JRA